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Transmission 101

August is not only the season of beach trips and watermelon festivals—it’s also the time of year when electricity use peaks in many parts of the country, including California and much of the South and Southwest. Three years ago, Oregon saw a power... Read More »


How Clean Is Nuclear Energy?

A CUB member recently called and left us a phone message with this question: Why wasn’t nuclear power included in the recent CUB report (Bear Facts Summer 2006) on the Clean Energy Agenda we are working to put together for the 2007... Read More »


CUB’s Brainstorm Blog on Gasoline

“Exxon Mobil Corp… posted its biggest first-quarter profit ever on Thursday… The Texas behemoth reported a profit of $8.4 billion, on the heels of record earnings of $10.7 billion in the previous quarter. The news is expected to fuel growing consumer resentment in... Read More »


Governor’s Address Hits the Right Energy Solutions

Governor Kulongoski talked big and he talked tough on energy during his State of the State address 10 days ago. And we here at CUB think the governor is on the right track. As Bush said in his State of... Read More »


Bush Budget Harms Northwest Ratepayers

President Bush recently unveiled a budget plan that, among other things, siphons money from the federal hydropower system and raises electric rates throughout the Pacific Northwest. Customers of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which sells the power from the federal... Read More »


Dividing Up the BPA Pie

A series of meetings is underway to decide how the biggest source of low-cost energy in the Pacific Northwest Region will be divided and distributed among consumers. The source of energy is the federal hydropower system, which is administered by... Read More »

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