CUB’s Legislative Highlights, 30 Years and Counting
Posted on February 25, 2014 by Karen Jaffe
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Consumers and Utility Customers, CUB Anniversary: 30 Years and Counting, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, History of CUB and General CUB News, Public Involvement and Coalitions
Governor Ted Kulongoski signs SB 838, instituting Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard
A lot has changed in Oregon over the last thirty years, and CUB and its members have played a significant role in bringing big wins to the Oregon State Legislature.
Utility policy... Read More »
Renewables 102: Renewable Energy Credits
Posted on February 6, 2014 by Heather Kendall
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Consumers and Utility Customers, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political
As discussed in our recent Renewables 101 blog post, policies in Oregon have been implemented to meet our region’s growing energy needs for the purposes of reining in the damaging climate changing effects of greenhouse gas emissions and keeping rates affordable... Read More »
Renewable Energy 101
Posted on January 22, 2014 by Heather Kendall
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political
The state of Oregon has a long and impressive tradition of cultivating renewable resources, but many Oregon residents are unaware of this storied history. Let’s look at recent policies that have been implemented in Oregon to promote the increased use of... Read More »
CUB’s Second Annual Thanksgiving Top 10 List
Posted on November 27, 2013 by Amelia Lamb
Tags, Climate and Conservation, History of CUB and General CUB News
In November 2012, the CUB blog featured a Top 10 list of our biggest reasons to be thankful as we welcomed the holiday season and prepared to close out the year. Since we at CUB have a seemingly endless supply... Read More »
Commission Fires Shot Across PacifiCorp’s Bow
Posted on October 30, 2013 by Catriona McCracken
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Utility Regulation
Monday, October 28, 2013, may prove to be an important day at the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC)!
As our regular readers know, for the last two years CUB has been trying to get PacifiCorp (Pacific Power) to seriously analyze and... Read More »
CUB Talks Regional Economics When It Comes to Coal Exports
Posted on April 17, 2013 by Stephanie Levine
Tags, Climate and Conservation, CUB in the News
Last week, Executive Director Bob Jenks represented CUB at Lewis & Clark Law School’s panel discussion, “Northwest Coal Exports: Making Cents of the Environmental Cost.” On the panel, Bob was joined by Brett VandenHeuvel, Executive Director of Columbia Riverkeeper, and Liz Fuller,... Read More »