Opinion | Climate Coercion Meets Washington State Voters
Progressive climate dreams tend to crash and burn when voters are confronted with their real costs. That collision is playing out in Washington state this year in a pair of ballot measures that would repeal extreme climate policies.
Prop. 2066 would strike down large parts of rules designed to cripple natural-gas use by consumers. The first rule by the state Building Code Council in 2023 made it cost-prohibitive to put natural-gas appliances in new buildings. The Building Industry Association of Washington says the rule will raise the cost of a single-family home with gas appliances by $15,000-$20,000.
The ballot measure would also push back against a March law that lets Washington’s largest natural gas and electricity provider, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), shift the costs of meeting the state’s climate goals onto consumers. It also mandated that PSE by Jan. 1, 2027 file a plan to “achieve all cost-effective electrification of end uses currently served by natural gas.”
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