WashingtonWashington requires port district reports and tracks long electricity contracts
Washington law requires reporting rules for port districts, reports on certain electricity contracts, and commission enforcement for affected market customers.
What it does
The department must establish reporting requirements for port districts. It may waive requirements that do not relate to the retail customers they serve.
Consumer-owned utilities must report how many contracts longer than 31 days for unspecified electricity they use, along with each contract's purpose, duration, and months covered. Port districts report later.
The commission must enforce clean energy requirements for affected market customers, either on its own or when someone requests enforcement.
Argument forCommission enforcement could prompt affected market customers to follow clean energy rules when they fall short.
Argument againstPort districts may need staff time to prepare reports, even though the department can waive requirements unrelated to the customers they serve.
More detail
The department must establish reporting requirements for port districts. This applies to port districts formed under Title 53 of the Revised Code of Washington. The department may waive requirements that do not relate to the retail customers a port district serves.
Consumer-owned electric utilities must report how many qualifying contracts they use to serve Washington retail customers. The report covers contracts longer than 31 days for unspecified electricity used to serve Washington retail customers. Reports must include the contracts' duration and purpose, and the months covered. The duty begins with interim performance reports due July 1, 2026. For port districts, it begins July 1, 2030.
The commission must enforce this chapter's requirements for affected market customers, on its own motion or when requested. This applies to affected market customers under this chapter.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 24Effective date 6/11/2026.Latest
- Mar 24Chapter 181, 2026 Laws.Major
- Mar 24Governor Bob Ferguson signed.Became Law
- Mar 12Delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Mar 11Speaker signed.Major
- Mar 11President signed.Passed House
- Mar 10Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Senate concurred in House amendments.
- Feb 28Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 4.Minor
- Vote recorded Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 28Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Feb 28Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- Feb 25Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.Minor
- Feb 23Referred to Rules 2 Review.Minor
- Feb 19Minority; without recommendation.Minor
- Feb 19Minority; do not pass.Minor
- Feb 19ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).Minor
- Feb 19Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 8:00 AM.
- Feb 18Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:30 AM.
- Feb 14First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.Minor
- Feb 11Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.Minor
- Feb 111st substitute bill substituted (ENET 26).Major
- Feb 10Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.Minor
- Feb 2Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Jan 30Minority; without recommendation.Minor
- Jan 30ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.Major
- Jan 30Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- Jan 23Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- Jan 13Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- Jan 12First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.Minor
- Jan 6Prefiled for introduction.Introduced
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