Yesterday the Oregon Public Utility Commission issued its ruling in Pacific Power’s general rate case. The Commission ordered Pacific Power to reduce 2013 rates by $17 million as a penalty for its imprudent analysis and decision making associated with its ongoing... Read More »

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled in CUB’s favor on a number of major issues in the NW Natural rate case, with the end result being a rate decrease for customers, rather than the company’s proposed rate increase. The combination of... Read More »

CUB has been working hard all year on NW Natural’s General Rate Case and over the last few weeks the case has really come to a head. Throughout the year, CUB and some of the other parties have resolved some, but... Read More »

CUB has tirelessly fought to keep rates low by ensuring that utilities stick to the legal mandate to implement least-cost/least-risk decisions as they make their investments and run their companies. Unfortunately, CUB’s analysis in the current Pacific Power rate case (UE... Read More »

I recently returned from the mid-year meeting of utility consumer advocates from around the country where clean air investments in coal plants was the dominant issue, including a panel presentation, a resolution, and a consumer advocates discussion. The meeting was... Read More »

PacifiCorp, the parent company of Oregon utility Pacific Power, is looking to raise customers’ rates by 4.4% over the next year. That sentence should sound familiar, as the company has raised its rates every single year since 2005, and there’s no... Read More »