Graham Noyes and Hania Younis discuss new bills expanding eligibility for Washington State's renewable portfolio standard in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer energy blog. Washington's state legislature recently approved two bills intended to improve the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Governor Christine Gregoire signed one bill (ESSB 5575), and the second (SSB 6414) is awaiting her signature, which is anticipated.
ESSB 5575 expands the types of biomass energy sources eligible under the state RPS. SSB 6414 would provide a process to obtain advisory opinions on project eligibility under I-937. While the changes wrought by the two bills are modest, they are favorable to both existing industries and developers of new projects.
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