CUB Remembers Former PUC Chair Ray Baum
Posted on March 1, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest
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 »
Idaho Power Agrees to Shut Down Two Coal Plants
Posted on February 27, 2018 by Will Gehrke
Tags, Energy
In January, CUB filed its final comments on Idaho Power’s 2017 Integrated Resource Plan. Idaho Power is an electricity utility based out of Boise, Idaho, with service territory in eastern Oregon. Integrated Resource Plans are future road-maps for utilities. In the... Read More »
Energy Storage 101: Key to a Flexible Utility System
Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mike Goetz
Tags, Energy
In order for your lights to turn on when you flip a switch at the end of a long day, electricity needs to flow into your home at a moment’s notice. To respond to this need, and to the litany of... Read More »
Portland Water Bureau: National Leader on Help for Low-Income Renters
Posted on February 15, 2018 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
The Portland Water Bureau (PWB), in consultation with CUB, has figured out an innovative approach to help low-income renters cover the cost of their City of Portland water and sewer bills. The major problem facing water and sewer utilities across... Read More »
CUB Supports Net Neutrality for Oregon Via House Bill 4155
Posted on February 13, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, Telecommunications
Help CUB fight for Net Neutrality by signing on to our testimony in support of Oregon House Bill (HB) 4155 – proposed legislation that would ensure a “net neutral” Oregon. CUB was present at a public hearing, and offered testimony, before the... Read More »
So I Finally Bought An Electric Vehicle
Posted on February 9, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, Energy
In August of 2016 I wrote a blog titled So I Think I Want to Buy An Electric Vehicle…, which among other things, imagined how each of the three kinds of EVs might work for me. I ended the article suggesting... Read More »
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