Bob Jenks

Bob Jenks is the executive director of CUB and a national expert on utility-related issues. Bob started working for CUB in 1991, and has participated in nearly every major Oregon Public Utility Commission case since that time, including dozens of cases dealing with utility mergers, rates, and deregulation. He also regularly represents ratepayers before the Oregon Legislature. Governor John Kitzhaber appointed Bob to a blue ribbon panel on low-income energy issues, and Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed Bob to a task force on telecommunications law and policy. The scope of Bob’s activity extends across country to speak on utility issues before such groups as the California Legislature, the Northwest Public Power Association and the Consumer Federation of America. Bob sits on the board of Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center, and is the Oregon representative of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). Bob is a native Oregonian, and has a degree in economics from Willamette University.