The City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) recently proposed a “Home Energy Score” policy that CUB supports, with recommended changes. But before getting into CUB’s position – first some background.

What is a home energy score? A home energy score... Read More »

Earlier this summer, CUB released an Oregon Utility Customer Survey. While CUB has, in years past, surveyed both members and utility customers alike, it’s been a while – and the motivation behind this particular survey largely stems from a panel at... Read More »

Earlier this spring, Portland General Electric (PGE) filed its 2017 “Annual Power Cost Update Tariff”, or “Annual Update Tariff” (AUT). In simpler terms, PGE’s AUT is a mini-rate case that is limited to annual changes in their power costs such as fuel. In... Read More »

Today CUB is asking you to call your Congressional Representative right now and ask them to increase funding for the Low-income Heat and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Let me tell you why.

As I write this blog I am sitting in... Read More »

Mountain snowpack is of particular importance here in Oregon, where it makes up a large percentage of our water storage compared to other states. In fact, in most western river basins snowpack is a larger component of water storage than... Read More »

NOTE from CUB Staff: As a consumer advocate organization we do mostly regulation and policy work, however more and more we find that electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure is one of the new frontiers for utility providers. To that end, we... Read More »