The Eugene Water & Electric Board will continue to buy electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration for nearly two decades.

The utility and the federally-run electricity producer signed an agreement that will provide between $2.5 and $3 billion worth of power.

EWEB will continue to receive a similar amount of electricity from BPA as it has in recent years, according to EWEB spokesperson Aaron Orlowski.

"The power that Bonneville provides is reliable. It comes from these hydro-electric systems that generate electricity very reliably,” said Orlowski. “It’s affordable, it’s low-cost, we actually get that power at cost. There’s not a mark-up of any kind from BPA. And it’s carbon-free."

Bonneville’s portfolio includes 31 dams along the Columbia River and its tributaries, as well as

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