[Permatopia] EWEB: the Next 100 Years Fri. 6.12 noon City Club: Mike Hatten & Roger Gray

[Kathy Ging]

Please attend City Club of Eugene this Friday, June 12, 2015, 12:05 -1:20 pm
(guests $5 or, if you want lunch, order online by prior day, Thurs. noon CityClubofEugene.org
Free parking at adjacent lot - pick up voucher at table. 
999 Willamette, Eugene, Downtown Athletic Club, 3rd floor ballroom.

Although only Club members can ask questions after the 2-10 min. talks, participants at each table are welcome to suggest questions to ask.

Ratepayers own EWEB. You can participate in envisioning EWEB's future - will hydro resources decline? will solar energy be part of the energy mix?
What additional water conservation strategies may be necessary? 
What are your suggestions as EWEB starts to strategize for the next Integrated Electric Resource Plan? This can be a community discussion!
 
Guest Speakers: Roger Gray, EWEB General Manager and Mike Hatten, SOLARC Engineering and Energy & Architectural Consulting
Program Coordinator: Kathy Ging

EWEB: the Next 100 Years
 
Delivery of utility services like electricity and water could take new directions especially for publicly owned utilities like Oregon's largest publicly owned utility, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), a ratepayer-owned utility sometimes called one of the best in the nation.
 
EWEB is preparing to work on the next Integrated Electric Resource Plan (IERP) continuing community engagement to design a resilient energy future.
What can our utility do specifically to prepare itself and ratepayer-owners for climate change, and for probable declines in snowpack and rainfall?
 
What new strategies and planning processes may need to be adopted, consumer education launched to meet challenges and opportunities created by decentralized, home site and community renewable energy systems - in recent years called disruptive technology or distributed generation?
 
Will electric vehicles be an addition to its electricity load?   What role will Oregon's largest untapped energy source, solar energy, contribute?
 
Roger Gray, EWEB General Manager for five years and Mike Hatten, SOLARC Engineering and Energy & Architectural Consulting, that has designed net zero energy buildings and has consulted with utilities and others desiring transformative changes in the built environment, will stimulate the community to participate in continuing EWEB's legacy for innovation.

For more information about lunch see the full menu and place your order online.  Or call the office at 541.485.7433 to place your order or email administrator at cityclubofeugene.org and place your order; then when you get to the event you will pay for your lunch. 
Next Week at City Club of Eugene:
   
Friday, June 19, 2015 from 12:05 to 1:20 pm
Downtown Athletic Club, 3rd Floor Ballroom
 
Is There Merit to Merit Selection: Should We Stop Electing Judges?  
 
Guests: Honorable W. Michael Gillette, Retired Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court;  and James Huffman, Dean Emeritus, Lewis and Clark School of Law
Program Coordinator: Joel Korin 

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