In its April 2019 Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) public meeting, PacifiCorp proposed early retirement of four of its coal plants located in Wyoming. The closures are the result of an economic analysis of closing multiple coal plants at one time.... Read More »

On May 7, after earlier passage through the Oregon House, HB 3065 moved out of the Senate Committee on Business and General Government. The full Senate will soon take up the bill and CUB expects it will pass quickly with... Read More »

Bills introduced for the 2019 Oregon legislative session at this point fall into three categories: dead, alive, or law. While there are ways to extend the life of bills or resurrect them past public hearing and work session deadlines, by... Read More »

This summer, Idaho Power is going to be testing a new rate structure for its retail electricity rates. For residential customers, there are two main components of electric rates. One is the basic charge, which is a fixed monthly bill.... Read More »

Oregon’s first battery electric bus (BEB) is now officially on the road in the greater Portland area. I spent a little over two hours on a round trip in the bus in mid-April. The ride went smooth and, more importantly, clean!

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Earlier this month, I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a panel at the 2019 Green Business Initiative Symposium. Jointly presented by the University of Oregon School of Law’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center and the Green Business Initiative Student... Read More »