The national associations of utility regulators (NARUC) and consumer advocates (NASUCA) held their annual meetings on November 13th-16th in California. CUB regularly sends staff to these meetings. They are a great opportunity to learn about emerging issues, find out how... Read More »

Avista Utilities, which provides natural gas service in parts of southern, central, and eastern Oregon, recently filed to raise rates of residential customers by more than 9%. The increase represents a whopping 14.5% increase in the cost of distributing gas... Read More »

Earlier this summer, CUB launched an Oregon Utility Customer Survey to learn more about to what extent CUB’s constituency has an interest in or background knowledge of a range of pressing energy issues. CUB developed the survey project with an additional... Read More »

Last April, Cascade Natural Gas filed a rate case requesting a $1.9 million increase in rates charged to Oregon customers. Cascade is a small natural gas company that serves parts of central and eastern Oregon. CUB, the PUC Staff and... Read More »

Every fall, the Public Utility Commission resets natural gas prices to reflect the expected costs for the upcoming year with the new rates taking effect November 1. The good news this year is that gas costs are declining for all... Read More »

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on your house reduce how much electricity you need to buy from your utility. In contrast to centralized electrical production at generation facilities owned by a utility, solar energy produced by individual customers is an example... Read More »