When you flip on the lights or turn on your furnace, do you ever stop to wonder about where the electricity that powers your daily life comes from? Most people assume that almost all of our power comes from the... Read More »

Back in July, we wrote about the proliferation of shale gas extraction in the United States. Our conclusion was simple: because this rapid growth is likely to continue and there are significant environmental risks associated with extracting the gas, thorough... Read More »

When a typical household consumes energy during the day, it is often an afterthought, done with little consideration of impacts of that use on the electrical grid. One household doesn’t really add that much load onto the grid. But when a... Read More »

On Tuesday, September 27, CUB Staff headed to Salem to provide commentary before the Public Utility Commission regarding the Commission Staff’s recent straw proposal for setting up an approval process for time-of-use (TOU) rates for electricity customers. This type of rate... Read More »

CUB and other energy industry observers have known for years that PacifiCorp’s fleet of coal-fired power plants is a liability of sorts for the company. PacifiCorp’s most recent long-term Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) indicates that investments of more than $4 billion... Read More »

At the Citizens’ Utility Board, we always have an eye on coal. We fought PacifiCorp’s plan to build three additional coal plants and we worked to ensure that the Boardman coal plant is phased out by the end of 2020. CUB... Read More »