CUB Applauds EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Posted on August 6, 2015 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
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 »
CUB Victory Will Save Customers More Than $20 Million/Year
Posted on August 5, 2015 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Energy
On Monday, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled in CUB’s favor in a case that decided whether utility shareholders can earn a profit on the company’s pension contributions. This decision will prevent Oregon utilities from increasing rates in order to increase... Read More »
200th Coal Plant Closure Vindicates CUB’s Pioneering Boardman Analysis
Posted on July 23, 2015 by Amelia Lamb
Tags, Energy
Last week, the Sierra Club made a big announcement: Alliant Energy in Iowa had committed to phasing out coal at six of its plants, marking the 200th modern baseload coal plant closure in the US. PGE’s Boardman was the very first, and... Read More »
Legislature Finally Gets Out of Dodge – Er, Salem
Posted on July 16, 2015 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Energy
Reflecting back on the 2015 Oregon legislative session, well, as the Grateful Dead used to sing, “what a long, strange trip it’s been.” The legislature adjourned on July 6 after a session that saw the resignation of a Governor, the inauguration of... Read More »
The Economics Scoop: PGE’s Rate Case UE 294
Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jaime McGovern
Tags, Energy
PGE has filed with the Oregon Public Utility Commission for a 4.3% rate hike that assures them impeccably timely cost recovery for Carty, the new power plant that the company is building and bringing into ratebase (read: the portfolio of... Read More »
Victory for Protection of Ratepayer Funds in Oregon Legislature
Posted on June 25, 2015 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Energy
There are a few things in life that you can expect in June: school lets out, Father’s Day, Flag Day, and the Oregon legislature tries to raid ratepayer funds.
It seems as though toward the end of nearly every legislative session for... Read More »