Washington State Passes Cutting-Edge Policies To Reduce Climate Pollution

Washington passed the first law in the United States that outlines a pathway for a combined gas and electricity utility to transition away from gas for all of its customers. Proposed by Puget Sound Energy, the bill allows the utility to merge electric and gas customers into a single rate base and supports electrification of whole neighborhoods to allow for the decommission of gas lines in the future.

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Converting to zero-emission school buses

Reducing food waste and methane emissions

Developing geothermal energy

Linking Washington’s carbon market