CUB Welcomes Portland Consumer Advocate Janice Thompson
Posted on March 19, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, History of CUB and General CUB News, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
The Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon (CUB) is pleased to announce the hiring of Janice Thompson as our new consumer advocate for Portland water and sewer services.
Thompson comes to CUB after a long career working on democracy reform issues. She has... Read More »
CUB Kicks off 2014 Community Outreach Season
Posted on March 6, 2014 by Heather Kendall
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Emerging Technologies
On February 28th, 2014, Mt. Hood Skibowl West opened the first electric vehicle fast charger in the US to be located at a ski resort and on federal Forest Service land. Taking place after two cancellations due to a lack... Read More »
CUB Fights for Sound Financial Planning, Sustainable Utility Pensions
Posted on March 3, 2014 by Jaime McGovern
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
You may have heard in the past few years of companies, and even cities, going bust. You may also have heard about underfunded pensions. Or, you may have heard about claims of overly generous benefits for state workers. You may... Read More »
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 »
Peace for the Renewable Energy Standard?
Posted on February 13, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political
Over the past several months, we have talked about a real threat to Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard. As a result of their load growth issues, Umatilla Electric Cooperative sees they may become a “large utility” under the standard and be subject to... 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 »