BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 2853: Energy conservation programs

Authorizing a local financing tool to fund energy efficiency upgrades and removing financial barriers to implementing energy conservation programs.

Summary

Authorizes municipalities to provide energy conservation services through a newly created energy conservation services utility or an existing electric, water, wastewater, solid waste, heating, or other utility system.
Specifies that a municipality may develop a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from governmental activities.
Requires the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to approve, upon request, a rate adjustment mechanism to allow an electrical or natural gas company to recover: (1) all cost-effective conservation expenditures; and (2) non-fuel revenue requirements that would have been recovered by the company absent conservation savings.

From the House Bill Analysis 2010 (HB 2853), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to implementing energy conservation programs;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2853 (2019–20) Charter school commission · Enacted · Chapter 49, Laws of 2020
HB 2853 (2017–18) Excellence fund donations · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2853 (2015–16) Election admin. cert. reqs. · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2853 (2007–08) Public contract living wages · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2853 (2005–06) Workers' comp claims · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2853 (2003–04) Pharmacy interns · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2853 (2001–02) Terrorism/infrastructure · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2853 (1999–00) Advisory council/blind · Enacted · Chapter 57, Laws of 2000