ESHB 1589 — Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

What this bill does

Prohibits any large gas company that serves more than 500,000 retail natural gas customers in Washington as of June 30, 2023, from furnishing or supplying gas service, instrumentalities, and facilities to any commercial or residential location that did not receive gas service or have filed applications for gas service as of June 30, 2023. Requires a large gas company to file a gas decarbonization plan and an electrification plan with the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) as part of any multi-year rate plan filed on or after January 1, 2026. Requires the UTC to establish a target for a gas decarbonization plan and a cost target for an electrification plan, each of which must be 2.5 percent of the gas revenue requirement and electric revenue requirement, respectively, approved by the UTC for each year of the multiyear rate plan. Requires that 60 percent of the total capacity and energy needed for a combination utility to meet the requirements of the Clean Energy Transformation Act must be supplied from resources owned and operated by the combination utility or an affiliate of the combination utility. Directs the UTC to adopt a merger of the rate bases supporting gas and electric operations of a combination utility into a single rate base if the ratio of the rate base for gas operations to the combined rate base of gas and electric operations is less than or equal to 0.2. Establishes labor requirements for any project in a gas decarbonization plan or electrification plan with a cost of more than $1 million. Encourages a variety of types of electric utilities to work with large gas companies providing gas service within the service areas of the electric utilities to identify opportunities for electrification and the provision of peaking service by the large gas companies.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  52 yea · 44 nay · 2 not voting
• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 22, 2024
  52 yea · 45 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Concur in Senate amendments · March 5, 2024
  53 yea · 42 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
  50 yea · 45 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 1, 2024
  27 yea · 22 nay
• Senate — 828 Braun Pg 26 Ln 15 · February 29, 2024
  21 yea · 27 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 820 Boehnke Pg 27 Ln 38 · February 29, 2024
  21 yea · 27 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 833 Wilson, L. Pg 28 Ln 23 · February 29, 2024
  22 yea · 26 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 832 Wilson, L. Pg 19 Ln 27 · February 29, 2024
  22 yea · 26 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 825 Boehnke Pg 14 Ln 39 · February 29, 2024
  21 yea · 27 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 818 Short Pg 1 Ln 22 · February 29, 2024
  22 yea · 26 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 843 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 4 · February 29, 2024
  20 yea · 28 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 840 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 30 · February 29, 2024
  22 yea · 26 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 839 MacEwen Pg 2 Ln 32 · February 29, 2024
  22 yea · 26 nay · 1 not voting

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