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Renewable fuels and a 33% regional production goal proposed to shore up aviation fuel resilience

Washington State Senate Transportation Committee · January 20, 2026
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Summary

Cascadia SAF Accelerator representatives told the Legislature sustainable aviation fuel and regional renewable fuels production could reduce single‑point failures, proposing a 33% regional production goal (≈366.6 million gallons/year) and investment in mid‑scale renewable refineries and alternative delivery routes.

Tim Zenk, managing director of renewable fuels at Cascadia, told the Senate Transportation Committee that Washington's geographic isolation from continental crude and fuel supply chains creates single points of failure and that regional renewable fuel production would improve resilience.

"Resilience really equals investments in infrastructure plus…

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