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May 11, 2021 at 10AM – 12PM (PST) FlexCharging is now managing EV charging in Australia with AGl, and enabling carbon optimized charging, beginning this week.   LWV of Idaho is working on climate, and starting a project to survey local government on their actions.  NRDC’s latest adventure with Jim Morton is a joint brief (by Chuck Magraw) […]

January 21, 2021 Earlier today, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) released a statement that it is committed to an aspirational goal of being beyond net zero carbon by 2045 across its entire business.  The commitment outlines near-term goals, including: Reducing emissions from PSE electric and gas operations and electric supply to net zero by 2030 An […]

1975: Natural Resources Defense Council released the “Alternative Scenario” for NW energy future 1976-1980: NRDC, Sierra Club & League of Women Voters lobby for energy conservation, new renewable energy and salmon restoration aspects of a federal NW power bill 1980: Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Act passed 1981: Founding of the Northwest Conservation Act […]

January 7, 1:00PM – 2:30PM (PST) To reach our carbon reduction goals and reduce costs we need to accelerate efficiency and achieve deeper energy savings from our commercial buildings and optimize their connection to the grid. Even though efficiency provides ongoing operational savings, the upfront costs can dissuade action. We need widely available financing tools […]

May 2020 Northwest Energy Update NW Utilities’ COVID-19 Response The Coalition’s effort to persuade utilities to suspend service shut-offs during the coronavirus crisis has been quite successful, especially among the region’s largest utilities many of which are also increasing support for bill assistance and reconnecting those whose service may have been shut off before the […]

This webinar was recorded on April 22, 2020 and presented by the NW Energy Coalition: Click Here for the Webinar Recording

NW Energy Coalition members Seattle City Light and National Grid are among nine utilities suing the Trump administration over its plan to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy rule.  The plaintiffs, who call their group the Power Companies Climate Coalition, argue that the Environmental Protection Agency’s ACE rule undercuts […]

As Washington and other states in the Northwest consider how best to go about making our electric system as clean and affordable as possible, it’s good to remember that in doing so, we will also be contributing to economic growth and jobs.  In Washington alone, more than 80,000 people have jobs in energy efficiency and […]

FACT VS. INFERENCE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WASHINGTON’S CLEAN ELECTRICITY STANDARD An analysis released in 2013 by the Washington Policy Center (WPC) and the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI), claimed that by the year 2020, Initiative 937, the Energy Independence Act, passed by voters in 2006, would cost Washington electricity customers more than […]