Category: Public Policy

The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) program plays an important role in maintaining America’s global leadership in energy technologies. The CleanTech Alliance Board of Directors is urging Congress to support our competitiveness and energy security by funding ARPA-E in the 2019 appropriations bill at least at $375 million level. ARPA-E […]

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The 2018 Legislative Session officially came to a close on Thursday, March 8th. This was in keeping exactly with the 60-day schedule legislators promised in light of campaign eagerness and session fatigue.

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Guest Contributor Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting It is officially the home stretch in Olympia with the 2018 legislative session scheduled to adjourn on Thursday, March 8th and every indication is that they will adjourn on time.  The end of this eighth week marked the crucial opposite house cutoff and accompanying death of hundreds of […]

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The growing impact of Washington’s cleantech sector was evident during the 2018 CleanTech Day in Olympia. “The people in this room are critical to a clean energy future,” said Governor Jay Inslee. “The rate of cleantech job creation in Washington is twice the rate of the rest of the economy. I expect to keep hearing […]

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Guest Contributor Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting Week seven here in Olympia has now come to a close, putting the legislature only 12 days from the last day of session. It is looking likely that session will end on March 8th as scheduled, as many legislators are eager to resume campaigning for the 2018 elections […]

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Guest Contributor Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting Week six here in Olympia is now wrapped up, putting us over half way through the 2018 60-day legislative session. This was a big week for everyone as February 14th marked a significant calendar cutoff. Bills that were not passed out of their house of origin by 5:00 […]

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Guest Contributor Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting We are now five weeks into the 2018 Legislative Session and it is shaping up to be one of the busiest in the history of short sessions. The first two deadlines—for bills to pass out of their policy and financial committees—are behind us, meaning many bills that were […]

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Guest Contributor: Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting The table below gives an update on the status of current Senate and House bills related to energy, R&D, economic development, utilities and carbon. Bill # Abbrev. Title Short Description Status Sponsor Priority SHB 1233 Distributed energy Enabling electric utilities to prepare for the distributed energy future. H […]

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Guest Contributor: Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting Once again it was a busy week here in the capital. We have now completed week three of a 60-day legislative session and fast approaching the first cutoff.  That means that bills that are to continue through the process must be passed out of committee and read on the […]

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Guest Contributor: Brad Boswell of Boswell Consulting Week two was another busy one in Olympia: over 1000 bills have been introduced (in addition to the hundreds that are still alive from the 2017 session) and committees and floor votes are now in full swing. A short session means that we are already halfway to the first […]

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