June marks the beginning of Portland General Electric (PGE) offering summer Peak Time Rebates for its customers. This program is designed to encourage customers to use energy when demand is at its highest. By using this program, PGE’s residential customers can... Read More »

On May 27, 2021, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) adopted a stipulation between CUB, PUC Staff, and Idaho Power Company that settled all issues raised in the company’s annual variable power cost filing. While the stipulation resulted in an increase... Read More »

Oregon House Bill 2021 would require our state’s major electric utilities and electric service suppliers to serve Oregon customers with 100 percent clean electricity by 2040. This legislation has prompted questions about the scale, location, and primary goal of renewable energy... Read More »

Summer is upon us and so is the hot weather. In the first week of June, temperatures in Southern Oregon topped 100F and Northwest Oregon reached above 90F. With higher temperatures come higher energy bills. Here are a few ways... Read More »

Where does our energy come from? Here at CUB, much of our work is predicated on the belief that shedding light on this question for utility customers is good for their interests. In this blog, CUB explains geothermal electricity generation... Read More »

The Columbia River Basin is host to over one third of total US hydropower generation. Hydropower is generated when water from a river flows through a dam, where the falling water turns a turbine which generates electricity. The amount of... Read More »