Our energy future
The Eugene Water & Electric Board is committed to providing its customers with reliable, sustainable
and clean sources of power. More than 95 percent of the electricity EWEB needs to serve its customers
comes from hydropower, wind and other sources that do not generate carbon-based emissions that are
linked to global warming.
Most of this electricity comes from the federal Bonneville Power Administration and from EWEB's own
hydroelectric projects. EWEB also has been at the forefront of renewable energy resource development:
We were the first public utility in Oregon to own a wind farm, and we have contracts to purchase a
substantial amount of wind and geothermal power generated here in the Northwest.
Acquiring renewable power is the result of a careful planning process used by EWEB for the past 25
years to determine what energy resources it will need in the future. This Integrated Electric Resource
Plan is updated every few years with the help of citizens.
This plan sets two priorities: Continue an aggressive energy conservation effort,
then acquire renewable power to meet any increase in demand that cannot be offset
by conservation efforts.
Executive Summary, 2004 (54K pdf)
2006 Implementation Plan, January 2006 (36K pdf)
See charts illustrating where EWEB gets its electricity and its resources by type.
Take a tour of EWEB-owned generation resources.
EWEB's Board of Commissioners adopted a five-year Energy Conservation Resource Strategy in 2008.
Northwest Energy Coalition