Tag: Umatilla Electric Cooperative

Local irrigators gathered recently at the headquarters of Umatilla Electric Cooperative to hear updates from staff and leadership on recent activities at the co-op. Presenters...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative members who purchased power in 2019 and 2021 will receive a refund in March as part of the utility’s Capital Credits...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s history of giving back to the community was established right from its start in 1937 by helping to build the county’s...

The generosity and compassion of the Hermiston community was on full display Wednesday night during the 53rd annual Distinguished Citizens Awards banquet. There was a...

While most people in the developed world take electricity for granted, there are nearly a billion people in the world living without it, according...

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced that the Umatilla Electric Cooperative will receive a nearly $90 million federal loan to expand...

We all have our favorite season. Some people love crisp, cool weather and bundling up under a favorite blanket, while others prefer the warm...

An overcast rainy day couldn't dampen the spirits of Matthew and Serenity Stull as they cut the ribbon on their new home on a...

Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield (D-Corvallis) concluded a three-day tour of Central and Eastern Oregon today with stops in Hermiston, Boardman, and the Port...

News of vandalism, tampering and destruction of substations, powerlines and other electric structures in the United States have made headlines in recent weeks. Umatilla Electric...

By Erick Peterson/Hermiston Herald In the coming days, Northeast Oregon Now readers will start seeing new content from a familiar local news organization. Northeast Oregon Now...

Patrick Collins, land use specialist at Umatilla Electric Cooperative, has been selected to serve on Touchstone Energy’s Business Development Advisory Committee. Touchstone Energy is a...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative has hired Marie Cain as the co-op’s manager of accounting. Cain has spent the last seven years at Threemile Canyon Farms in...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative employees honored Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October with an organization-wide fundraiser benefitting Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation. Generosity flowed this year...

The American Red Cross states that someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds. Umatilla Electric Cooperative and the Columbia Basin Board of...

Guild Mortgage, Umatilla Electric Cooperative and the Columbia Basin Board of Realtors are co-hosting a blood drive today, Nov. 7. The event goes from 9...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicked off in a big way last week at Umatilla Electric Cooperative. Employees of UEC are dressing up creatively in pink...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative is celebrating National Cooperative Month with the people who make it possible – UEC members. The co-op hosted member appreciation events on...

With October being National Cooperative Month, Umatilla Electric Cooperative will host a barbeque lunch for its members. Member Appreciation lunches will be held from 11...

Umatilla Electric Cooperative's Distribution Engineer Ryan Young has joined the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Transmission and Distribution Engineering Committee. UEC Vice President of Engineering...