Pacific Power Wants to Keep Coal in Your Christmas Stocking
Posted on December 19, 2014 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Public Involvement and Coalitions, Utility Regulation
A little more than 2 years ago, CUB wrote a blog post entitled, “Pacific Power Doesn’t Think Things Through” in which we talked about how Pacific Power seemed hell-bent on keeping coal plants running indefinitely. CUB was convinced that Pacific Power was... Read More »
CUB Digs Into the Portland Budget Process
Posted on December 16, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater, Public Involvement and Coalitions
Portland’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. Work is already underway to develop 2015-2016 budgets for the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), the Portland Water Bureau (PWB) and other city agencies. The City Council kicked off this process... Read More »
CUB Wraps Up Utility Oversight Commission’s Final Meeting
Posted on November 25, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater, Public Involvement and Coalitions
Last night (Monday, November 24th, 2014) the Utility Oversight Blue Ribbon Commission held its third public hearing followed by a work session to finalize its final report to the Portland City Council. The group demonstrated its hard work and commitment... Read More »
CUB and Blue Ribbon Commission Prepare Final Report to City Council on Portland Utility Oversight
Posted on November 14, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater, Public Involvement and Coalitions
Yesterday (Thursday November 13th), the Utility Oversight Blue Ribbon Commission presented its preliminary recommendations at a work session of the Portland City Council. The work session format provided the opportunity for an engaging discussion between Oversight Commission members and the... Read More »
CUB Troubled by City Auditor’s Findings on BES Building Cost Overruns
Posted on October 22, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater, Public Involvement and Coalitions
What follows is the Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon’s Statement on B.E.S. Columbia Building: scope additions and ineffective design oversight led to substantially higher project costs.
The Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon (CUB) is deeply troubled by the analysis of the City Auditor... Read More »
Now Available: Portland Utility Oversight Commission Draft Recommendations
Posted on October 14, 2014 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Outreach and Events, Portland Water, Sewer and Wastewater, Public Involvement and Coalitions
Last Wednesday, CUB held a phone briefing for Portland water and wastewater customers, during which we outlined our recommendations for providing improved oversight of Portland’s public utilities, and gave an update on our work with the Utility Oversight Blue Ribbon Commission.... Read More »