A vital decarbonization strategy – transportation electrification – took an important step forward in SB 1044, adopted last month by the Oregon Legislature. Introduced at the request of Portland General Electric, Oregon Environmental Council, and Climate Solutions, SB 1044 garnered at... Read More »

On March 22, 2019, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) finalized an order to open an investigation into Distribution System Planning (DSP), and what it would mean for Oregon’s largest regulated electric utilities. At CUB, we believe paying more granular attention... Read More »

Outcomes for CUB’s legislative agenda, at the close of the 2019 Oregon session, were a mixed bag. We experienced a few major disappointments, but there were significant successes as well, and CUB plans future advocacy work on three strategic issues leading... Read More »

Though already adopted by the Oregon House, HB 2020 did not become law in 2019 due to the Senate Republican walk-out and inaccurate attacks on a complicated but well developed piece of legislation.

For CUB, the broad coalition of business and... Read More »

Portland General Electric (PGE), serving almost 44 percent of Oregon customers, has recently provided a draft of its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). PGE will submit the final planning document in July. CUB applauds PGE on designing a resource plan that... Read More »

CUB’s executive director, Bob Jenks, emphasized the strong consumer protection elements of HB 2020 in two sessions on utility sector decarbonization at a recent conference in Portland. The event was hosted by the National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), whose... Read More »