Avista Utilities is one of the six investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities that CUB helps oversee and regulate before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC). While the utility serves both electric and natural gas customers in eastern Washington and... Read More »

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) spent most of the day on Tuesday, August 8, considering PGE’s latest resource plan. OPUC acknowledged new investments in energy efficiency and demand response which PGE had demonstrated were cost effective. With Boardman closing down... Read More »

Early on the morning of July 31, 2017, CUB joined 34 state Attorneys General, Consumer Advocates, Utility-Regulatory Commissioners, and Community Services Administrators in submitting a letter to key U.S. Senators representing the Senate Committee on Appropriations and its Subcommittee on... Read More »

An extensive transportation bill is under discussion in Salem after a team of legislators spent months receiving input from across Oregon. Our friends at Oregon Environmental Council have this helpful overview of the proposed bill.

CUB supports electrifying the transportation sector,... Read More »

On June 1, both Multnomah County and the City of Portland adopted resolutions outlining a path to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. I feel honored to have testified on behalf of CUB that day in support of the two... Read More »

According to several reports published today, including an article by Oregonian business investigative reporter Ted Sickinger, President Trump’s new budget proposal includes a plan to sell publicly owned transmission assets to create revenue for the U.S. Treasury. Chief among these plans... Read More »