Jay Inslee
The state of Washington announced it will offer financial aid for residents of modest income wanting to buy or lease electric vehicles.
The Wallula Gap project could also include an optional battery energy storage system not to exceed the nameplate capacity of the facility.
A former Washington DOT economist is suing the state over allegations he was forced out of his job because his superiors did not like his forecasts showing that gas prices would jump under cap-and-invest.
Washington legislators are proposing to give the state’s utilities $150 million to be rebated back to residents to help them defray costs associated with the state’s cap-and-invest program.
A Washington bill that would have created a new agency to monitor the state’s oil industry has died in committee.
A Seattle-based conservative think tank says the Washington governor knew nearly a decade ago that a cap-and-invest program in the state would increase gas prices.
Washington’s one-year-old cap-and-invest program will be one of the dominant issues during the state’s 2024 legislative session, which begins Jan. 8.
Washington expects to collect $941 million in extra cap-and-invest program money in the first half of 2024, bringing overall income to roughly $3 billion in the first 18 months.
The state is looking to launch an effort to become an industrial supplier for the offshore wind sector expected to grow off the West Coast.
Oil companies are increasingly resisting climate change measures, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and a panel of climate experts told a group of University of Washington engineering students.
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