News ClipOPB·Irrigon, Morrow County, OR
Company known for building data centers eyes battery farm site in Eastern Oregon - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Copia Power subsidiary Sawtooth DevCo LLC has applied for a 237-megawatt battery storage facility near Irrigon in Morrow County, including a substation and transmission connection. The project is under review as the region faces rising electricity demand from data centers, while local residents have voiced opposition and Oregon has paused certain data center-related air and water permitting.
10/29/2026