UPDATE: All members who were affected by the planned outage should now be restored. We appreciate your patience and understanding as our crews worked safely to make necessary equipment repairs. If you are still experiencing an outage, please contact us at (888) 465-5701.
As of 8:29 a.m., approximately 527 members are experiencing an outage north of Hermiston. An additional outage near Westland Road in Hermiston is affecting 209 members. These outages are unrelated. Crews are en route to both locations to begin making repairs. More information on our Outage Center.
AUG. 13 - UPDATE - Spout Springs area members: As of 2:45 PM, all members who were affected by the outage should now be restored. If you are still experiencing an outage, please contact us at (888) 465-5701.
UPDATE: As of 12:45 p.m., service has been restored to members affected by the Weston Mountain outage. Thank you for your patience and cooperation as crews worked alongside utility partners and emergency responders to safely return power to the area.
Members may see contractors working on utility poles over the next 2–3 weeks, including Loop Road, Columbia Lane & Punkin Center. Crews are applying protective fire wrap as part of ongoing wildfire mitigation. Please use caution near work areas and watch for crews and equipment along the roadway.
UPDATE at 12:49 a.m.: Crews were able to restore power to 33 members, and 214 remain out. Crews continue to patrol the line to identify a cause and ultimately restore service to all. For additional outage details, please visit our Outage Center.
UPDATE at 4:45 PM: We have received several reports that the fire is now contained. We would like to thank our first responders and emergency personnel for their quick action and response.
All UEC offices are closed on Thursday, July 2, in observance of Independence Day.
Members have reported receiving mailed payment requests that falsely represent UEC as their current mortgage lender and claim that a payment is overdue. Please be advised that UEC is not your mortgage lender and will not request payments on behalf of any lender. These should be treated as a scam.
UPDATE: As of 12:47 p.m., all members who were affected by the outage should now be restored. // At 11:08 a.m., approximately 720 members are affected by an outage in the Weston Mountain area. The outage has been determined to be caused by an outage outside of our system.