Speaker: Chad Campfield
Chad oversees UEC’s capital project planning and execution, ensuring strategic alignment with cooperative goals and regulatory compliance. He has been instrumental in UEC infrastructure development supporting Data Centers and other large projects in the UEC system.
Presentation: Service to Data Centers at Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC)
Chad will share UEC’s experience serving data center loads, building the infrastructure needed to support their growth, and how the cooperative business model works with the communities where these facilities are located.
Chad will provide a brief overview of Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s service to Data Centers including:
Current Data Center electrical loads including historic growth and facilities needed to meet demand.
System planning and lead times needed to accommodate large new loads.
Cost allocation and rates for Data Centers, including short- and long-term considerations.
Required transmission and distribution system upgrades.
Potential impacts and costs for existing and future customers.
UEC’s rate and power supply model to serve growing load and protect existing membership