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 »

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 »

Yesterday (February 17th), Willamette Week highlighted CUB’s analysis of stabilization funds used by the Portland Water Bureau and Bureau of Environmental Services to ease spikes in sewer, stormwater, and water rates, and our recommendation for annual review of these funds. CUB’s... Read More »

A new pilot hydropower project is underway by Lucid Energy in cooperation with the Portland Water Bureau. It’s fitting that this project is occurring in Portland, given the importance of hydropower and innovation in our region.

Lucid Energy is a Portland start-up... Read More »

CUB is pleased to announce a major victory for Portland public utility customers! You can now pay monthly for water, stormwater, and sewer services. Contact the Portland Water Bureau at (503) 823-7770 or sign up at www.portlandoregon.gov/utilitybill.

Historically, Portland’s residential customers have... Read More »

Record rainfall last weekend resulted in a sewage overflow into the Willamette River. That means you need to be avoid Willamette River water for a couple of days. What it does not mean is that the Big Pipe project addressing... Read More »