CUB Energy Policy Conference

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Editor’s Note: Interested in learning more about your monthly bill from Avista? Read more on the CUB Blog entry Utilities 101: How to Read Your Avista Gas Bill.

This year, Avista Utilities requested to raise bills for their natural gas customers in... Read More »