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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />5. Annexes <br />A.1.2 Electric System <br />The Electric System supplies service to 93,000 residential, commercial, and industrial <br />customers within the City of Eugene and areas along the McKenzie River between the <br />cities of Walterville and Vida, where two of EWEB's hydro -power plants are located. <br />Power delivered to customers is supplied by the Bonneville Power Administration <br />(BPA) via EWEB-owned generation resources, other contracted resources, and <br />purchases from the wholesale energy markets. EWEB's power supply sources are <br />primarily hydro -power, but also include wind, biomass, and solar. The electric utility's <br />2019 operating budget is $212 million. The budget for capital improvements is $37 <br />million and the budget for debt service is $16 million. <br />• Total Electric System Service Area: 236 square miles <br />• Transmission and distribution lines: 1,300 miles <br />• Substations:38 <br />• Utility -owned hydroelectric facilities: 4 <br />Electric System operating assets historical costs are listed below (Table A-1). Anew <br />operating license for the Carmen -Smith Hydroelectric Project was issued in May 2019. <br />Capital improvements at this facility under the new licensing requirements are <br />projected to cost $116 million. The insured value of all hydro -electric production <br />facilities, which approximates replacement value, is over $320 million as of March <br />2019. <br />The estimated values of major electric assets are listed in below. <br />Table A-1 Historical Cost <br />Major Electric Asset <br />cal Cost <br />As of Dec 2018 <br />Land <br />$8,969,999 <br />International Paper Biomass (Turbine #4) <br />$10,363,488 <br />Foote Creek Wind Farm <br />$11,789,767 <br />Hydro Production' <br />$162,579,170 <br />Transmission <br />$84,785,666 <br />Distribution <br />$313,808,256 <br />Cost when the asset was first placed in service and capital improvement costs to that asset over time. <br />z Windfarm located in Carbon County, Wyoming, co -owned with Pacific Power Corp. <br />Includes $29 million for the Stone Creek Hydroelectric project located on Clackamas River, Oregon. <br />5-8 January 2020 <br />