The Citizens’ Utility Board of Oregon (CUB) welcomes the inaugural members of the new Portland Utility Board (PUB) who were confirmed by the City Council at its August 19th session. 

Janice Thompson, CUB’s Consumer Advocate for Portland Public Utilities, served on the... Read More »

Elizabeth Royte’s Bottlemania was published in 2008, but is still informative. A longer review can be found here, but some key points are that Royte’s goal is to address these two questions:

• What are the physical differences between tap and bottled water,... Read More »

Drought in California is starting to change water use patterns, as illustrated by the recent data indicating that monthly residential water savings jumped 28.9% between May of 2014 and 2015. So how does Portland water use compare to usage by... Read More »

CUB’s Janice Thompson provided key testimony at City Hall in support of an ordinance creating the new Public Utility Board (PUB) that was adopted unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday June 10th.

Janice was an influential member of the Utility Oversight... Read More »

Just shy of $2 million is staying in sewer ratepayer pockets in Portland because the City Council accepted a CUB recommendation to make sure developers pay their fair share.

Thanks to those who sent along CUB’s message to Commissioner Nick Fish -... Read More »

CUB’s research and advocacy has reduced Portland’s residential monthly sewer rate increase. The proposed rate increase from the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) in February was 3.85%. Due to some revenue improvements, that percentage came down to 3.8%, but CUB’s efforts have... Read More »