WCEC strongly opposed Puget Sound Energy’s proposal to lower its interim clean energy targets under the Clean Energy Transformation Act. The filing argues the slippage widens the gap to the mandated 80%-by-2030 goal and shifts the cost of PSE’s inaction onto customers.
- PSE proposed cutting its 2024 target from 59% → 48% and its 2025 target from 63% → 48%, well below the trajectory needed for 80% by 2030.
- PSE blamed low hydro years and tech-company competition for clean resources — risks the company had been warned about for years.
- PSE acknowledged the interim targets were reachable with $200M in short-term market purchases, but argued doing so would not help the 2030 goal.
- WCEC names many cost-effective options PSE delayed: demand response, distributed energy, virtual power plants, EV integration, time-of-use rates, and electrical efficiency.
- The filing asks the UTC to reject the proposal and hold PSE accountable for its slow rate of innovation and inadequate planning.