In the weeks leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, CUB raised concerns with his selections to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Interior and State Departments. Each of these cabinet picks signaled a striking departure from the previous Administration’s philosophy... Read More »

As most of our readers know, CUB and its allies succeeded in passing legislation last year that will allow PGE, Pacific Power, and Idaho Power’s customers to obtain solar power from “community solar projects”. Until now residential ratepayers had limited options for... Read More »

Cryptosporidium is a tiny parasitic organism that can cause temporary gastrointestinal distress called Crypotosporidiosis. The primary causes are drinking water contaminated with excrement from an animal infested with Cryptosporidium or oral contact with feces from a contaminated person.

Multnomah County’s Health... Read More »

Last summer, after years of back and forth between key stakeholders – including energy utilities, Oregon Public Utility Commission’s (OPUC) Consumer Services Division, CUB, and others – OPUC Staff set into motion three “Low-Income Issue” dockets: AR 601 (Severe Weather Moratorium on... Read More »

It has taken CUB a few years to get PacifiCorp to seriously analyze phasing out coal plants instead of spending billions to retrofit their plants. However, Pacific Power (PAC) recently presented the results of its analysis of the least cost/least... Read More »

Over the years CUB has more than once considered bringing together our sister organizations, the Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon and the CUB Policy Center. However the reasons were never compelling enough to make the kind of investment it was going... Read More »