Wyden in Central Oregon for Three Town Hall Meetings and a News Conference on Ponderosa Substation Near Prineville

The Public is invited to Town Halls in Sisters and Prineville on Friday, January 11 and Madras on Saturday, January 12; News Conference in Redmond on the 11.

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will hold a news conference on Friday, January 11, on the completion to upgrades at the Ponderosa substation followed by town hall meetings in Prineville and Sisters and in Madras on Saturday, January 12, 2013.

The Bonneville Power Administration and PacifiCorp have been completing upgrades to the Ponderosa Substation in near Prineville necessary to provide needed electrical power to the server farms that have located in Central Oregon. In October 2011, Senator Wyden urged federal power officials to complete the upgrade in order to improve power transmission to the region in order to promote economic development.

Also, Wyden will hold his annual Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson county town halls on January 11 and 12. Wyden has been holding town halls in every Oregon county every year beginning in 1996.

NEWS CONFERENCE: Ponderosa Substation Upgrade

Date:               Friday, January 11, 2013

Time:               10 a.m.

Location:         Central Electric Co-Op

2098 N Highway 97

Redmond

Deschutes County Town Hall Meeting

Date:               Friday, January 11, 2013

Time:               1:50 p.m.

Location:           Sisters High School

1700 McKinney Butte Road

Sisters

Crook County Town Hall Meeting

Date:               Friday, January 11, 2013

Time:               5:30 p.m.

Location:         Oregon Open Campus Building

510 SE Lynn Blvd.

Prineville

Jefferson County Town Hall Meeting

Date:               Saturday, January 12, 2013

Time:               10 a.m.

Location:         Madras Senior Center

860 SW Madison

Madras