Last week, I had the pleasure to embark on a road trip from CUB’s headquarters, here in the low elevations of the Willamette Valley, over mountain passes to the high desert and sagebrush sea that dominates much of the eastern part... Read More »

CUB’s legislative priorities in Salem for the 2019 session include both energy and information communications technology issues. The following topics represent our proactive, 2019 legislative agenda (though other issues may surface throughout the legislative session, particularly bills that CUB opposes.) Sign... Read More »

CUB’s executive director, Bob Jenks, testified this afternoon on HB 2020, which establishes the Oregon Climate Action Plan (Oregon CAP). Bob provided background information on previously adopted coal removal mandates and other important electric sector policy steps. In addition, Bob provided... Read More »

At 5:30 PST on October 9, 2018, a portion of the Enbridge pipeline ruptured in British Columbia, Canada. The Enbridge pipeline consists of two parallel pipelines, the larger of which is three feet in diameter. The rupture ignited in a... Read More »

Cascade Natural Gas, a natural gas utility with customers in Central and Eastern Oregon, recently requested a 4.94 percent rate increase for residential customers. The main driver for this rate increase was increased investment in natural gas pipeline infrastructure. The... Read More »

*Editor’s Update: on Wednesday January 23, 2019, Avista Corp. issued a notice to the Oregon PUC that its merger agreement with Hydro One had been terminated. The docket is closed and Avista will continue to operate as an independent utility service... Read More »