Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced a nearly $8.5 million electric infrastructure investment in West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc., a Vernonia-based co-op which serves communities throughout Columbia, Yamhill, Tillamook, Washington, and Clatsop counties.
Merkley es el principal demócrata en el Subcomité de Asignaciones Agrícolas del Senado, que supervisa la financiación del programa del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) que financió la subvención de hoy.
“As I travel around our state to meet with community leadership and hold annual town halls in each of Oregon’s 36 counties, I hear from families and local leaders about important efforts, big and small, to make our communities more energy efficient,” Merkley said. “For Oregon’s rural communities, electric co-ops play a critical role in achieving that goal. This USDA investment will help West Oregon Electric Cooperative modernize its energy infrastructure—meaning savings for Oregonians, and reduced energy use for our environment.”
“Electric co-ops are a crucial part of our country’s urgent need to improve energy efficiency, both to keep utility bills affordable for rural consumers and to lower energy use overall,” Wyden said. “This federal investment in West Oregon Electric Cooperative achieves those goals for Oregonians living in our state’s northwest corner.”
La inversión, que forma parte de un programa de Desarrollo Rural del USDA de $1.200 millones, conectará a 79 nuevos consumidores, financiará 8 nuevas millas y mejorará 41 millas de líneas existentes, incluidas cuatro millas de transmisión.
Estas mejoras de infraestructura mejorarán la capacidad de distribución y garantizarán una mayor confiabilidad energética para más de 4,400 habitantes de Oregón que reciben servicios de West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc.
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