The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility.
This board retains full control and sets policies for the water and electric utilities.
[1] More than 95 percent of the electricity EWEB serves 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.