Category: Public Policy

Source: Isla Binnie, Reuters, Dec 2, 2019 MADRID (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi took her duel with Donald Trump to a climate summit on Monday, pledging that Congress would urgently tackle global warming despite the president’s opposition to an international pact. “By coming here we want to say to everyone we […]

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Source: Washington Department of Commerce, Dec 2, 2019 Announcements Nov. 27 comments submitted Commerce requested comments on Nov. 27 for potential rules concerning compliance requirements. These responses have been posted to the CETA website. Thanks to stakeholders for their comments! Dec. 6 comments due on low-income energy assistance programs Following our low-income and equity workshop […]

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Source: WA Commerce, November 25, 2019 Nov. 27 comments due on potential rules for demonstrating compliance Commerce is requesting comments by Nov. 27 on potential rules concerning compliance requirements. The Oct. 21 meeting materials and our informal feedback notes may be useful in preparing comments. Dec. 6 comments due on low-income energy assistance programs Following our low-income and equity […]

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Source: UTC,. Nov. 19, 2019. LYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Commerce and the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) today named 20 members to a workgroup that will examine market issues related to implementation of the state’s new clean electricity law, the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA). CETA requires that Washington’s electric utilities phase out […]

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Nov. 18, 2019. Don’t forget to also visit the CETA rulemaking web page. Announcements Nov. 27 comments due on potential rules for demonstrating compliance Commerce is requesting comments by Nov. 27 on potential rules concerning compliance requirements. The Oct. 21 meeting materials and our informal feedback notes may be useful in preparing comments. Dec. 6 […]

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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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