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The state law signed by Inslee this year, House Bill 1589, did not ban natural gas in the state or forbid Puget Sound Energy from providing it to customers. ... HB 1589 is fundamentally a planning ...
Initiative 2066 also would repeal a state law, House Bill 1589, approved earlier this year that requires the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to assess alternatives to existing ...
The initiative was in part introduced in response to House Bill 1589 that passed during the legislative session this year that puts mechanisms in place for utility companies to eventually ...
The initiative was brought to the state legislature by a petition sponsored by political action committee Let's Go Washington and the Building Industry Association of Washington. [2] The initiative repealed provisions in a new state law, House Bill 1589, intended to accelerate Puget Sound Energy's transition away from natural gas.
Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
(The Center Square) – It looks as if natural gas access will remain an option in Washington state with the apparent passage of Initiative 2066. With more than 3.4 million votes tallied as of ...
In 2020, Washington had a total summer capacity of 30,669 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 116,114 GWh. [2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2022 was 67.6% hydroelectric, 12.5% natural gas, 8.4% nuclear, 6.9% wind, 3.1% coal, and 1.1% biomass which includes most refuse-derived fuel .
I-2066 came in response to House Bill 1589, passed during this year’s legislative session, to accelerate Puget Sound Energy’s transition away from natural gas.