Oregon Stakeholders Pave the Way for Climate Regulation
Posted on August 15, 2014 by Jaime McGovern
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political, Utility Regulation
CUB is in the midst of some very important and very exciting times. In its 30-year history, CUB has consistently helped to keep Oregon on the forefront of combating climate change by supporting the Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO) and... Read More »
CUB Fights for Fair Efficiency Benefits
Posted on August 6, 2014 by Amelia Lamb
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
When it comes to energy investments, CUB’s motto is that the cheapest kilowatt hour is the one you don’t have to buy in the first place. Energy efficiency makes such savings possible, and CUB is always looking for ways to maximize efficiency... Read More »
CUB’s Policy Director Jeff Bissonnette Says: Utilities Need to Eat Their Efficiency Vegetables…
Posted on August 1, 2014 by Samuel Pastrick
Tags, CUB in the News, Legislative & Political, Utility Regulation
We love it when CUB staff are able to send powerful (and sometimes tongue in cheek) messages to utilities via the media. Earlier this month, Jeff Bissonnette, our Policy Director made a strong statement on behalf of consumers through Clearing-Up,... Read More »
Two Birds With One Stone
Posted on July 25, 2014 by Nadine Hanhan
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
Last year, CUB wrote about Pacific Power’s and Idaho Power’s Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). As you might recall, an IRP is a document that outlines how a utility intends to meet its resource needs in a least-cost/least-risk manner over an upcoming... Read More »
PGE Customers Concerned About Rate Increases at Public Hearing
Posted on June 4, 2014 by Jordan Bailey
Tags, Consumers and Utility Customers, Utility Regulation
On Thursday, May 29th, 2014, the Oregon Public Utility Commission held a Public Comment Hearing for PGE’s current rate case, docketed as UE 283, at Jefferson High School in Portland. As has been previously reported on the CUB blog, CUB has... Read More »
CUB Endorses EPA’s Proposed New Emissions Rules
Posted on June 3, 2014 by Bob Jenks
Tags, Climate and Conservation, Consumers and Utility Customers, Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Legislative & Political, Utility Regulation
Yesterday morning (June 2nd, 2014) in Washington DC, as a primary component of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency released new draft rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions at existing power plants in the United States. Widely discussed and... Read More »