CUB Energy Policy Conference

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 »

We are now officially counting down the last few days before the sixth annual CUB Policy Conference, The Future Starts Now, taking place at the Downtown Portland Hilton on Friday October 14. Our Early Bird deadline has passed, and today... Read More »

We are less than two weeks out from the sixth annual CUB Policy Conference, The Future Starts Now, taking place at the Downtown Portland Hilton on Friday October 14. Our Early Bird deadline has passed, but you can still register... Read More »

Why does one newspaper article say that Oregonians want to reduce carbon emissions while a blog entry from another media outlet says that our state’s utility customers want low cost energy? Does it seem like internal conflicts occur between what Oregonians... Read More »