[Press Release from Bureau of Planning and Sustainability]Portland City Council approved a new policy that will require owners of commercial buildings over 20,000 square feet to track energy use and … [Read more...]
Legislative Update
The Washington State Legislature turned an important corner in the 2015 session requiring all bills to have passed their body of origin in order to receive further consideration. A notable casualty … [Read more...]
Washington Legislature – Update
The Washington State Legislature continues its “long” session in 2015 with significant challenges for funding education and transportation in the state. While these issues have … [Read more...]
Oregon Legislature – Update
The talk of the town in Oregon, of course, is the recent resignation of John Kitzhaber as Governor and the ascension of the state’s Secretary of State, Kate Brown, as Oregon’s new … [Read more...]
UM 1622 – OPUC
Meanwhile, at the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) activity under the docket UM 1622 continues on two fronts. First, input is being solicited on the value of natural gas hedging … [Read more...]
City of Seattle Benchmarking Report Deadline on April 1st
The City of Seattle’s successful energy performance benchmarking and disclosure ordinance has its next deadline for reporting on April 1st. All buildings covered by the ordinance have … [Read more...]
City of Portland Benchmarking and Disclosure
This month the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability held two public workshops discussing a proposed city requirement for energy performance reporting for commercial buildings. The … [Read more...]
NEEC Supports Washington HB 1278
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, Chair of the House Environment Committee, is the prime sponsor of HB 1278 which strengthens the enforcement provisions in Washington State's energy performance disclosure statute, … [Read more...]
Executive’s budget to call for accelerating energy efficiency projects throughout King County
King County Executive Dow Constantine said his forthcoming biennial budget proposal will confront climate change by speeding up County energy efficiency projects while reducing overall costs."By … [Read more...]
WUTC Issues Clarification on Regulation of 3rd Party Solar Installations
On July 2014, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission issued a clarifying statement on its role in regulating 3rd party owned net metered solar installations. The following synopsis … [Read more...]