CUB’s 7th Annual Policy Conference Explores Utility Regulation 2.0
Posted on June 16, 2017 by Samuel Pastrick
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Utilities are in a tough spot in 2017. Traditional utility regulation encourages investment in large long-term assets like power plants. But many people, including regulators and customers, believe that the future will be built around energy efficiency, demand response, distributed... Read More »
Oregon’s Energy Future: Pushing the Needle Forward
Posted on May 5, 2017 by Mike Goetz
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On April 18, 2017, I had the opportunity to represent CUB at the Oregon’s Energy Future Conference, organized by the Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC). A mainstay in Oregon for the past eleven years, the conference connects energy professionals from utilities,... Read More »
Save the Date: 2017 CUB Conference Continues Tradition of Excellence
Posted on March 29, 2017 by Amelia Lamb
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Spring is in the air; cherry blossoms line the trees on the Downtown Portland waterfront and at the Salem capitol, and the days are getting longer. Here at CUB, springtime brings a marked shift in work patterns: we are diligently... Read More »
Oregon Utility Customer Survey Results
Posted on November 2, 2016 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, Energy, Conference & Events
Earlier this summer, CUB launched an Oregon Utility Customer Survey to learn more about to what extent CUB’s constituency has an interest in or background knowledge of a range of pressing energy issues. CUB developed the survey project with an additional... Read More »
Wrapping Up “The Future Starts Now”
Posted on October 24, 2016 by Amelia Lamb
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On Friday October 14, CUB held our sixth annual energy policy conference, The Future Starts Now, at the Downtown Portland Hilton. This was our most well-attended conference yet, and that success was mirrored in a full day of dynamic debate... Read More »
International Keynote at Portland Ecoroof Symposium
Posted on October 12, 2016 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Energy, Water/Wastewater, Conference & Events
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 »