On page 12, line 36, after "2026." insert "In any rule making to amend Washington's compliance periods that results in the compliance periods being reduced from four-year periods, the department must account for the impact that such a change would have on an electric utility whose emissions are affected by variable hydropower generation when establishing its methods and procedures for allocating allowances under RCW 70A.65.120."

EFFECT: Directs the department of ecology to account for the impact that changing from a four-year compliance period would have on an electric utility whose emissions are affected by variable hydropower generation when allocating no-cost allowances under the climate commitment act.