Eugene Water & Electric Board

We are in month 3 of Oregon Ready, following the Eugene Water & Electric Board's Pledge to Prepare to be “2 weeks ready” for disaster situations. We've received several disaster preparedness questions from you, our listeners and readers. So we have invited EWEB's Emergency Management Specialist, Jenny Demaris, to answer your questions.

We are in month two of KLCC’s Oregon Ready- taking one month at a time toward being two weeks ready for disasters and emergency situations. February’s checklist involves an additional day of food, water, and cash, plus unscented chlorine bleach, and propane for alternative food prep and heat sources.

Some environmental activists are pushing back after the Eugene Water & Electric Board partnered with the University of Oregon to test the school’s gas-powered back-up generator.

In "Oregon Ready," KLCC host Love Cross embarks on her own journey to become "2 Weeks Ready," inspired by the Pledge to Prepare program from Eugene Water & Electric Board. Join in and follow her as she shares progress updates, interviews from emergency managers and preparedness experts, and actionable tips for your own effort to be prepared.

An extended cold snap in Eugene is putting extra strain on the power supply.

The deal covers the purchase of between $2.5 and $3 million worth of electricity.

EWEB's Headwaters Trail Electric Reliability Project in South Eugene aims to boost power grid resilience by replacing wooden poles with metal ones and moving lines underground.

A federal court has moved to dismiss a lawsuit brought by environmental groups against the Eugene Water & Electric Board.

The 1940’s era water tank on College Hill was removed last year. Now, crews are starting to assemble two new, seismically safe 7.5 million gallon tanks.

Fish passage at the site has been a topic of discussion since 2008, and prompted a lawsuit earlier this year.

Work is underway to restore Quartz Creek, a tributary of the McKenzie River.

One year ago, Oregon was in the grips of a devastating ice storm, which caused power outages for tens of thousands of people in Lane County. Now, local utilities are taking steps to prepare for similar disasters in the future.