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BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2245

HB 2245: Consumer-owned utilities

Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act.

Summary

  • Expands the types of entities subject to the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) to include port districts that distribute electricity, consumer-owned utilities with a single customer, and nonresidential electricity consumers that purchase electricity from an entity that is not a utility subject to CETA or that generate any of their own electricity, with certain exceptions.
  • Directs the Utilities and Transformation Commission to oversee CETA compliance for such nonresidential electricity consumers, known as affected market customers.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2245), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedJan 12, 2026
  2. Out of committeeJan 30, 2026
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Beth Doglio (D-22)
Introduced
January 12, 2026 in the House
Last action
February 19, 2026
Companion bill
SB 5982
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2245, SHB 2245

AN ACT Relating to updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Beth Doglio (D-22)

7 co-sponsors (7 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Alex Ramel D-40Liz Berry D-36Joe Fitzgibbon D-34Lisa Parshley D-22Lisa Callan D-5Davina Duerr D-1Shelley Kloba D-1

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 2245)
  2. House Rules "X" file. (SHB 2245)
  3. House Rules "X" file.
  4. Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. (SHB 2245)
  6. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  7. Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 2245)
  8. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  9. ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2245)
  10. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2245)
  11. Minority; do not pass.
  12. ENVI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  13. ENVI - Executive action taken by committee.
  14. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
  15. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 2245 in other sessions

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