CUB’s Water Meter Walkabout
Posted on April 30, 2015 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
Workers at the Portland Water Bureau read over 176,000 residential meters every three months. Daily residential routes range from 250 to 725 meters depending on housing density and terrain. The average residential route has 500 water meters and workers typically... Read More »
End Developer Subsidies by Portland Sewer Ratepayers
Posted on April 24, 2015 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
Aeration tank at Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant, photo from BES website
City of Portland budget development is rolling along this spring. CUB gave testimony at a mid-March meeting focused just on budgets for the two utility bureaus. Next, CUB gave... Read More »
CUB Testifies on Portland Utility Bureau Budget Proposals
Posted on March 17, 2015 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
CUB provided extensive written testimony along with summary comments to the Portland City Council at a public utility rate hearing on March 12, 2015.
Highlights of CUB’s written testimony included:
- A recommendation to allow the Bureau of Environmental Services to charge developers the... Read More »
CUB Wants Your Input on Portland’s Public Utilities
Posted on March 5, 2015 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
It is City of Portland budget time! I have been diligently reviewing proposed budgets from the Water Bureau and Bureau of Environmental Services in preparation for an upcoming rate hearing before the City Council. Now, I need to hear from... Read More »
Save the Date: CUB Phone Briefing on Portland Utility Rate Hearing
Posted on February 27, 2015 by Jeff Bissonnette
Tags, Water/Wastewater
CUB wants to hear from you! Janice Thompson, CUB’s consumer advocate for customers of Portland’s public utilities, has been tracking the budgets for the Portland Water Bureau and Bureau of Environmental Services, and is preparing CUB testimony for an upcoming rate... Read More »
BES Must Embrace Lessons from Columbia Building
Posted on February 20, 2015 by Janice Thompson
Tags, Water/Wastewater
CUB recommends that the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) embrace more oversight as a key lesson from a recently released report on its management of design and costs of the Columbia Building.
First, some background. The Columbia Building is North Portland’s Columbia... Read More »