The national network of utility consumer advocates came to Portland in June for their annual mid-year conference. The conference gave them a chance to visit Portland, eat from our food carts, enjoy local beer, wine, and cider, and explore critical... Read More »

Registration is now open for CUB’s ninth annual Energy Policy Conference, Clean Energy Communities / Reliable Systems! Taking place on Friday November 8, 2019 at the Downtown Portland Hilton, this conference is designed to educate energy and utility policy analysts, attorneys,... Read More »

A vital decarbonization strategy – transportation electrification – took an important step forward in SB 1044, adopted last month by the Oregon Legislature. Introduced at the request of Portland General Electric, Oregon Environmental Council, and Climate Solutions, SB 1044 garnered at... Read More »

On March 22, 2019, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) finalized an order to open an investigation into Distribution System Planning (DSP), and what it would mean for Oregon’s largest regulated electric utilities. At CUB, we believe paying more granular attention... Read More »

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 »