Tag: Umatilla Electric Cooperative
Clean Sweep Events Coming to Hermiston During Month of April
Umatilla County residents will have three opportunities in April to divest themselves of accumulated junk during this year’s Clean Sweep events in Hermiston.
During the...
Groundbreaking Energy Facility Coming to Morrow County
Portland General Electric Company and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., today announced plans to construct a new energy facility...
Boardman Council Meets Tuesday
The Boardman City Council will meet at its regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
The council consider a pair of resolutions...
Boardman Council Meets Tuesday
The Boardman City Council will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Boardman City Hall.
The council will elect a new council president, hear the...
Boardman Council to Consider Adding New Stop Signs at Tuesday Meeting
The Boardman City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at Boardman City Hall.
The council will consider installing two new stop...
Sam Boardman to Hold Ribbon Cutting for New School Playground
Sam Boardman Elementary School has a brand new playground and school officials are celebrating with a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Oct. 25 at 5...
Boardman City Council to Consider UEC Franchise Agreement on Sept. 18
The Boardman City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18.
The council will consider an ordinance for a franchise agreement with Umatilla Electric...
Sept. 22 Fun Run, Banquet Keep Horneck’s Memory Alive
A banquet and fun run are planned Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, to remember Don Horneck and raise money for ag education in his honor.
Sponsored...
2018 Proving to Be Big Year for EOT
Saturday was a big day in what has been a big year for Eastern Oregon Telecom.
To celebrate its new location, EOT held an open...
New Student-Built Home Features Latest in State-of-Art Amenities
State-of-the-art is the best way to describe the latest home built by the students in the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilder Program.
The fourth home built...
Public Invited to Open House on Wednesday for Student-Built Home
An open house for the newest home built by students in the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilder Program will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m....
Eastern Oregon Telecom Employees Buy Company from UEC
Umatilla Electric Cooperative announced Thursday the sale of its subsidiary business, Eastern Oregon Telecom, to the telecom’s senior executive team.
Terms of the sale to...
Hermiston’s Bryan Wolfe Earns Top Honor for Community Service
Bryan Wolfe of Hermiston has received the Northwest Public Power Association’s top honor for community service.
Wolfe, a longtime member of the Umatilla Electric Cooperative...
Spill Surcharge to Cost UEC $200,000
As expected, the Bonneville Power Administration has proposed a surcharge to its wholesale power rates to recover costs associated with increased water spill at...
UEC, Hermiston Energy Services Customers Experience Power Outage
A series of outages affecting about 7,000 Umatilla Electric Cooperative and Hermiston Energy Services accounts began at 10:49 a.m. Wednesday.
The outage was due to...
Lamb Weston Receives $500,000 From UEC for Energy Savings Project
Lamb Weston received a $500,000 check from Umatilla Electric Cooperative Thursday, May 3, for completing one of the Northwest’s largest industrial energy savings projects...
Humorist Entertains UEC Members with Tales from Blight, Idaho
Umatilla Electric Cooperative members were treated to an evening of comedy Saturday night during the cooperative’s annual meeting thanks to a visit to Hermiston...
UEC CEO: Future Bright Despite Political Threats to Hydropower
The general manager and CEO of Umatilla Electric Cooperative told its members Saturday night that the benefits of hydropower are at risk by organized...
Hermiston Sponsoring Free Recycling Event Saturday at UEC Parking Lot
The city of Hermiston will sponsor a free recycling event this Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Umatilla Electric...
Court Orders More Spill Over Dams; BPA Predicts Higher Power Rates
The Bonneville Power Administration said on Tuesday that it will follow the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that orders additional spill...
