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Sammamish updates residents on heat-pump adoption, green purchasing and a new Solarize Eastside campaign
Summary
City sustainability staff briefed council on residential heat-pump uptake through the Energy Smart Eastside program, enrollment in PSE Green Power for city electricity, a green purchasing pilot, and a planned Solarize Eastside outreach campaign and workshops.
City sustainability staff told the Sammamish City Council Feb. 11 that the city has enrolled municipal accounts in Puget Sound Energy's Green Power program for 2025 and that regional residential heat-pump adoption is rising under the Energy Smart Eastside partnership.
“Sammamish has the highest heat pump adoption rate of all of our neighboring cities,” Rose Weicker, Sammamish sustainability coordinator, told the council, while noting Sammamish joined the Energy Smart Eastside program late in 2024 and staff want to increase uptake of income-targeted incentives.
Why it matters: home electrification and municipal green-power purchases are elements of the city's greenhouse-gas reduction strategy. Staff also described outreach events that will…
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