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.<\/p>\n
Merkley es el principal dem\u00f3crata en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones Agr\u00edcolas del Senado, que supervisa la financiaci\u00f3n del programa del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) que financi\u00f3 la subvenci\u00f3n de hoy.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
La inversi\u00f3n, que forma parte de un programa de Desarrollo Rural del USDA de $1.200 millones, conectar\u00e1 a 79 nuevos consumidores, financiar\u00e1 8 nuevas millas y mejorar\u00e1 41 millas de l\u00edneas existentes, incluidas cuatro millas de transmisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Estas mejoras de infraestructura mejorar\u00e1n la capacidad de distribuci\u00f3n y garantizar\u00e1n una mayor confiabilidad energ\u00e9tica para m\u00e1s de 4,400 habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n que reciben servicios de West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Inc.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 serves as the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding for the United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n