In early April, I joined a tour of North Cully Solar Park, organized by CUB and Verde, a Cully neighborhood community and environmental organization. I went because I live nearby, and as a social scientist who thinks a lot about... Read More »

Over the next six months, Pacific Power will begin to reckon with Oregon’s largest and fastest-growing energy users: data centers.

In 2025, the Oregon Legislature passed the POWER Act to help utilities rein in data centers’ adding costs to Oregonians’ energy... Read More »

This year, CUB has been working diligently to address a significant source of rising energy costs for many Oregonians: data centers. In June, we helped pass the POWER Act (HB 3546), a bill designed to hold data centers accountable for... Read More »

On Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Portlanders gathered at the NW Portland Havurah Shalom synagogue for a community forum on data centers. Rumble on the River is a Portland-based community forum focused on uplifting issues and topics impacting Oregonians. Rumble... Read More »

This year, CUB has been working diligently to address a significant source of rising energy costs for many Oregonians: data centers. In June, we helped pass the POWER Act (HB 3546), a bill designed to hold data centers accountable for... Read More »

This year, CUB has been hard at work tackling a big source of rising energy costs for many Oregonians: data centers. In June, we helped pass the POWER Act (HB 3546), a bill designed to hold data centers accountable for... Read More »