Last April, Cascade Natural Gas filed a rate case requesting a $1.9 million increase in rates charged to Oregon customers. Cascade is a small natural gas company that serves parts of central and eastern Oregon. CUB, the PUC Staff and... Read More »

All indications are that there will not be a homeless shelter at the Terminal 1 site after all. Here is a quick recap of this issue and an update.

Terminal 1 is a warehouse in industrial Northwest Portland along the Willamette... Read More »

On Friday October 14, CUB held our sixth annual energy policy conference, The Future Starts Now, at the Downtown Portland Hilton. This was our most well-attended conference yet, and that success was mirrored in a full day of dynamic debate... Read More »

Every fall, the Public Utility Commission resets natural gas prices to reflect the expected costs for the upcoming year with the new rates taking effect November 1. The good news this year is that gas costs are declining for all... Read More »

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on your house reduce how much electricity you need to buy from your utility. In contrast to centralized electrical production at generation facilities owned by a utility, solar energy produced by individual customers is an example... Read More »

The 2016 Ecoroof Symposium, held at Portland State University on October 2-3, brought an international flare along with research and policy discussions featuring many Oregonians.

The keynote speaker was Dusty Gedge, founder of livingroofs.org and head of the European Federation of... Read More »