eugene water & electric board type public utility industry electricity water founded 1911 headquarters eugene oregon united states number of employees 500 website www.eweb.org the eugene water & electric board eweb is oregon s largest customer owned utility . founded in 1911 eweb provides electricity and water to more than 86 000 customers in and near eugene oregon . chartered by the city of eugene a five member board of commissioners is elected by the citizens of eugene and governs the utility . 1 four commissioners are elected by their respective geographic wards ; a fifth commissioner is at large and elected by all of eugene s voters . this board retains full control and sets policies for the water and electric utilities . 1 contents 1 electric resource portfolio 2 eweb owned power projects 3 electric resource plan 4 references 5 external links electric resource portfolio edit 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 . 2 most of this electricity comes from the federal bonneville power administration and from eweb s own hydroelectric projects . 3 eweb was the first public utility in oregon to own a wind farm and the utility has contracts to purchase a substantial amount of wind and geothermal power generated in the northwest . 2 eweb owned power projects edit hydro wind steam co generation carmen smith hydroelectric project foote creek rim wind project eweb international paper steam co generation plant smith creek hydroelectric project harvest wind wauna steam co generation project leaburg walterville hydroelectric project stone creek hydroelectric project electric resource plan edit eweb s integrated electric resource plan 4 provides a road map for future resource decisions . the current plan developed with the help of citizens sets two priorities continue an aggressive energy conservation effort then acquire renewable power to meet any increase in demand that can not be offset by conservation efforts eweb s renewable energy programs include eweb greenpower and a solar electric program . 5 references edit a b eugene water & electric board bylaws . a b eweb power supply . eweb electric resource portfolio . eweb integrated electric resource strategy 2006 implementation plan pdf . eweb renewable energy . external links edit eugene water & electric board become a fan on facebook follow eweb on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eugene water % 26 electric board & oldid 734091087 categories eugene oregonpower companies of the united statescompanies based in eugene oregonpublic utilities of the united stateswater companies of the united statescompanies established in 19111911 establishments in oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 02 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view