In December we told you about the proposed merger of Hydro One, a utility based out of Ontario Canada, and Washington-based Avista.  Avista’s service territory includes parts of Oregon as well as Alaska and Idaho; in order to merge with Avista, Hydro... Read More »

CUB Leads Charge as Oregon Becomes a Net Neutrality Trail Blazer
CUB was the principal consumer advocate for HB 4155, ensuring net neutrality for Oregon Internet customers. After bipartisan votes in both the House and Senate, the Oregon Legislature sent the... Read More »

PGE has filed a request to raise rates by $86 million. For residential customers, bills would increase by an average of 6.3 percent. The company claims the main driver of the case is new capital investments, including a new customer... Read More »

Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced today (March 7) that they have signed an agreement for up to 200MW of capacity from the federal hydro system. Last year in PGE’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), CUB pushed... Read More »

Yesterday (March 1), the Oregon Senate passed House Bill 4155. Similar to the House vote earlier in the week, the bill received significant bipartisan support, including votes from all Democratic and four Republican Senators.

House Bill 4155, which was CUB’s priority bill... Read More »

The staff at CUB was sad to hear that former PUC chair Ray Baum passed away in February, after a long battle with cancer.

Baum, who served on the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) from 2003-2010 and as chair in 2010,... Read More »