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Assure that Puget Sound Energy remains a clean energy leader and offers fair rates for gas and electricity

In May and June, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) will be taking public comments on two important cases involving Puget Sound Energy: its request for a rate increase and the proposed acquisition of the utility by an investor consortium. PSE gas and electric customers should express their support for energy efficiency, low-income energy services, renewable energy and strong greenhouse gas emissions-reduction policies at any of the following hearings...

Affordable Efficient Appliances moves on to House Finance committee

The Affordable Efficient Appliances House, HB 2876 passed unanimously out of the House Technology, Energy and Communications committee at the public hearing on Friday 1/25. It is now on to the House Finance committee. Thanks for your support. Stay tuned for information on the Senate and Finance hearings.

Bill would boost sales of efficient appliances

A broad alliance of business, conservation, faith, utility and other groups has rallied behind State Sen. Craig Pridemore’s (D-Vancouver) Affordable Efficient Appliances bill, a measure that could save state consumers millions of dollars through lower utility bills.

Bill would help local governments invest in efficiency

If state agencies and local governments didn’t have to pay sales tax on certain energy-efficiency upgrades in public buildings, they could put those dollars into additional energy- and money-saving projects. A new bill would provide a sales-tax exemption to state and local governments that engage in “performance-based” contracts for energy efficiency projects.

Just in: Climate, consumers win big on Kalama

In a victory for the environment and utility customers, Washington state utility regulators halted the permitting for a proposed coal-fueled power plant in southwest Washington...