Category: Public Policy

Week Two On Monday, January 16th, both the House and Senate honored the late civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., by adopting resolutions on the floor. On Tuesday, Republican and Democratic leaders in both the House and the Senate gathered for media availability where they answered questions about their priorities and various bills moving […]

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On Monday, January 9th, the state legislature kicked off the 2023 105-day session and the first day of the new biennium.

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SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 13, 2022, Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) alongside the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) located in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). On December 5, a team at LLNL’s NIF conducted the […]

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2022 Seattle Fusion Week garnered interest from high-level officials at the White House and U.S. Department of Energy in addition to federal and state representatives.

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, September 6, 2022 Reminder: Request for energy assistance funding targets due Sept. 9 Commerce is requesting utilities submit their 2030 and 2050 energy assistance targets under RCW 19.405.120(4)(iii). It was Commerce’s understanding during the last energy assistance data review process that utilities had not calculated their targets and Commerce offered […]

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, September 1, 2022 Public meeting on Clean Fuels Program forecast Washington’s Clean Fuel Standard will cut statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 4.3 million metric tons a year by 2038 and stimulate economic development in low carbon fuel production. These goals are accomplished by requiring fuel suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity […]

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, August 23, 2022 Request for energy assistance funding targets Deadline: Friday, Sept. 9 Commerce is requesting utilities submit their 2030 and 2050 energy assistance targets under RCW 19.405.120(4)(iii). It was Commerce’s understanding during the last energy assistance data review process that utilities had not calculated their targets and Commerce offered […]

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Voter turnout currently sits at 40.1% with 1,926,348 votes that have been processed.

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, August 10, 2022 Submit utility data review by Aug. 12 deadline Commerce is completing its initial aggregation of utility energy assistance reports which asks utilities to review the aggregation file to ensure it accurately: Reflects the utility data submissions; and Verifies the reported low-income programs meet the definition of […]

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Source: Washington State Department of Commerce, July 27, 2022 Energy assistance report workshops scheduled Commerce has scheduled three public workshops to inform the development of its first biennial report on energy assistance under RCW 19.405.120(6). Environmental justice organizations, utilities, low-income advocates, climate advocates, and members of the public are encouraged to attend these upcoming workshops and participate in […]

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