Utilities

Eugene Water & Electric Board customers will likely see a roughly 7% increase in water and electric rates next year.

Drain’s mayoral race features two officeholders, both of whom see a need to grow the city’s economic base as a way to ensure services and draw in retail businesses

Smaller utilities in Oregon say an increase from their main electricity provider leaves them with little choice but to raise rates.

EWEB commissioners voted to design a $392 million water treatment plant on the Willamette River to ensure regional backup supply and allow repairs on its 76-year-old primary facility.

EWEB will use $2.2 million in grants to upgrade Eugene’s power infrastructure, protecting critical areas from wildfires, ice storms, and power outages.

The Public Utility Commission said improving a credit score did not meet the high bar for temporary rate hikes.

Some electricity customers along the McKenzie River east of Springfield will be receiving bills from a new utility company this month. The move will help the area’s other utility, Lane Electric Cooperative, create more resilient infrastructure.

The utility company used a variety of mechanisms to raise rates without review from the Oregon Public Utility Commission.

People in and around the city of Monroe in Benton County may soon have a new electric utility. Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative agreed to terms to buy PacifiCorp’s Monroe territory, covering 1,162 residential, commercial and irrigation customers in Monroe, Alpine, Bellfountain and along Highway 99W.

Springfield Utility Board is working to establish an additional source of drinking water. It recently received nearly $10 million in state funding to help.

Corvallis residents will see an increase on their city service bills starting next month.

Lane County’s federally funded energy assistance program is on hold due to the government shutdown, delaying help for seniors and low-income residents facing high utility bills this winter.