Advocates reach settlement with Avista to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, expand low-income efficiency programs
[PRESS RELEASE] A historic settlement in a contested rate case between Oregon’s second-largest gas utility and intervening organizations will require Avista to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, dramatically expand low-income weatherization programs and restrict political spending by the gas company that undermines state climate law.
If extreme heat doesn’t freak you out about climate change, your brain may have melted Only a few years ago, it was quite rare to see news weather coverage linking extreme storms or
[PRESS RELEASE] Avista inappropriately billed customers for anti-climate litigation spending, and is proposing to increase bills for continued litigation costs, according to testimony submitted by environmental groups to the Oregon PUC.
Avista is seeking to increase gas bills to expand the gas system when they should be shrinking it. Oregon has climate goals requiring gas utilities to slash pollution by 90% by 2050.
By denying quorum for the state Senate to do business, Oregon's Senate Republicans have ground all progress in the Oregon legislature — and even the state budget — to a halt. The state’s climate agenda hangs in the balance among many other critical priorities.
We think you’ll agree: Every single Oregonian deserves to be protected from the climate crisis.
Did you know the Oregon Legislature hasn’t updated our state climate goals in over 15 years?
More on HB 1216, designed to help bring more new clean energy projects and associated jobs to the state.
In Support of Public Utility Commission Staff’s Analysis, Climate Advocates Call on Commissioners to Require the Major Gas Utility to Develop a Realistic Long-term Investment Plan to Meet State
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Only a few years ago, it was quite rare to s
Oregon has climate goals requiring gas
We think you’ll agree: Every single Oregonian deserves to be protected from the climate crisis.
Did you know the Oregon Legislature hasn’t updated our state climate goals in over 15 years?
In Support of Public Utility Commission Staff’s Analysis, Climate Advocates Call on Commissioners to Require the Major Gas Utility to Develop a