Cascade Natural Gas, a natural gas utility with customers in Central and Eastern Oregon, recently requested a 4.94 percent rate increase for residential customers. The main driver for this rate increase was increased investment in natural gas pipeline infrastructure. The... Read More »

The CUB staff and I are pleased to welcome a new member of our team, Sudeshna Pal, as an Economist. Sudeshna graduated with a Doctorate in Economics from West Virginia University. She then went on to work as Assistant Professor... Read More »

*Editor’s Update: on Wednesday January 23, 2019, Avista Corp. issued a notice to the Oregon PUC that its merger agreement with Hydro One had been terminated. The docket is closed and Avista will continue to operate as an independent utility service... Read More »

Pamela While, CUB’s Development and Communications Director, is leaving CUB this month. CUB wishes her well.

Pamela started almost five years ago when CUB created the position of Development and Communications Director. The idea was to consolidate our development and communications activities... Read More »

A fully litigated contested case proceeding that “goes the distance” before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) has more in common with a twelve-round heavyweight boxing bout than an after-school scrap at the flag pole. More of a marathon than a... Read More »

CUB has long advocated for low income energy programs and was an active participant in a Low-Income Utility Program Work Group convened by the Governor’s Carbon Policy Office. The Work Group met from July through December of 2018 and consisted of... Read More »