Tag: Umatilla Electric Cooperative
High Winds Knock Down Tree, Causing Power Outage
Winds gusting above 50 miles per hour on Saturday caused a power outage in the Umatilla-Stanfield-Hermiston area that lasted about three hours.
More than 12,600...
Umatilla Electric Moving Forward on Wheatridge Transmission Project
On the heels of a favorable ruling from a federal agency, Umatilla Electric Cooperative is taking the steps necessary to provide transmission services to...
UEC Can Provide Transmission Services to Wind Project, Agency Says
In a ruling issued Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected a protest by Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative and ordered Umatilla Electric Cooperative to...
Pivots, Progress and Precision Irrigation
By Marika Sitz
Phil Hamm is anxious to get out of the office. The director of the Hermiston Agricultural Research & Extension Center (HAREC) seems...
UEC Announces Unclaimed Cash Rebates
Umatilla Electric Cooperative gives notice that Capital Credit payments are now and have been available since 2013 at the office of the Cooperative at...
EOT Breaks Ground on New Property
Eastern Oregon Telecom (EOT) broke ground today on a new piece of property that will allow it to combine its commercial and warehouse operations...
Pilot Rock’s Steven Platt Joins UEC’s Board of Directors
Steven Platt of Pilot Rock has been appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Umatilla Electric Cooperative Board of Directors.
Platt will represent UEC’s...
Chicago Company Seeks to Build Boardman Solar Farm
A proposed 600-acre, 75-megawatt solar farm west of Boardman would become the largest such facility in Oregon – by far.
As of early 2017, Oregon’s...
Meet Oregon Author, Columnist & Teacher Bob Welch
Bob Welch of Eugene is a speaker, author, award-winning columnist and teacher and will be the speaker Saturday at Umatilla Electric Cooperative's Annual Meeting.
As...
UEC to Send Out Refunds During April
Umatilla Electric Cooperative members who received power in 2015 will receive a Capital Credits refund in April.
At this time, UEC’s Board of Directors has...
Hermiston Gearing Up For Spring Clean-Up Week
Got Junk? The city of Hermiston is encouraging residents to take part in a week-long clean sweep at the Transfer Station (two miles north...
Public Input Sought on Federal Hydropower Projects
Northeast Oregon residents will receive several chances to share their opinions in person on the future operation of 14 federal hydropower projects in the...
Minnesota Utility Executive Returns to Hermiston
Around Minneapolis in January, the average daily low is a frigid 8 degrees above zero. As winter takes hold, fish house villages appear on...
UEC Promotes Lankford to New Post
Joshua Lankford has been promoted to Manager of Engineering at Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC).
Lankford oversees a staff of 10 providing engineering and related services...
Free Spring Clean-Up Event Set for Saturday
The Umatilla Electric Cooperative parking lot will be the site of spring clean-up event on Saturday, April 23.
From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., you...
Football with No Hands? No Problem
Mark Speckman, a former high school and college football player even though he was born without hands, stood on the stage at the Hermiston...
Free Recycling Event Set for Hermiston on April 9
The city of Hermiston will hold a free Hermiston recycling event on Saturday, April 9 at the Umatilla Electric Cooperative parking lot.
The event runs...
UEC: New Hermiston Solar Station
Umatilla Electric Cooperative is proud to introduce their $2.5-million solar array located off of Highway 730. There are 3,952 solar panels on the 6.5...
Umatilla Electric Solar Project Completed
Umatilla Electric Cooperative has energized the Moyer-Tolles Solar Station, a 1.3-megawatt (DC) solar generating project. The system is capable of supplying the equivalent of...
2 Selected to Represent UEC In Washington, D.C.
Katelyn Bass, a junior at Ione Community School and Lauren Santoyo, a junior at Hermiston High School, were selected to represent Umatilla Electric Cooperative...
