EHB 1329 — Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation act.

What this bill does

Provides for extended time durations of contracts for wholesale power purchases that include electric generating facilities for which the source of the power is not known at the time of the contract to be excluded from the definition of a "coal-fired resource". Excludes from the definition of "coal-fired resource" any electricity purchased from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) under a long-term power purchase agreement except for any portion of the electricity that the BPA knew at the time of the transaction was from a coal-fired generation unit. Provides that the requirement that each electric utility eliminate coal-fired resources from its allocation of electricity does not prohibit an electric utility from purchasing or exchanging power from the BPA.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 10, 2025
  91 yea · 4 nay · 3 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 22, 2025
  95 yea · 2 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 9, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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