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City presents Climate Commitment Act briefing as municipal gas utility sits near compliance threshold
Summary
City Administrator Chris Searcy briefed the council on Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, saying Uniontown’s municipal gas utility is "just marginally over" the 25,000‑metric‑ton threshold and outlining compliance mechanics, customer bill impacts (legacy vs. nonlegacy), potential multi‑year costs, and options including legislative alternative compliance or full cost recovery for new connections.
City Administrator Chris Searcy told the Uniontown City Council on March 9 that the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), Washington’s cap‑and‑invest program, already affects the city’s municipal natural gas utility and will require continued planning and likely budgetary responses.
Searcy said the city is "just marginally over the threshold" that pulls a utility into the CCA (25,000 metric tons of CO2e averaged over the compliance period) based on average emissions from 2023–2025. He explained the program provides some no‑cost allowances based on a historical baseline and that the share of no‑cost allowances declines each year while the percentage the city must consign to auction rises. "We are…
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