Outcomes for CUB’s legislative agenda, at the close of the 2019 Oregon session, were a mixed bag. We experienced a few major disappointments, but there were significant successes as well, and CUB plans future advocacy work on three strategic issues leading... Read More »

Though already adopted by the Oregon House, HB 2020 did not become law in 2019 due to the Senate Republican walk-out and inaccurate attacks on a complicated but well developed piece of legislation.

For CUB, the broad coalition of business and... Read More »

Portland General Electric (PGE), serving almost 44 percent of Oregon customers, has recently provided a draft of its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). PGE will submit the final planning document in July. CUB applauds PGE on designing a resource plan that... Read More »

CUB’s executive director, Bob Jenks, emphasized the strong consumer protection elements of HB 2020 in two sessions on utility sector decarbonization at a recent conference in Portland. The event was hosted by the National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), whose... Read More »

CUB bids a fond farewell this month to Database Assistant, Andrew Rod, as he’s accepted a well-deserved summer internship after completing his double major in Business and Economics at Portland State University.

CUB hired Andrew at the tail end of summer 2018... Read More »

On Monday June 17, the Oregon House passed HB 2020, the Clean Energy Jobs Act, which establishes the Oregon Climate Action Program. This program sets an economy-wide greenhouse gas (popular shorthand: carbon) emissions cap to meet the state’s climate goals. Additionally,... Read More »