It is hard to believe, but it really is the end of 2015…that means we are halfway through the second decade of the 21st Century. I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that it was just yesterday when we... Read More »

In 2013, the Oregon legislature passed House Bill 2893, which tasked the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) to investigate the resource value of solar. The resource value of solar is essentially the value that solar energy brings to the electric... Read More »

We’ve written about CUB’s work to re-balance the amounts that various customers groups are paying for energy efficiency. Currently, industrial customers contribute a lot less toward energy efficiency investments than residential customers do.

That’s a problem because it threatens to lead to a... Read More »

Avista is the natural gas company that serves customers in parts of Southern and Eastern Oregon, as well as Washington and Idaho. At a time when natural gas prices are at an all-time low, Avista is proposing to raise rates... Read More »

There is good news coming this winter for Oregon households with natural gas heat. It will cost less to heat your home this winter. The PUC recently approved rate reductions for the three major natural gas utilities that serve Oregon.... Read More »

This week, the EPA released its final version of the Clean Power Plan, the EPA rule which will regulate carbon emission from power plants. While we are still in the process of digesting this rule, which is more than 1000... Read More »