Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to: (1) In order to facilitate a study of state policies and programs that have an impact on the affordability of retail electric bills in the state, submit a report that contains an inventory of state policies, programs, incentives, and tax preferences that may have a direct or indirect impact on retail electric rates in the state, including items that regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power generation, transmission, and distribution sector of the economy; and

(2) Consult with the department of commerce, the department of ecology, the Washington State University extension energy office, the utilities and transportation commission, and electric utilities in completing the inventory and an assessment.

Expires June 1, 2019.