(OLYMPIA, WA) -- Washington PUD Association Executive Director, George Caan, was selected to serve on the State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee. The Committee was established by the Clean Energy Transformation Act of 2019 (CETA) to work with the State Department of Commerce in updating the state's energy strategy.
CETA requires Commerce to review the state energy strategy by the end of 2020 and at least once every eight years thereafter.
The committee will provide guidance to the department in conducting the review and includes representatives from utilities, energy users, the cities and counties, tribes, the clean energy industry, labor unions, civic organizations, environmental organizations, independent power producers, the Utilities and Transportation Commission, the Power Planning Council, and the two largest caucuses of the Senate.
The committee will provide advice and recommendations for revisions to the energy strategy which the Department of Commerce will use in developing a written report to be submitted to the Governor and appropriate legislative committees.
The committee will hold its first meeting on January 10th in SeaTac.
