Category: Public Policy

Nov. 18, 2019 The Commerce Clean Buildings team had a planned workshop at Pacific Tower today. Unfortunately, Interstate-5 is now closed and our team will not be able to get there in time for the event. Instead, we will be presenting via Webex. Commerce is working with the Smart Building Center so it can project […]

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Source: Brad Boswell, CleanTech Alliance Lobbyist, November 15, 2019. 206.300.6270, brad@boswellconsulting.org. This will be the final election update. The Secretary of State has until December 5th to certify the elections. There are 4.5 million registered voters in Washington State.  Right now counted turnout stands at 44.62%. So far, 2,009,657 votes have been counted.  It appears there […]

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Source: UTC, Nov 8, 2019 Olympia, Wash. – The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission invites the public to comment on a rulemaking to revise rules related to integrated resource planning, required by Washington’s 2019 clean energy legislation. Integrated resource plans (IRPs) are 20-year energy forecasts developed by utilities for planning purposes. The Clean Energy Transformation Act, […]

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Source: Brad Boswell, CleanTech Alliance Lobbyist, November 8, 2019. 206.300.6270, brad@boswellconsulting.org. Ballot counting continued today for the 4th day since election night and there are now roughly 260,000 ballots that still need to be counted. Voter turnout has risen to 38.62%, which is nearing the predicted 40%. Most races have not changed notably since our last […]

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Source: Brad Boswell, CleanTech Alliance Lobbyist, November 5, 2019. 206.300.6270, brad@boswellconsulting.org. Seattle City Council  Today we saw some significant changes in the Seattle City Council results as many of the business backed candidates lost ground. Most notably in District 3 Kshama Sawant closed the gap between her and Egan Orion to 739 votes, gaining 6 […]

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Nov. 7, 2019 The Washington State Department of Commerce has filed its proposed rules and CR-102 for the appliance standards rulemaking. These documents will be published in the Washington State Register on Nov. 20 and are currently available on Commerce’s Appliance Standards webpage. A public hearing on these proposed rules will be held at 2 […]

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Source: Brad Boswell, CleanTech Alliance Lobbyist, November 5, 2019. 206.300.6270, brad@boswellconsulting.org. Ballots have been cast and preliminary results are now available for the 2019 Midterm General Election. Although ballots are still being processed and will not be considered official until the end of the week, we have a fairly clear picture of the results tonight.  […]

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Source: BC Local News, Nov 4, 2019 Work continues on how to bring salmon back to the Columbia River. Back in July, the five governments of the basin signed the Salmon Letter of Agreement, agreeing to work together to attempt to bring salmon back to the headwaters of Columbia Lake. “A piece of paper doesn’t […]

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Source: WA State Department of Commerce, Nov 5, 2019 The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $482,768 in grants from the Forest Products Financial Assistance Program to four proposed projects that provide heat, power, engineered fuel products and/or significant energy efficiency improvements. The program emphasizes projects that use woody biomass from forestry management activities […]

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December 12 | Mercer Island, WA Sponsored by the Washington Business Alliance and the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute, the Second Annual Future of Carbon Policy will take place on December 12 from 4-6 p.m. Join other leaders for a high level perspective on Washington State’s progress towards effective climate change management. We’ll review what’s working, what’s not, and […]

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