February 2023 - Oregon Campaign Finance Tracker

Utility company dumps nearly $675k into battle against Eugene natural gas ordinance

Eugene City Council recently passed an ordinance “banning natural gas hookups in new low-rise residential buildings.”

Naturally, that would put a serious squeeze on the ability of Northwest Natural Gas Company to, y’know…do business in the area. So they kicked around $675k in support to Eugene Residents for Energy Choice - a group that has collected near…