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Utilities
Electric Power
Electric power is furnished by Pacific Power
with approximately 14,000 meters in
Pendleton and the immediately adjacent area.
Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association
and Pacific Power furnish power to the
outlying county. The main transmission lines
to the southeast (from McNary Dam) have
excess capacity of BPA originated electrical
power. Within the city, Pacific Power is has
the availability and excess capacity to
provide electrical power to support your
business expansion Natural gas is supplied
through the Cascade Natural Gas Company with
approximately 8,000 meters in the Pendleton
district..
Water and Sewer System
The city manages the water and sewer system,
of which both have significant excess
capacities. Modern water and sewer systems
serve the entire community. The city’s water
comes from mountain springs and deep wells,
with production capacity of 13.5 million
gallons a day, storage capacity in
reservoirs of 5.43 million gallons and
average daily use of 4.1 million gallons.
The sewage disposal plant has a capacity of
12.1 million gallons a day and a load of
only 2.9 million gallons. The plant is
operating at 24% capacity. The plant was
built with a growing community in mind and
should be able to support a population of
25,000.
Gas Service
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation provides the
city with gas service. To the west of
Pendleton the major natural gas pipelines
pass through the area. Because of this,
several natural gas fired cogeneration
plants have been sited in Umatilla County.
The north end of the county also has a
preponderance of wind powered electrical
generation capacity.
Telephone Service
Telephone service is provided through Qwest
Communications with a state-of-the-art
digital switching system serving
approximately 10,600 access lines. Eastern Oregon
Telecom and Charter Communications
also supply both local and long distance
service and other telecommunications
services. Pendleton also has many cellular
phone service providers. Wireless internet
service is available at a growing number of
areas in town.
Sanitation Service
The Pendleton Sanitary Service is a
privately owned and franchised business. |
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