Prohibiting the Use of Natural Gas in Washington State Updated
By Cindy Alia 1/19/24
Updated 2/26/24
We are pleased to note the Senate Ways and Means committee did not give HB 1589 and executive hearing today. This means the bill is dead as it did not get passed out of committee to the rules committee or the floor for a vote in time to miss the establshed deadline today for bills from the opposite house to be read on the floor. This is good news for those who wouold prefer to rely on a combination of natural gas and electricity rather than on electricity only. Our already over-burdened electric grid would struggle to meet the demands this bill would have required leaving some with limited power and eliminated options.