Alert readers know that CUB advocates on behalf of residential ratepayers in dockets before the Public Utility Commission, but our work doesn’t stop there. CUB’s legislative team spends considerable time tracking proposed legislation in Oregon to promote those laws which protect... Read More »

On January 25th, 2011 the CUBConnects project team presented to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) in Salem at the commission’s monthly public meeting. CUB’s Executive Director, Bob Jenks, opened the presentation with comments about the incredible number of telecom and... Read More »

On February 7, 2011 the CUB Connects team headed to Salem to present the project to our representatives at the Oregon State Capitol. The presentation, held in Hearing Room 350 of the Capitol Building, was the first of many events... Read More »

CUB has been a long-time supporter of Portland’s Voter-Owned Election program. We supported the program as a strong reform when it was first proposed to the Portland City Council back in 2005. We questioned the role of utilities when big business... Read More »

On February 1, 2010, the Oregon Legislature convened its second-ever supplemental session. Normally, the legislature meets during odd-numbered years to conduct the business of the state. However, the 2008 and 2010 sessions were experiments to consider moving the legislative sessions... Read More »

On Sunday, February 7, 2010, the Oregonian ran a story about the need for consumers to be clear on the terms of contracts they’re agreeing to when purchasing goods or services. More and more, verbal contracts - some with automatic renewals... Read More »