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HB 2131, to allow thermal energy networks, unanimously passed in the 2024 legislative session. It’s a win for consumers, the climate, pipeline workers, and electric grids. |

https://www.sightline.org/2024/03/21/washingtonians-will-soon-enjoy-cleaner-heating-and-cooling-options/

HB 1589 favors investors over ratepayers—and state climate goals. A section veto would go a long way to fix the bill. |

https://www.sightline.org/2024/03/14/how-governor-inslee-can-rebalance-was-utility-decarbonization-bill/

The region has a lot more cleaning up to do, even in its greenest corners. |

https://www.sightline.org/2024/01/04/180-sites-account-for-a-quarter-of-cascadias-carbon-pollution/

Analyzing three common claims of malfunction, plus proposing a new, faster way forward for the Northwest. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/11/09/is-the-permitting-process-for-transmission-lines-really-broken/

The multibillion-dollar question that Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Jay Inslee, and other Northwest leaders can help answer. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/09/12/who-will-pay-for-cascadias-transmission-lines/

For starters, Cascadia has no plan. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/07/20/why-is-it-so-hard-to-build-new-transmission-lines/

Several examples exist, and Cascadian policymakers can encourage shifts while setting guardrails to protect customers. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/07/17/without-gas-what-business-models-could-gas-utilities-pursue/

Early efforts in California, Colorado, and New York offer lessons to get started. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/06/07/its-time-for-cascadia-to-start-pruning-the-gas-system-and-electrifying-whole-neighborhoods/

A quarter-million-dollar budget proviso will fund a study to map opportunities beyond oil. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/05/31/washingtons-refinery-communities-just-got-a-transition-boost/

While distributed solar can’t solve the region’s transmission woes alone, Idaho and Washington would be smart to follow Oregon’s lead in boosting it for a cleaner future. |

https://www.sightline.org/2023/05/10/the-northwest-needs-more-midsize-solar/