In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed a set of bills setting an ambitious, multi-decade agenda that changes how electric and natural gas utilities acquire resources and provide energy services to Washington businesses and consumers. Among the 11 bills was the passage of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5116, known as the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), which requires Washington's electric utilities to eliminate carbon emissions from their energy resources by 2045.
CETA: A Brief Overview
CETA requires the state's electric utilities to fully transition to clean, renewable and non-emitting resources by 2045. Washington's investor-owned utilities (IOUs) must develop and implement plans. To learn more, click here.
Key Roles for the Utilities and Transportation Commission
The UTC is largely responsible for ensuring IOUs meet CETA requirements. To learn more, click here.
Agencies and Stakeholders
The implementation of this package of energy legislation requires multiple state agencies to coordinate their rules and develop mutually supportive timelines for implementation. Those agencies include the state departments of Commerce, Ecology, Health, and Natural Resources. The UTC also expects stakeholders to provide comments on how to best implement the new laws.
How to Participate
Upcoming events and deadlines:
| June 2, 2020 | Comments due
| Clean Energy Implementation Plan rulemaking (docket UE-191023). The commission requests public input on its first discussion draft rules in its Clean Energy Implementation Plan rulemaking, which was published along with questions for discussion. The notice can be found here. Comments are due by 5 p.m. June 2. Please note: An incorrect version of the discussion draft rules was initially posted. The corrected version was posted May 6. Please find the correct draft rules in the errata order posted to this docket on May 6.
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June 8, 2020
| Workshop | The commission will host a virtual workshop on considering demand response in integrated resource plans (docket UE-190698) and setting demand response targets in clean energy implementation plans (docket UE-191023). The workshop will take place June 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. To participate by phone, call (360) 407-3810 and enter conference ID 648699. |
June 10, 2020
| Workshop
| The Markets Stakeholder Workgroup will hold its second educational workshop on June 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The workshop will include an overview of policies and regulations affecting energy markets in the region. The public is invited to participate in the workshop. Participation information: If possible, please join by computer with the following link: Meeting password: 9xJtksED4e8 You may also join by phone at (415) 527-5035, access code 902 669 607 |
June 16, 2020
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| The Department of Commerce and the commission will host a joint, virtual workshop to discuss incremental cost of compliance with the Clean Energy Transformation Act (docket UE-191023). The workshop will take place June 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is the second workshop on this topic. The workshop will discuss the agencies' draft rules pertinent to the topic. A full agenda will be posted closer to the date of the workshop.
Updated participation information: You may also join by phone at (415) 655-0001, access code 282 821 763.
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Tell us what you think
Voice your opinion on Washington state's transition to 100% clean energy by participating in the proceedings above. To file a comment in UTC rulemakings, click here.
The commission is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to participants with disabilities at its facilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for these workshops or meetings, please contact the commission at least one business day prior to the event by calling 1-360-664-1132 or by sending an email to human_resources@utc.wa.gov. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.
For more information on the UTC's implementation of the Clean Energy Transformation Act, visit www.utc.wa.gov/CETA.
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