Last year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) requested a study of PacifiCorp’s coal plants to determine if those plants remain economic. Since 2010, approximately one third of all coal plants in the US have shut down, with many more planned... Read More »

Steve Gorham found his niche as a criminal defense lawyer working as an attorney for Marion County Legal Aid through the VISTA volunteer program. His first exposure to energy issues was as a member of the Trojan Decommissioning Alliance. At... Read More »

I love the fall: the excitement of kids returning to a new year of school, the crisp cool days and the autumn colors of the tree, the universal feeling of gratitude that prevails despite any number of difficult circumstances.

This Thanksgiving... Read More »

The City of Portland’s Office for Community Technology (OCT) is once again a standalone city bureau. While this change may seem like little more than inside baseball, it represents an important and long overdue update of the City’s governance structure. Above... Read More »

Whenever I file a final brief in a litigated case—or when the process otherwise ends—I am immediately eager to read the final decision from the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) to discern whether we at CUB won on our issues. Unfortunately,... Read More »

Shelley Batty has a passion for bicycling and rural Oregon. She was raised on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern Oregon where she grew to love the rural landscape and way of life. As an adult in rural Clackamas County,... Read More »