A clean and affordable energy future can successfully materialize with active participation from utility customers. Demand response is a utility term for programs that allow a customer to get paid for adjusting their demand as an alternative to building new... Read More »

Oregon has established a record in recent decades of energy efficiency leadership, marked by several legislative milestones. A major milestone was a law passed in 1999 that included a 3 percent surcharge on the bills of our state’s major regulated electric... Read More »

Over the past four decades, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest have established a record of leadership in energy efficiency. This record spans from policy decisions that began in 1980 all the way to HB 3141, proposed in the 2021 legislative... Read More »

Too many low-income Oregonians face the choice of paying their utility bills or buying food, medicine, or other necessities. In 2019, Portland General Electric, the largest electricity provider in Oregon, reported that one in five of its customers had trouble... Read More »

Where does our power come from? Here at CUB, much of our work is predicated on the belief that shedding light on this question for utility customers is good for their consumer interests. Most readers are probably aware that... Read More »

CUB, Staff of the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) (Staff), and CenturyLink/Lumen recently agreed on a plan to restore landline telephone service for residential customers whose service was disrupted by the catastrophic wildfire events of last fall. The plan requires... Read More »