Another year, another proposed rate increase for Pacific Power customers. Every year Pacific Power updates its forecast of variable power costs (including fuel, purchased power, and customer demand) in an annual power cost update filing. Here at the Oregon Citizens’ Utility... Read More »

Life is full of change - some easy, some hard, some disappointing, and some delightful. I am relieved to say that in planning the CUB Policy Conference most of our changes fall much closer to delightful than disappointing. So with... Read More »

If you are reading this blog you probably know that CUB’s work involves analyzing utility rate increases and resource plans, as well as other complicated economic work. So it was with great excitement that CUB welcomed our new Economist, Will Gehrke... Read More »

The 2017 CUB Policy Conference, Utility Regulation 2.0, is three short weeks away! In preparing for our seventh annual energy policy conference, taking place on Friday October 13 at the Downtown Portland Hilton, we are featuring previews on the CUB... Read More »

As a consumer advocate organization, CUB’s first priority is to advocate for Oregon consumers served by investor-owned utilities to make sure that your pocketbooks and your values are being protected. As you know, over the past 33 years we have saved... Read More »

On Thursday, September 14, at a Public Utility Commission workshop concerning Pacific Power’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), CUB informed the Commission of our serious concerns about the risks of the investments compared to a relatively small benefit to customers and a... Read More »