CUB anticipated the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) revoking the Portland Water Bureau’s Cryptosporidium treatment variance because our monitoring of sampling results indicated that the allowed annual Crypto level was exceeded. 

Indeed, we testified at the May 18 utility rate hearing on the... Read More »

There was an overflow crowd of ratepayers at a Public Meeting, on PGE’s resource plan, that took place on Monday May 15th, 2017. Most were there to oppose replacing the Boardman coal plant with new natural gas plants. It is unusual... Read More »

CUB has been active in Salem during the 2017 Oregon legislative session. However, due to statewide budget pressures and the 2016 Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Act, the session has been relatively quiet from an energy perspective. CUB has had... Read More »

On April 18, 2017, I had the opportunity to represent CUB at the Oregon’s Energy Future Conference, organized by the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC). A mainstay in Oregon for the past eleven years, the conference connects energy professionals from utilities,... Read More »

CUB supports a Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) biogas project, approved by Portland City Council in April, which has air quality, climate change, and economic benefits. This is a BES project because it uses methane produced by the biodigesters, a... Read More »

“EVs are coming and utilities need to prepare”, was the message CUB delivered in testimony filed this week with the Public Utility Commission. If a utility prepares and offers the right programs, Electric Vehicles can lower utility costs and benefit all... Read More »