Natural gas rates decrease
NW Natural Gas announced last week that it received approval from the Oregon Public Utility Commission to cut natural gas rates by 16 percent. The new rates start this week. On average, Oregon residential customers using 55 therms per month will see ...
 0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 282.0 City might have legal right to cut sewer service
The Coquille Tribe doesn t think the city can do it. But a representative of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says the city of North Bend, in its lawsuit against the tribe, just might be able to legally shut off sewer services to The Mi...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 282.0 NW Natural files for rate decrease
PORTLAND ” Cheaper gas could mean cheaper bills for Northwest Natural Gas company customers. The company recently filed a request with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon for a rate decrease. It is requesting a 14.5 percent rate decrea...
1.2K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 307.0 Avista seeks to cut nat. gas rates 21 percent
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Avista Utilities has asked the Oregon Public Utility Commission to allow it to cut natural gas prices by 21 percent for its 95,000 Oregon residential customers because of declining wholesale prices for natural gas. If the reques...
0.5K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 318.0 Local tourism reps to attend exclusive events
Two Coos County tourism officials have been selected to attend national conventions to share knowledge with industry peers and discuss Bay Area travel opportunities. Katherine Hoppe, of the Coos Bay/North Bend Visitor Convention Bureau, will leave ...
1.9K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 347.0 Oregon governor signs greenhouse gas bills
Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a package of bills expected to level off greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon by next year. The seven bills, meant to help combat greenhouse gases were signed Wednesday at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Bus...
3.2K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 420.0 Natural gas prices fall
SALEM Oregon s natural gas companies say customers will see double-digit reductions in their heating bills this fall and winter, mainly as a result of a struggling economy that has lessened demand for gas. At a briefing Tuesday, the three companies...
2.0K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 518.0 Oregon House approves solar bill
PORTLAND (AP) - The Oregon House has approved a bill to promote the generation of solar power in Oregon. House Bill 3039 creates two programs, one of them is a pilot program to study a feed-in tariff for projects under 500 kilowatts. The feed-in tari...
0.7K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 369.0 Verizon will sell landline network
There is a deal in the works to bring a new phone provider to the South Coast that plans to extend high-speed Internet service to more customers. Verizon Communications is selling its landlines in Oregon and 13 other states to Frontier Communications...
2.7K - May. 23, 2009; scored 384.0 New area code means 10-digit dialing
Get ready to reprogram your phones. Starting July 12, customers can start using 10-digit dialing as Oregon adds a new area code, 458. The new code will be overlaid on areas that currently use 541. Phone numbers that include the existing 541 code won'...
1.5K - May. 12, 2009; scored 282.0 Eastern Oregon gets new area code overlay
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) A new 458 area code for Eastern Oregon is going into operation this summer. For many residents of rural areas it will also mean conversion to 10-digit dialing from seven digits. The Oregon Public Utilities Commission approved the...
0.4K - May. 9, 2009; scored 282.0 Power line injuries drop slightly in state
SALEM (AP) Injuries from power lines dropped slightly in Oregon last year. The annual report by the Oregon Public Utility Commission showed 15 injuries in 2008 from contact with high-voltage power lines compared to 17 in 2007. Officials said there ...
0.6K - Apr. 25, 2009; scored 318.0 Greens offer new proposal to cut greenhouse gases
GRANTS PASS - Proponents of making Oregon a leader in controlling greenhouse gases have a new proposal before the Legislature. But representatives of utilities and industry said Wednesday they still don't like provisions that would put a hard cap on ...
3.7K - Apr. 9, 2009; scored 456.0 Major Oregon utilities seek rate hikes
PORTLAND (AP) - Big investments in renewable energy could mean higher electric bills, hitting households and businesses during high unemployment and a weak economy. Oregon's biggest electric companies, PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric, filed ...
3.1K - Apr. 7, 2009; scored 409.0 Get rid of the dam and save money
Believe it or not, the PacifiCorp rate hike proposed in the Oregon Legislature for the Klamath dam removal is the best way to save ratepayers money. Engineering estimates so far suggest federally mandated fish ladders and water quality improvements w...
1.6K - Feb. 24, 2009; scored 307.0 States mull stimulus spending
NEW YORK It may sound like a nice problem for states figuring out how to spend the billions in infrastructure funding they ll receive as part of President Barack Obama s economic stimulus plan. But the task is more complicated than it seems, as s...
8.3K - Feb. 16, 2009; scored 358.0 Years ago
1908 Saturday, Feb. 15 Captain Kessel, of the wrecked ship Emily Reed which was lost early yesterday morning on the Tillamook coast near the Nehalem River, has returned to the scene of the wreck to ascertain if it is possible to save any of the c...
5.4K - Feb. 11, 2009; scored 282.0 Oregon appeals approval of LNG site on Columbia
PORTLAND (AP) The state of Oregon has asked a federal appeals court to overturn the approval of a site for a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River. The request could send the Bradwood Landing proposal back to the Federal Energy Re...
2.2K - Jan. 28, 2009; scored 384.0 PUC: Phone bills will increase 4 cents
PORTLAND (AP) The Oregon Public Utility Commission says telephone and cellular customers will see a slight increase in a state surcharge on phone bills. Starting New Year s Day, the Residential Service Protection Fund surcharge will increase from 5...
0.6K - Dec. 27, 2008; scored 1000.0 | 
