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2022 Fall Conference Digest
Delivering Community Clean Energy November 17, 2022 Session 4: Smart Energy Siting and Replacing Lower Snake River Hydropower After a brief break, Nancy Hirsh welcomed attendees back to the fourth and final panel of the Delivering Community Clean Energy Conference. As moderator, Nancy opened the session by emphasizing the importance of salmon recovery and the…
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Delivering Community Clean Energy November 17, 2022 Session 3: Siting Issues of New Resources Before we begin coverage of the second day of the Delivering Community Clean Energy Conference, we’d like to acknowledge that we promoted a community and equity-focused conversation during this panel, and we were unable to fully deliver on that promise. We…
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Delivering Community Clean Energy November 14, 2022 Session 2: Round Table on State Funding After a quick break, Nancy Hirsh welcomed attendees back to the Delivering Community Clean Energy Conference for the second and final session of the first day. The session, Round Table on State Funding, was a fitting follow-up to the first session,…
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Delivering Community Clean Energy November 14, 2022 Session 1: Federal Funding: Inflation Reduction Act & Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act NW Energy Coalition (NWEC) hosted our annual Fall conference virtually across two half-day sessions in November. This year’s conference centered on Delivering Community Clean Energy. The first day focused on the recent influx of funding…
Read MoreWashington’s 2022 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Every year, the Washington State Legislature gathers in Olympia, WA to craft, debate, and pass legislation that will be sent to the Governor and, if signed into law, will impact their constituents for years to come. The 2022 session recently ended on March 10. In this year’s session, the NW Energy Coalition worked hard to…
Read MoreLunch & Learn: Creating Carbon Based Performance Standards for Seattle Buildings
Building performance standards are a powerful policy tool to help reduce the energy used and emissions created from existing buildings. In 2019, Washington State passed the first statewide BPS policy in the nation. However, to address the climate crisis, the state and cities like Seattle have committed to becoming carbon-neutral, which will require even deeper…
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Spring Member Meeting Updates
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)…
Read MoreStatement of NW Energy Coalition and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) regarding Puget Sound Energy’s “Beyond Net Zero Carbon Goal.”
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…
Read MoreNWEC Timeline
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…
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