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 »
Not Too Taxing To Us: Ensuring Customer Benefit from Lower Utility Taxes
Posted on February 2, 2018 by Mike Goetz
Tags, Energy
In the latter part of 2017, there was much ado about the potential federal tax reform measure floating around in Washington, DC. The bill that was eventually passed—the Tax Reconciliation Act, Public Law Number 115-97 (“Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”)—was enacted on... Read More »
CUB Submits Lifeline Comments
Posted on January 30, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, Telecommunications
Earlier today (Tuesday January 30), CUB submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission outlining our clear disagreement with their unreasonable plans to dismantle foundational provisions of the Lifeline program. Similar to our summer 2017 campaign in opposition to the FCC’s rollback... Read More »
New Year and New Faces!
Posted on January 26, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest
Under CUB’s founding statute, a full Board of Governors includes three CUB members representing each of Oregon’s five Congressional Districts. Board members must live in the district they represent and are elected by other CUB members who also live in that... Read More »
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