In early April, I joined a tour of North Cully Solar Park, organized by CUB and Verde, a Cully neighborhood community and environmental organization. I went because I live nearby, and as a social scientist who thinks a lot about... Read More »

The City of Bend is considering a new way to reduce emissions: incentivizing developers to build all-electric homes. While this is not a new concept, it is a relatively new approach for Oregon cities.

For years, CUB has expressed mounting... Read More »

Have you been interested in CUB’s work for energy affordability, clean energy, and utility accountability? Have you been looking for ways to get involved and help us out in this fight?

We’ve got actions that community members can take at whatever... Read More »

Over the next six months, Pacific Power will begin to reckon with Oregon’s largest and fastest-growing energy users: data centers.

In 2025, the Oregon Legislature passed the POWER Act to help utilities rein in data centers’ adding costs to Oregonians’ energy... Read More »

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 »