Year in and year out, CUB comes to the table to argue against unjust and unreasonable rate increases for Pacific Power’s residential customers. In recent years it has been a bit of an uphill battle, and CUB and other stakeholders’ proposed... Read More »

In early November, I had the opportunity to represent CUB’s membership in the NW Energy Coalition (NWEC) at their Fall 2017 NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference in Seattle. NWEC is an alliance of about 100 environmental, civic, and human service... Read More »

Every year, the Oregon Public Utility Commission sets natural gas prices based on the expected cost of natural gas for the upcoming year. This year, the projected gas price is expected to decrease. This will impact residential customers of all... Read More »

Another year, another proposed rate increase for Pacific Power customers. Every year Pacific Power updates its forecast of variable power costs (including fuel, purchased power, and customer demand) in an annual power cost update filing. Here at the Oregon Citizens’ Utility... Read More »

As a consumer advocate organization, CUB’s first priority is to advocate for Oregon consumers served by investor-owned utilities to make sure that your pocketbooks and your values are being protected. As you know, over the past 33 years we have saved... Read More »

On Thursday, September 14, at a Public Utility Commission workshop concerning Pacific Power’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), CUB informed the Commission of our serious concerns about the risks of the investments compared to a relatively small benefit to customers and a... Read More »