WHY THIS MATTERS

Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) most recent long-term plan lacks the vision for a carbon-free future that Washington residents expect from our state’s largest utility.

The plan projects that Colstrip will continue to pump coal-fired electric onto PSE’s grid as late as 2035! This flies in the face of trends in the energy industry, where coal plants are being forced to retire years ahead of schedule due to competition from cheaper and cleaner alternatives.

PSE’s long-term plan also calls for new fracked gas plants, locking Washington into fossil fuels for at least another 30 years. Equally alarming, PSE is moving swiftly to build an eight million gallon liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Tacoma despite strong local opposition from the Puyallup Tribe and beyond.

And they’ll be passing the cost of this reckless fossil fuel investment onto you and the rest of their customers.

TAKE ACTION! Call on regulators to reject any plan that does not include a commitment to get off coal-fired electricity from the Colstrip coal plant by 2025 and explicitly reject new fossil fuel infrastructure, including LNG.