Last November, CUB attended a conference held jointly by the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). NASUCA is an association whose member organizations, including CUB and many other state... Read More »

On November 6, 1984 a scrappy band of grassroots campaigners, outspent 40:1, met on election night at the 24 Hour Hotcake House on Powell Boulevard in SE Portland. The campaigners had no access to 24-hour news or vote tally updates... Read More »

On January 8, 2014, the Portland City Council adopted a resolution that designated CUB as the residential ratepayer advocate for water and sewer services in the city. That means that CUB will represent residential customers of the City of Portland’s water... Read More »

Another semester has flown by and William Moseley has flown the coop here at CUB – back to the grind of law school exams. William was a great addition to our staff and we hope he benefited as much from his... Read More »

If you’ve been following the CUB Policy Center over the past couple of years, you’ve heard us talk about the Ursa Major Society. Founded in 2009, the Ursa Major Society is a program of the CUB Policy Center designed to provide an... Read More »

In November 2012, the CUB blog featured a Top 10 list of our biggest reasons to be thankful as we welcomed the holiday season and prepared to close out the year. Since we at CUB have a seemingly endless supply... Read More »