We’ve written about CUB’s work to re-balance the amounts that various customers groups are paying for energy efficiency. Currently, industrial customers contribute a lot less toward energy efficiency investments than residential customers do.

That’s a problem because it threatens to lead to a... Read More »

CUB is excited to be counting down to December 1, 2015. Why, do you ask? Because we are joining #OregoniansGive with more than 500 other nonprofits around the state as part of the international movement, #GivingTuesday.

There is a day for... Read More »

Avista is the natural gas company that serves customers in parts of Southern and Eastern Oregon, as well as Washington and Idaho. At a time when natural gas prices are at an all-time low, Avista is proposing to raise rates... Read More »

On Friday, October 23 at the Downtown Portland Hilton, we convened the fifth annual CUB Policy Conference, Utility 2025: Building the Northwest’s Energy Future, to discuss the next ten years of energy policy in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. This stimulating,... Read More »

There is good news coming this winter for Oregon households with natural gas heat. It will cost less to heat your home this winter. The PUC recently approved rate reductions for the three major natural gas utilities that serve Oregon.... Read More »

Each year, at Michigan State University, the Institute of Public Utilities hosts Camp NARUC (National Association for Regulated Utility Commissioners), a two-week program that incorporates the basics of utility regulation and beyond. There are beginning and intermediate workshops over the... Read More »