CUB Energy Policy Conference

As most of our readers know, CUB and its allies succeeded in passing legislation last year that will allow PGE, Pacific Power, and Idaho Power’s customers to obtain solar power from “community solar projects”. Until now residential ratepayers had limited options for... Read More »

Last summer, after years of back and forth between key stakeholders – including energy utilities, Oregon Public Utility Commission’s (OPUC) Consumer Services Division, CUB, and others – OPUC Staff set into motion three “Low-Income Issue” dockets: AR 601 (Severe Weather Moratorium on... Read More »

It has taken CUB a few years to get PacifiCorp to seriously analyze phasing out coal plants instead of spending billions to retrofit their plants. However, Pacific Power (PAC) recently presented the results of its analysis of the least cost/least... Read More »

At today’s Public Meeting of the Public Utility Commission (PUC), CUB declared that the annual process to review PacifiCorp’s power costs is “fundamentally broken”. 

CUB noted that Pacific Power has been challenged on 29 issues related to its power cost... Read More »

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 »