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                          HOUSE BILL 2247

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Crouse, Poulsen and Edwards

 

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Managing energy supply and demand.


    AN ACT Relating to the management of state energy supply and demand; and creating a new section.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that:

    (1) A sufficient, reliable, and affordable supply of energy is critically important to the health and welfare of the citizens of the state and to the prosperity of the state and region; and

    (2) The state is experiencing dramatic increases in the costs of electricity and natural gas as a result of many factors out of the state's direct control, and these unprecedented price increases have a disproportionate impact on the low-income citizens of the state.

 


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