EWEB upgrades Danebo Substation with 65% more power capacity and earthquake-resilient foundations
EWEB engineers upgraded the substation to ensure new parts of the system are earthquake-resilient and can meet rising energy demand.
EWEB to maintain wildfire safety settings for south Eugene neighborhoods for the remainder of the summer
Wildfire safety settings cause lines to operate at a higher sensitivity, increasing the likelihood of more frequent, prolonged outages.
What are EWEB's procedures related to large consumption customers such as data centers?
Communities across the Pacific Northwest are grappling with requests from large consumption customers such as data centers to connect to local electric and water systems. EWEB has procedures and processes in place to ensure that we treat interconnection requests fairly and impartially, and that large consumption customers don’t pass costs on to other customers.
EWEB switches to wildfire safety settings for power lines in areas at risk for wildfire
Power outages are more likely as EWEB takes safety precautions during the Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service
EWEB pursues financial prudence and future power supply flexibility
Customer electricity demand is forecasted to rise. EWEB will partner with local power generators to serve that demand.
