Below are a list of questions we sent to backers of the Oregon Mutual Utility Bill, Senate Bill (SB) 671, on April 13, 2005. We have not yet received answers to these questions, and are therefore asking our members and... Read More »

Our hats are off again to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) (click here for previous kudo), who was the only member of the Senate Energy Committee to vote against the current version of the Energy Bill, a version which contains language... Read More »

Good news from Salem! House Bill (HB) 3363, the Energy Efficient Appliance Bill, has passed both the Senate and the House. The bill will now go to the Governor’s desk for signing. This bill will save Oregon consumers money, approximately $250... Read More »

CUB is busy fighting the battle of the hour: making sure that utilities don’t collect from ratepayers taxes they aren’t going to pay. It isn’t fair, it isn’t sensible, and we want the practice to end.

Our battlefield is the Oregon State Legislature, where CUB... Read More »

The Oregon Senate today approved Senate Bill (SB) 1008 by a 17-7 vote to create Oregon Community Power, a regional, publicly-owned electric utility that could be the answer to what should happen with PGE. CUB has been involved both in... Read More »

CUB understands Governor Kulongoski’s decision not to have the State of Oregon compete with the City of Portland for the public purchase of PGE. We feel that this does not materially change the goal of a publicly-held utility company with low-cost,... Read More »