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~ <br /> CITY MANA ER'S OFFICE • 777 PEARL, ROOM 105 EUGENE, OREGON 97401-2793 (503) G87-5010 <br /> . - <br /> August 4, 1988 <br /> NEWS REL ASE <br /> From Bar ara Bellamy, Community Relations Director <br /> City Man ger's Office, 681-5010 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> COUNCIL HEARING SCHEDULED ON UTILITY ISSUE <br /> i <br /> The Eugene City Council will hold a public hearing Monday, August 8 on a <br /> proposal to transfer electrical service in the Willow Creek area from Lane <br /> Electric Cooperative (LEC) to Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWER). The <br /> meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, 777 Pearl Street. <br /> Cos of expanding electrical service to serve new industry, lower rates, <br /> and higher service reliability are the main reasons for initiating the ser- <br /> vice tra sfer according to Susan Brody, Planning Director. "Willow Creek is <br /> Eugene's primary location for new light industrial development," Brody stat- <br /> ed. "Cost and reliability of electrical service are major issues for many <br /> j firms that potentially would locate in Willow Creek." <br /> An economic analysis by the consulting firm R.W. Beck for EWEB projects <br /> that, over 20 years, Willow Creek customers would pay 54.3 million less for <br /> EWEB se vice, due to EWEB's lower rates. <br /> Additional electric facilites must be installed in Willow Creek to serve <br /> new industry. According to the R.W. Beck study, the cost to expand electric <br /> service to Willow Creek will be 52.65 million lower if EWER serves the area. <br /> This is primarily because EWEB will need to construct electric facilities <br /> through illow Creek in order to serve southwest Eugene and because of EWEB's <br /> lower o erating costs. <br /> <br /> i~'"'` -more- <br /> <br />