Outages and Reliability – Winter 2022-2023

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

EPUD General Manager Kyle Roadman

Kyle Roadman, EPUD General Manager

Greetings Emerald Customer-Owners,

It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost to the end of the year. 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. I encourage all customers to have a plan to deal with winter outages, whether that’s maintaining supplies or having a place to go if needed.

I’ve shared some additional thoughts on this topic in the video below. Please feel free to reach out to me any time with questions or feedback. I can be reached directly at kyle@epud.org .

Here’s hoping for a calm winter season!

Please stay safe,