CUB Energy Policy Conference

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, chances are that the environment and our natural resources play a big role in your quality of life. Oregonians, in particular, are known for having a great fondness for our rivers and lakes,... Read More »

CUB began 2015 by launching a year-long Anniversary Club fundraising campaign. Named in honor of our 30th year as Oregon’s primary advocate for residential utility customers, the Anniversary Club campaign reflects CUB’s ever-present need to build and sustain internal capacity. The... Read More »

Late last fall, I sat in on a public meeting in Southern Oregon for one of the major utilities providing natural gas service to the area. They had just proposed a second rate increase in less than a year– one to... Read More »

General Counsel and Regulatory Program Director, Catriona McCracken, is leaving CUB. Catriona has been with CUB since 2008.

When Catriona joined CUB in 2008 there were only four other CUB staff members: Bob Jenks, (Executive Director) Jeff Bissonnette (Organizing Director), the... Read More »

As you know, over 30 years ago CUB was established by Oregon voters through a ballot initiative. However, we didn’t actually begin fighting for Oregon utility rate-payers until 1985. Then as now, protecting pocketbooks, defending the public interest in front of... Read More »

As a nonprofit that was founded through a ballot initiative, CUB is in a fairly unique position when it comes to the structure of our governing board. Much of the language that forms CUB’s bylaws was spelled out in the bill that... Read More »