Rep. John Ley, R-Vancouver, speaks during a House floor debate on SB 6346 on Tuesday, March 10, in Olympia. The Reflector, Posted Monday, June 15, 2026 6:49 pm Click here to read on the Reflector. Washington state Rep. John Ley says Washington and the broader Pacific Northwest need to expand electricity generation and transmission capacity to keep up with growth and the state’s clean energy requirements. Ley, R-Vancouver, shared the remarks after attending the Northwest Gas A

Published 7:56 am Tuesday, June 2, 2026 By Kelly Fukai CEO of the NW Gas Association To read on the Bend Bulletin, click here. The city of Bend is moving forward with a 20% “climate impact fee” on new homes built with natural gas equipment. Supporters say it’s time to “stop digging”, implying Bend is in a carbon hole. However, Bend isn’t in a hole, it is on a bridge. The real risk isn’t that Bend keeps digging — it’s that the city burns the bridge its citizens need before we

May 27, 2026 at 8:00 am Updated May 27, 2026 at 8:00 am By Kurt Miller and Kelly Fukai Special to The Seattle Times Click here to read at the Seattle Times Most of Washington’s public energy debate centers on AI and data centers. The April 2026 E3 resource adequacy study — which The Seattle Times editorial board rightly called an alarm for every Washingtonian in “Here’s what WA needs to do to prevent utility-bill hikes and blackouts” — should reframe that conversation. Th

The Pacific Northwest is blessed with two amazing energy infrastructures in the electric grid and in the naturalgas system. The January storm and record demand created significant stress on our energy infrastructure. We successfullyavoided an electric grid failure, however, because natural gas storage and pipelines were available to fuel theelectric generating plants that supported the electric system during this extreme weather. Also critical were ourregion’s hydropower syst

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By Don Jenkins Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday blasted home use of natural gas as a threat to the planet and children. Hosting an...