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 »

The 9th annual CUB Policy Conference is slated for Friday, November 8 (mark your calendars!) and today we are pleased to announce this year’s conference theme: Clean Energy Communities / Reliable Systems.

What is a utility to do? Disparate stakeholders want today’s... Read More »

Editor’s Note: The House Committee on Business and Labor held an informational hearing for HB 2688 on April 22. Though the hearing was purely informational, it was an important opportunity for CUB and other advocates to communicate the benefits of... Read More »

When the Oregon Legislature passed the Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Plan (SB 1547) in 2016, the state was taking a hard look at ways to decarbonize its electric mix beyond the two main tenets of the law: removing coal... Read More »

Another year, another power cost filing for Portland General Electric and Pacific Power. Every year, the electric utilities update their forecasts of variable power costs (purchased power, fuel, operation and maintenance, and demand). CUB intervenes in these annual power cases... Read More »

Editor’s Note: Theses bills are still making their way through the Legislature and we need your help. As of April 29, HB 2184 is awaiting a work session in the House Committee on Revenue and will then meet up with HB 2173... Read More »