The Washington Department of Commerce has released a draft State Energy Strategy. Legislation passed in 2010 (E2SHB 2658) directed the revision of the State Energy Strategy, Washington’s comprehensive energy plan for meeting future energy needs, and declared it must meet three goals: Maintain competitive energy prices; foster a clean energy economy and jobs; and meet obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Here are links to the documents: Cover Letter, Executive Summary, and Issues and Analysis documents.
Chapter 3 of the draft plan addresses “Advancing Transportation Efficiency”. There are many creative and forward looking near and long term policy recommendations. It is worth a read.
The Department of Commerce is accepting public comment till October 23rd. You can send your comments to energystrategy@commerce.wa.gov. They are also holding two public meetings:
UW Tacoma: Wednesday, Oct 12 – 6pm to 8pm
WSU Spokane: Thursday, Oct 20 – 5pm to 7pm
