Eugene Water & Electric Board

The Eugene Water & Electric Board, founded in 1911, is Oregon’s largest customer-owned utility and provides electricity, water and steam to more than 83,000 homes, business, schools and other customers in Eugene, Oregon.

As a public utility, EWEB does not operate to earn a profit or to serve the investment needs of stockholders. Instead, EWEB is chartered by the city of Eugene to serve the interests of its citizens. The citizens of Eugene, therefore, are owners of the utility.

Sponsored Projects:

Adams Elementary School

Adams Elementary
Location:
Eugene, OR
Grade Level:
K-6
Technology Type:
PV System Size:
6.44 - kilowatts

In October 2011, Adams Elementary School installed a 6.44-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system onto the school building thanks to a grant from the Eugene Water & Electric Board. The installation marked Adams as the first school in the Eugene 4J School District to have a PV system.

In addition to helping build a dedicated community of renewable energy educators at Adams Elementary, the Renewable Classroom PLUS project provided Solar 4R Schools has transformed the school's existing PV system into an interactive classroom tool for educators throughout the district. Energy... Read full project narrative >>

Northwest Youth Corps - Fronius

Location:
Eugene, OR
Technology Type:
PV System Size:
40.00 - kilowatts

As a Renewable School, Northwest Youth Corps is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their awarded 1.02-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system, and leveraging the system's performance data as an educational tool to bring energy topics to life in their classrooms. Thanks to the generous support of EWEB, the size of the PV system was increased to 40.48-kilowatts. This pole-mounted array is located in a highly-... Read full project narrative >>

Willamette High School

Location:
Eugene, OR
Grade Level:
9-12
Technology Type:
PV System Size:
2.40 - kilowatts

As a Renewable School, Willamette High School in Eugene, Oregon is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through a  2.4-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system leveraged as an educational tool to bring energy topics to life in their classrooms. 

The system was installed in 2006 onto the school roof and constructed with a mobile 1-kilowatt PV plant/demonstration unit. Both the fixed system and the mobile unit provided energy to charge electric vehicles built and converted in the Industry and Engineering CAM program on-site. In addition, the... Read full project narrative >>