You’re Invited to the Portland City Club’s Water Forum!
Posted on June 25, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
Got questions about Portland’s water and wastewater utility services?
Want to know what is next after Portlanders voted down Measure 26-156?
Come on down to Vie De Boheme this Thursday evening, June 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for a forum - complete with... Read More »
PGE Customers Concerned About Rate Increases at Public Hearing
Posted on June 4, 2014 by Jordan Bailey
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
On Thursday, May 29th, 2014, the Oregon Public Utility Commission held a Public Comment Hearing for PGE’s current rate case, docketed as UE 283, at Jefferson High School in Portland. As has been previously reported on the CUB blog, CUB has... Read More »
CUB Endorses EPA’s Proposed New Emissions Rules
Posted on June 3, 2014 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Consumers and Utility Customers, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political, Utility Regulation
Yesterday morning (June 2nd, 2014) in Washington DC, as a primary component of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency released new draft rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions at existing power plants in the United States. Widely discussed and... Read More »
Oregon Public Utility Commission Wants Your Comments at Portland Hearing!
Posted on May 20, 2014 by Nadine Hanhan
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
If you’ve been keeping up with the regulatory updates on CUB’s blog, you will remember the summary we wrote last month of various issues CUB identifies within PGE’s current rate case. In that article, CUB discussed the timing of the rate case filing,... Read More »
Summing Up: Ballots Due Tomorrow!
Posted on May 19, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
Over the past few weeks, CUB has reported on various issues related to Measure 26-156, which appears on the May 20th ballot in Portland. This measure proposes to create a public water district, which would create an independently elected volunteer... Read More »
Measure 26-156—Election Pros and Cons
Posted on May 16, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
If you’re registered to vote in Oregon, by now you’ve received your ballot for the May 20th election. If you live in Portland, you might have heard or read about Measure 26-156 that will be on the May 20 ballot. CUB’s board... Read More »