CUB Energy Policy Conference

As you may recall, this past April I blogged about CenturyLink’s application before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) to approve a price plan that would allow the company to set prices for basic residential phone service without any PUC imposed... Read More »

I want to offer-up a personal anecdote: a story about CUB Connects, one of the CUB Policy Center’s most successful initiatives to date, and how it continues to save my family money. Not long ago, I encountered a consumer dilemma – one... Read More »

Today, CUB has a bittersweet announcement to make. Our Director of Operations, SA Anders, is leaving CUB after six great years. SA has been with CUB since 2009, and has seen some exciting changes at both Oregon CUB and the... Read More »

CenturyLink is asking the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) to approve a price plan that would allow them to set prices, for basic residential telephone service, without any Commission imposed pricing parameters. If CenturyLink gets its way, it would have... Read More »

If you have ever had your wallet stolen, or your car broken into, then you know how lousy it feels to be targeted for theft. Unfortunately, the technology in your home can be employed toward these ends in many creative... Read More »

We’ve recently been getting some calls from Comcast basic cable customers complaining about how their signal has either become scrambled or has greatly lowered in quality. This is occurring because Comcast has begun to encrypt the high definition (HD) signals of... Read More »