Oregon Wildfires Devastate Coop-Served Communities
Posted on Sep 15, 2020 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Oregon Wildfires Devastate Coop-Served Communities
Wildfires fueled by strong winds are ravaging western Oregon, destroying small towns served by electric cooperatives, forcing people to flee their homes, and spurring four coops to turn off power at night to avoid sparking new blazes. Ted Case, executive director of the Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Wilsonville said the wildfires have hit four of the state’s 18 coops hardest: Consumers Power Inc. in Philomath, Lane Electric Cooperative in Eugene, Blachly-Lane Electric Cooperative in Junction City and West Oregon Electric Cooperative in Vernonia.
