As the Development and Communications Director at CUB I have had the privilege to be part of the powerful work that we do. Often, when I try to describe it, I am tongue-tied because, as one board member recently said... Read More »

Every year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission sets natural gas prices based on the expected cost of natural gas for the upcoming year. This year, the projected gas price is expected to decrease. This will impact residential customers of all... Read More »

Ok. So maybe I exaggerate. The utilities that serve us are not exactly person-eating zombies, but they do often ask for terrifying rate hikes and try to make hideously foolish decisions that put customers at risk.

Take for example, PGE’s recent IRP.... Read More »

The eighth annual CUB Policy Conference, Utility Regulation 2.0: Empowering What’s Possible, has come and gone. Taking place on Friday October 13, the conference convened many of the Pacific Northwest utility industry’s chief decision makers, analysts and advocates for a day... Read More »

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 »