The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating effect on too many Oregon families. Many households are still unable to afford their utility bills along with other basic living expenses. Since summer 2020, CUB has worked with regulators, utilities, and... Read More »

CUB is hard at work during the remote 2021 Oregon legislative session, which has reached the halfway point. Most, but unfortunately not all, of our priorities are moving through the legislative process. Below is a summary of five of CUB’s priority... Read More »

After weeks of intense negotiation that built on months of policy assessments, CUB and a broad group of stakeholders developed HB 2021. If passed by the Oregon Legislature, the bill would require our state’s largest electric utilities to serve customers with... Read More »

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating effect on too many Oregon families. Many households are still unable to afford their utility bills along with other basic living expenses. Since summer 2020, CUB has worked with regulators, utilities, and... Read More »

Late in 2020, CUB published a blog announcing our appointment to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)’s Rulemaking Advisory Committee. The Committee is tasked with crafting new amendments to Oregon’s Clean Fuels program. Launched in 2016, the program is designed to... Read More »

Too many Oregonians are struggling to afford their electricity bills, and there is not enough bill payment assistance to go around. Existing energy assistance programs were stretched thin before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the need for energy assistance has skyrocketed.... Read More »