In the final hours of the 2026 legislative session, majority Democrats pushed through controversial legislation that creates a Washington state transmission authority within the ...

A bill aims to focus state government on the urgent task of building transmission to power new electricity demands and ...

The roof of a house remains damaged on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Sammamish, Wash., after last week’s “bomb cyclone” wreaked havoc throughout Western Washington. (Nick Wagner/The Seattle Times via AP) ...

Phasing out coal marks the first of three major steps mandated under the state’s 2019 Clean Energy Transformation Act – a sweeping legislation requiring utilities to reach net-zero greenhouse gas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As legislative sessions begin in states around the nation, Washington is considering a compelling bill that was pre-filed and ...

Some people in northeastern Washington aren’t hooked up to the power grid. Now, a new $5 million federal grant will help more than 200 people get access to power. “We’re aware of a lot of those areas ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Legislation by Pasco Representative Stephanie Barnard to upgrade Washington's electric grid has been unanimously approved by the state House of Representatives. The bill seeks to ...

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Washington public and investor-owned utilities warn the surging demand for electricity will be hard to meet as the state makes a transition to green energy, likening the challenge of maintaining ...

The bomb cyclone that knocked out power for some half a million people in Western Washington last week exposed the weaknesses in the Pacific Northwest’s energy grid. As the massive low-pressure system ...