Energy Grid Infrastructure Bike Tour - NE Portland
Saturday, July 25, 2026
3:00PM - 6:00PM
Format: In Person
Location:
Chapman Square
210 SW Main St
Portland, OR 97204
NE Portland Grid Infrastructure Bike Ride!
Saturday, July 25, Chapman Square near the SW waterfront, Meet up 3 PM
Join the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board at 3:00 pm on July 25 for a relaxed-paced, educational tour about Portland’s electric grid and why your rates have gone up, and what we can do about it. This tour will start at Chapman Square, cover the Convention Center and the Moda Center, pass by Pacific Power substations, the Lloyd Center, and finish up at Pacific Power’s headquarters. During what a better grid could look like and what tools we have available to combat rate increases.
At the final stop, we’ll talk about the latest request to raise power bills and how we can get involved as customers. We’ll offer a testimony workshop ahead of regulators’ July 27th public comment meeting if you want to prepare written or verbal testimony against bill increases. Or just join and learn about how to get involved with future utility cases.
The bike ride is free! If you feel inclined to support CUB’s work in fighting for energy affordability and keeping Oregon’s for-profit utilities in check, you can choose to donate with one of the priced tickets.
Free! (Suggested donation)
Host: Oregon CUB2026 CUB Energy Policy Conference
Friday, October 02, 2026
9:00AM - 5:00PM
Format: In Person
Location:
Sentinel Hotel
614 SW 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97205
Harnessing Local Energy
Finding Local Solutions to (Inter)National Energy Challenges
In just the last few years, Oregon’s energy landscape has seen many big, new challenges. We’ve seen hyperscaled energy demand from data centers, cuts to federal support for customers and utilities, large rate increases, and record household disconnections. With all of these hurdles, attention is increasingly turning to what we can do close to home to address both our energy needs and the human impacts of our industry. In a world with increasingly globalized energy, we need to start to think more locally for solutions.
To create the energy system all Oregonians deserve, we need to work together. All customers, from big industry to households, need to be the best neighbors we can be for everyone else on our energy systems. How can we reimagine local support systems in the face of federal cuts to energy programs? How can large load energy users create benefits for local communities and the grid? How can we leverage efficiency and flexibility as a tool for affordable energy? What role do local policies have in meeting state emissions reduction goals? And what does the changing ownership in our utilities do for our grid and our communities?
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits Available
Attorneys licensed in Oregon can receive CLE credits by attending CUB’s conference. Provide your bar number when registering for the conference if you would like to be eligible to receive CLE credits, and CUB will apply for CLE credits from the Oregon State Bar.
About the Conference
The CUB Energy Policy Conference is designed as a day of discussion, networking, and sharing diverse perspectives. This conference is ideal for community groups, regulators, advocates, utility representatives, attorneys, or those interested in our region’s energy industry.
$100 - $500 (sliding scale)
Host: Oregon CUB