Portland’s Measure 26-156 – Campaign Contributors
Posted on April 28, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
As Oregon’s May 20 primary election approaches, CUB will be providing background info on Measure 26-156. That measure proposes to create a new utility district in Portland and end the control of the Portland City Council over local water, sewer, and... Read More »
CUB Takes Neutral Position on Water and Sewer Ballot Measure
Posted on April 16, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
This story was originally printed in a press release, submitted to Portland local media outlets on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 16th. You can view the press release here.
Earlier today, CUB announced a neutral position on Portland Ballot Measure 26-156,... Read More »
30th Anniversary Retrospective: Transition From Coal
Posted on April 10, 2014 by Amelia Lamb
Tags, Climate and Conservation, CUB Anniversary: 30 Years and Counting, History of CUB and General CUB News, Legislative & Political, Utility Regulation
Birthdays and anniversaries have a way of building perspective. They also help us take stock of what remains to be accomplished. This year, CUB celebrates 30 years of advocacy, and we’re taking some time to reflect on our accomplishments and what the... Read More »
CUB Welcomes Portland Consumer Advocate Janice Thompson
Posted on March 19, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, History of CUB and General CUB News, Legislative & Political, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater
The Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon (CUB) is pleased to announce the hiring of Janice Thompson as our new consumer advocate for Portland water and sewer services.
Thompson comes to CUB after a long career working on democracy reform issues. She has... Read More »
Peace for the Renewable Energy Standard?
Posted on February 13, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Legislative & Political
Over the past several months, we have talked about a real threat to Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard. As a result of their load growth issues, Umatilla Electric Cooperative sees they may become a “large utility” under the standard and be subject to... Read More »
Renewables 102: Renewable Energy Credits
Posted on February 6, 2014 by Heather Kendall
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Consumers and Utility Customers, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political
As discussed in our recent Renewables 101 blog post, policies in Oregon have been implemented to meet our region’s growing energy needs for the purposes of reining in the damaging climate changing effects of greenhouse gas emissions and keeping rates affordable... Read More »