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Spokane County officials signal support for bill to extend green‑energy tax incentives to Eastern Washington amid proposed hydrogen plant
Summary
County staff flagged a newly introduced, Spokane‑centric bill tied to a proposed closed‑loop hydrogen manufacturing project that would reuse Collins Aerospace wastewater and pair with data centers to preheat process water; commissioners asked for a briefing packet and study session but agreed to support the bill in principle.
Unidentified Speaker 1, presenting a recently flagged bill the county liaison said was introduced the day before, told commissioners the measure is narrowly framed for Spokane County and would extend a green‑energy tax incentive to an emerging hydrogen fuel manufacturing project on the West Plains.
The presenter described the project as a “closed loop system” that would reuse wastewater from an expanded Collins Aerospace facility — rising to roughly 74,000 gallons a day when the plant finishes expansion — and route that water to facilities that would pretreat and preheat it for hydrogen manufacture. He said the plan pairs data centers and hydrogen production: heat rejected by…
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