CUB Energy Policy Conference

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 »

Last November, a Spanish Company, Abengoa, entered pre-bankruptcy talks with its creditors. At the time, PGE was well on its way to finishing construction of its new $514 million 440 MW natural gas plant in Boardman, Oregon, called the Carty... Read More »

One of the things I enjoy the most as a CUB staffer is getting out to conferences and hearing about how various stakeholders are thinking and working through the big issues in the energy industry. These events help me situate CUB’s... Read More »

As you know, CUB has the responsibility of intervening in integrated resource plan (IRP) proceedings on behalf of customers. In case you don’t remember, an IRP is a document that outlines how a utility intends to meet its resource needs in... Read More »

We have much to report on the telecommunications front. But two topics stand out: CUB’s participation with a City of Portland and Multnomah County partnership to develop a three-year Digital Equity Action Plan (DEAP), and our strong endorsement of key digital... Read More »

At the tail end of last year’s City of Portland budget development process, we reported on a major victory: the end of a developer subsidy to ensure developers were paying their fair share of sewer system development. This victory reduced the... Read More »