HB 1589 - Clean Energy
Date postedDecember 29, 2023
Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.
Bill Information
Sponsors: Doglio, Fitzgibbon, Berry, Alvarado, Bateman, Ramel, Peterson, Lekanoff, Hackney, Macri, Kloba
Companion: SB 5562
Status: (H) Rules
What the bill does:
- Prohibits gas companies serving more than 500,000 retail gas customers in Washington from extending gas service to any commercial or residential location that did not receive or file an application for gas service as of June 30, 2023.
- Provides that the prohibition on the extension of gas service does not apply to manufacturing facilities and that other types of facilities, including medical, correctional, and military, are exempt until January 1, 2040. • Establishes a process for the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to consolidate a combination utility's planning requirements for both gas and electric operations into a single integrated system plan.
- Requires a combination utility to file an integrated system plan (ISP) by June 2026, and every four years thereafter, that achieves specified objectives.
- Directs the UTC to take into account public interest factors when approving an ISP and establish by rule a cost test for emissions reduction measures.
- Authorizes the UTC to adopt depreciation schedules and approve the merger of electric and gas rate bases of a combination utility if specific conditions are met.
- Establishes labor requirements for any project in an ISP with a cost of more than $10 million.
- Authorizes the UTC to assess a fee on combination utilities of 0.5 percent of intrastate gross operating revenues.