
What Is Cryptosporidium And Why Has It Been In The News?
Posted on February 16, 2017 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
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 »
Oregon Gets Long Overdue Severe Weather Shutoff Rules
Posted on February 10, 2017 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest, Energy
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 »

Phasing Out 14 Coal Units Could Save $1 Billion
Posted on February 3, 2017 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
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 »

Oregon CUB: New Name, New Look, New Tax-deductible Status
Posted on January 30, 2017 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest
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 »
Process to Review Pacific Power Annual Costs “Fundamentally Broken”
Posted on January 24, 2017 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
At today’s Public Meeting of the Public Utility Commission (PUC), CUB declared that the annual process to review PacifiCorp’s power costs is “fundamentally broken”.
CUB noted that Pacific Power has been challenged on 29 issues related to its power cost... Read More »

2016: A Year-End Review
Posted on December 29, 2016 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest
It could be said that 2016 has been tumultuous for CUB with change being the one constant in our very busy year. We have participated in creating remarkable energy policy in Oregon, voiced our strong support for net neutrality and... Read More »
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