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Puget Sound Energy warns permitting unpredictability threatens near-term reliability goals
Summary
Puget Sound Energy officials told lawmakers that meeting Clean Energy Transformation Act targets while maintaining reliability requires large amounts of new clean capacity and long-haul transmission, but local permitting and inconsistent SEPA application across jurisdictions make timelines unpredictable and could delay projects.
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) told the House Environment & Energy Committee that the utility must acquire thousands of megawatts of new clean energy to meet state targets and that permitting uncertainty and inconsistent SEPA applications across local jurisdictions threaten predictable timelines.
"We are needing to acquire significant new clean energy at an unprecedented rate and scale," PSE director Sarah Labourette said, noting the utility serves about 1.2 million electric and 900,000 gas customers. Labourette said PSE's 2023 progress report estimated the…
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