CUB Energy Policy Conference

Due to the Republican walkout, only three bills were enacted during the 2020 legislative session.

This is in stark contrast to a hallmark of my work at CUB since 1992: collaboration in developing energy and utility regulation policy among disparate stakeholders.... Read More »

There is an abundance of snow activities available to the inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest, with glaciers and snowfields providing options for recreation in all seasons. The snowpack provides some vital insight into the health of the lands around us.... Read More »

PacifiCorp is a multi-state electric utility that does business as Pacific Power in Oregon, Washington, and California, and as Rocky Mountain Power in Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. Pacific Power provides electric service to approximately 615,000 retail customers in Oregon, in... Read More »

Earlier this month, Pacific Power presented its Transportation Electrification (TE) Plan for Oregon. The plan is drafted in compliance with the Oregon Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) Order no. 19-134, which requires electric utilities in Oregon to present a plan to accelerate... Read More »

CUB supports electrifying the transportation sector for two reasons. One is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The second reason is the outsized role that electric vehicles (EVs) play in current and potential electric load growth in Oregon. Today, for instance, roughly... Read More »

We are almost a week into the 2020 Oregon Legislative session. Legislation to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) is once again up for debate and CUB urges legislators to pass SB 1530, the “Oregon Greenhouse Gas Initiative”. This bill establishes an... Read More »