Oregon assistance programs are under threat again! The Trump administration is once again putting assistance programs that help Oregonians in its crosshairs. This time, they’re targeting the Lifeline program. Federal regulators are using the same old language of cutting down fraud... Read More »

Last year, after pressure from legislators, Oregon’s three largest state-regulated utilities agreed to a voluntary pause on disconnections for many low-income and medically vulnerable customers through the rest of 2025. But NW Natural broke this promise and shut off nearly 200... Read More »

Big changes are in the works for one of Oregon’s largest electric utilities! On March 19th, Pacific Power, owned by parent company PacifiCorp, announced its plan to sell three small parts of its Oregon service territory.

Once finalized, residential and industrial... Read More »

Last year, CUB did something we’ve never done before. We took the lead on four energy affordability bills during Oregon’s legislative session—and we passed all of them! Among those big victories, the FAIR Energy Act (HB 3179) was passed to rein in... Read More »

This year, CUB has been working diligently to address a significant source of rising energy costs for many Oregonians: data centers. In June, we helped pass the POWER Act (HB 3546), a bill designed to hold data centers accountable for... Read More »

Utilities in the Pacific Northwest are ending February with a bang! In an unprecedented week, two different for-profit electric utilities announced they are selling their service area.

At the start of last week, Pacific Power announced a sale of its... Read More »