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Committee hears Commerce, WSDOT and Ecology on hydrogen, SAF and programmatic PEIS
Summary
Commerce and WSDOT described hydrogen investments and an upcoming WAZIP voucher program; Earth Finance outlined Cascadia's SAF work; Ecology briefed a programmatic EIS for alternative jet fuel (draft PEIS expected early 2027).
State agencies and private partners briefed the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 23 about investments and planning for hydrogen and alternative aviation fuels.
Stephanie Selt, leader of the Office of Renewable Fuels at the Department of Commerce, said the office — established by the legislature in 2022 and expanded in 2023 to include alternative jet fuel — modeled demand that shows renewable hydrogen and derived fuels could account for roughly 27% of Washington's energy demand in some scenarios by 2050. She highlighted tools Commerce is developing for community and tribal engagement, an environmental‑justice toolkit for hydrogen projects, and a $1,000,000 technical assistance…
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