Natural Gas

A youth climate advocacy group in Ashland is celebrating their victory in pushing the city to enact a fee to discourage the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes.

The state's utility commission expects to announce NW Natural’s approved rates on Tuesday, as well as rate decisions for other regulated Oregon gas utilities.

NW Natural is facing a class action lawsuit claiming it is greenwashing its carbon reduction program and using funds from it to promote and generate more carbon emissions.

NW Natural told Oregonians it had a new source of clean energy: renewable natural gas. Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the company has, for years, perpetuated its core fossil fuel business while painting a picture of going green.

Oregon’s largest natural gas utility is attempting to blend low-emission hydrogen into natural gas in Portland to fight climate change, but many say it’s a bad bet.

A year after the failure of its natural gas ban, the City of Eugene is looking for new ways to reduce carbon emissions.

Oregon’s largest gas utility acquired just 0.91% of its natural gas as renewable natural gas in 2023. That’s vastly below its own goal of 5%.

The state Public Utilities Commission rejected all three plans, saying they were ‘unreasonably optimistic’ about future gas demand.

On Saturday, NW Natural asked customers to curtail natural gas use as energy demand rose due to the cold weather. The utility followed up Sunday morning with an alert lifting the conservation request.

A coalition said the company should publicly disclose to consumers the health and climate risks of natural gas-burning appliances.