CUB Energy Policy Conference

*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 »

As the clock ticks away the final hours of 2018, we thought we would take the opportunity to look back on what we have accomplished. We’ve had some great wins and created positive change in the energy and telecom sectors. You’ll... Read More »

Light - at least the generation of the electricity that fuels light - is a staple of our work at CUB. This is probably why I spend a lot of time thinking about the implications of the presence and/or absence... Read More »