Commerce Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy December 2020

Transitioning to an Equitable Clean Energy Future DECEMBER 2020 Cover: Engineer on top of a wind turbine. This page: Wind turbine, Goldendale, WA. Clean Energy Transition Institute December 31, 2020 The Honorable Jay Inslee Governor of Washington Brad Hendrickson Secretary of the Senate Bernard Dean Chief Clerk of the House Olympia, WA 98504 Dear Governor Inslee and Members of the Washington State Legislature: am pleased to deliver to you, and to the families and communities of our state, the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy. This strategy looks ahead — beyond the very difficult current conditions of pandemic and recession — to the future of Washington. Much like the pandemic, climate change is a global emergency that can be solved by a combination of individual action and government leadership. The longer we delay necessary action, the harder it will be to contain and mitigate the harm. This strategy offers a blueprint for how, by 2050, we can nearly eliminate the use of climate-threatening fossil fuels while continuing to maintain and grow a prosperous economy. We have already shown how to reduce energy use and grow our economy. As our state’s population and economy have increased over the past decade, we’ve adopted efficiencies and clean energy policies to bring down per-capita emission levels, creating thousands of jobs at the same time. Still, Washington remains far from the overall reductions necessary to combat climate change. Last year’s historic slate of energy policies and investments help set the stage for emissions reductions. We have…

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