A number of years ago, the PUC began allowing electric utilities to update variable power costs like fuel for power plants, and wholesale power prices. However, over time, those cases have become more complicated and utilities are now adding costs... Read More »

The 2016 CUB Policy Conference has been on the books for months now for Friday, October 14th, at the Downtown Portland Hilton. Our staff deliberated carefully on this year’s theme, meeting with a number of energy stakeholders and long-time supporters to... Read More »

As the newly elected CUB/CPC Board Chair, I invite you to apply to join the CUB/CPC Board of Governors. We are looking for people with diverse backgrounds and skills, for example: legal, accounting, environmental science, fundraising, broadband, computer science, and... Read More »

At the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a whirlwind of activity characterized the last two years. The debate on Network Neutrality loomed especially large throughout most of 2014 and into the early part of 2015.

While the FCC did reach a historic... Read More »

A year ago last week, on April 30th, 2015, Avista Corp, which supplies natural gas to customers in Oregon, filed with the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase annual revenue requirement by $8.6 million. This means that, on an... Read More »

Last week we said a fond farewell to our Spring Legal Extern Erica Nist-Lund. Erica joined us in January to support our busy regulatory staff and ended her work with us last week in order to prepare for finals and... Read More »