The national associations of utility regulators (NARUC) and consumer advocates (NASUCA) held their annual meetings on November 13th-16th in California. CUB regularly sends staff to these meetings. They are a great opportunity to learn about emerging issues, find out how... Read More »

Avista Utilities, which provides natural gas service in parts of southern, central, and eastern Oregon, recently filed to raise rates of residential customers by more than 9%. The increase represents a whopping 14.5% increase in the cost of distributing gas... Read More »

Earlier this morning (November 30), Sam Pastrick summarized CUB’s report, Structural Changes Needed to Regain Information Communications Technology Edge in Portland, in an appearance before the Portland City Council.

CUB also sent the report to Mayor-Elect Ted Wheeler and Commissioner-Elect Chloe... Read More »

It is a wonderful thing that in our country we stop on the fourth Thursday in November to be grateful. It has always struck me that a national day of Thanksgiving shows great wisdom. How prudent to have a day... Read More »

We have a day for giving thanks, and we have #GivingTuesday; a day for giving back. And to remind you why supporting CUB is a great way to give – let me share with you the Top Ten Reasons to Support... Read More »

Earlier this summer, CUB launched an Oregon Utility Customer Survey to learn more about to what extent CUB’s constituency has an interest in or background knowledge of a range of pressing energy issues. CUB developed the survey project with an additional... Read More »