Manager’s Message

Posted: February 25, 2023 at 10:13 a.m.

Help Us Stop Springfield Utility Board’s Wasteful Lawsuit

For more than 20 years, the City of Springfield’s Utility Board (SUB) has been attempting to illegally seize our service territory. We’re asking them to stop. Find out how you can help.

Posted: January 24, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

A Victory For Emerald’s Customers

Emerald has prevailed once again in a long-running court battle with the Springfield Utility Board (SUB). After two decades and hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted, it's time for them to stop this pointless fight.

Posted: November 28, 2022 at 11:10 a.m.

Outages and Reliability – Winter 2022-2023

The cold weather started early this season and it's a good reminder that storms could be headed our way soon. We've made great progress upgrading our system and it can handle a lot more damage than ever before. That said, the reality of living in Oregon (with all of our beautiful trees) is that outages can and do happen.

Posted: October 12, 2022 at 6:48 p.m.

2023 Budget Process

Another year with no rate increase! The 2023 budget proposal demonstrates our commitment to keeping your rates stable while making smart investments back into our system. The result should be continued improvements in both reliability and affordability for all customers.

Posted: September 6, 2022 at 7:30 a.m.

Public Power Week

Next month is Public Power Week, an annual celebration of the benefits of customer-owned utilities. If you’re anything like I used to be, you may not even realize just how special this public power concept is.

Posted: July 1, 2022 at 11:52 a.m.

Wildfire Mitigation

The heavy spring rain has produced unusually large amounts of vegetation out there, as the weeds in your garden may be reminding you. During the summer months, this growth will dry out and increase the risk of wildfire danger.

Posted: June 3, 2022 at 2:12 p.m.

Community Meetings

Hello EPUD Customer Owners! I'd like to invite all of you to join us at one of our upcoming community meetings this month. We've scheduled six meetings across the District to share information with customers and hear directly from you about our services.

Posted: April 15, 2022 at 2:28 p.m.

Supply Chain Challenges

Hello again to our wonderful customer-owners. I wanted to take a few minutes to describe a topic that’s been taking up a majority of my time the past few months. I’m sure you’ve seen the news headlines about the current global supply chain issues and their impact on product availability and prices. Here at the utility, we’re not immune to these challenges...

Posted: March 3, 2022 at 11:03 a.m.

Short Mountain Explained

Any visitor to Lane County driving up I-5 north will notice the landfill out your right window. But did you know this site is also an important part of Emerald’s power supply?

Posted: February 3, 2022 at 4:09 p.m.

Our Power is Water

Happy February to all of our great customer-owners. To start the month off, I thought I’d say a few words about Emerald’s #1 resource for power generation: water.