
PGE Peak Time Rebates Start for Winter 2022-23
Posted on November 1, 2022 by Charlotte Shuff
Tags, Energy, General Interest
November marks the beginning of Portland General Electric (PGE) offering winter Peak Time Rebates for its customers. This program is designed to encourage customers to use energy when demand is at its highest. By using this program, PGE’s residential customers can... Read More »

Cutting Natural Gas Expansion Subsidies is Only the First Step
Posted on October 28, 2022 by Charlotte Shuff and Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy, General Interest
State regulators ordered this month that NW Natural must reduce the number of customer dollars it spends on expanding its gas system. This is an important step forward for protecting natural gas customers from financial risk.
CUB advocated for the Public... Read More »

NW Natural Bills to Increase 25%
Posted on October 26, 2022 by Charlotte Shuff
Tags, Energy, General Interest
As Oregon moves to reduce climate pollution and methane gas prices continue to skyrocket globally, natural gas customers in Oregon face increasing financial risk. Over the past year, CUB has pushed back hard against NW Natural’s requests to raise customer bills.... Read More »

That’s a Wrap! 2022 CUB Energy Policy Conference
Posted on October 25, 2022 by Charlotte Shuff
Tags, Conference & Events
This year, we at CUB decided to do things a little differently for our annual conference. For our first in-person conference since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we chose to center community voices.
This conference’s theme, Energy Policy for the... Read More »

Lowering Heating Bills This Fall and Winter (2022)
Posted on October 18, 2022 by Charlotte Shuff
Tags, Energy, General Interest
Fall is officially upon us: changing leaves, pumpkin patches, and cold weather. While there are many reasons to love this season, increasing energy bills from heating are not one of them.
As we face multiple rate increases for NW Natural,... Read More »

Energy Bill Discounts Available for Low-Income Oregon Households
Posted on October 11, 2022 by Kate Ayres
Tags, Energy, General Interest
Oregon households can now find some relief through monthly bill discounts from their energy utilities. These interim bill-discount programs from Portland General Electric (PGE), Pacific Power, NW Natural, Avista Utilities, and Cascade Natural Gas are in place or are rolling... Read More »
