SB 5126 – Climate Commitment Act

Bill brief
Energy, Utilities & Technology Environment & Natural Resources State Budgets Taxes & Fees 

The state has adopted greenhouse gas emissions limits without specifying the policies that will achieve the level of reduction set in statute. RCW 70A.45.020. Washington has adopted policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector (SB 5116 (2019)) and the building sector (HB 1257 (2019); HB 2405 (2020)), and provided a suite of incentives for alternative fuel vehicles to get at the emissions in the transportation sector (HB 2042 (2019)).


Bill Numbers:
HB 1091 (2021-22) HB 1094 (2021-22) HB 1257 (2019-20) HB 2042 (2019-20) HB 2405 (2019-20) SB 5116 (2019-20) SB 5126 (2021-22)

Keywords:
Alternative fuels Auction Cap and trade Carbon issues/carbon pricing/carbon tax Clean fuel standard Climate Commitment Act Climate Investment Account Department of Ecology Energy availability, conservation and production Environmental justice Forward Flexible Account Fossil fuel Gas tax Greenhouse gas emissions Natural gas


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