Hydro One - Avista Merger: Improvement Needed
Posted on March 22, 2018 by Will Gehrke
Tags, Energy
In December we told you about the proposed merger of Hydro One, a utility based out of Ontario Canada, and Washington-based Avista. Avista’s service territory includes parts of Oregon as well as Alaska and Idaho; in order to merge with Avista, Hydro... Read More »
Legislative Wrap-Up 2018
Posted on March 19, 2018 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, General Interest, Energy, Telecommunications
CUB Leads Charge as Oregon Becomes a Net Neutrality Trail Blazer
CUB was the principal consumer advocate for HB 4155, ensuring net neutrality for Oregon Internet customers. After bipartisan votes in both the House and Senate, the Oregon Legislature sent the... Read More »
PGE Wants To Raise Rates
Posted on March 9, 2018 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
PGE has filed a request to raise rates by $86 million. For residential customers, bills would increase by an average of 6.3 percent. The company claims the main driver of the case is new capital investments, including a new customer... Read More »
Why The PGE-BPA Power Purchase Contract Is A Big Deal
Posted on March 7, 2018 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced today (March 7) that they have signed an agreement for up to 200MW of capacity from the federal hydro system. Last year in PGE’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), CUB pushed... Read More »
Idaho Power Agrees to Shut Down Two Coal Plants
Posted on February 27, 2018 by Will Gehrke
Tags, Energy
In January, CUB filed its final comments on Idaho Power’s 2017 Integrated Resource Plan. Idaho Power is an electricity utility based out of Boise, Idaho, with service territory in eastern Oregon. Integrated Resource Plans are future road-maps for utilities. In the... Read More »
Energy Storage 101: Key to a Flexible Utility System
Posted on February 16, 2018 by Mike Goetz
Tags, Energy
In order for your lights to turn on when you flip a switch at the end of a long day, electricity needs to flow into your home at a moment’s notice. To respond to this need, and to the litany of... Read More »