HB2173 – Authorizing executive sessions by public natural gas utilities to allow them to comply with the Climate Commitment Act’s prohibition on disclosing auction participation plans.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Ybarra (R; 13th District; Quincy)
Current status – Had a hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations  January 17th. Replaced by a substitute limiting the change to utilities authorized under Title 35 or 35A RCW, and passed out of committee January 31st. Referred to Rules.
Next step would be – Action by the Rules Committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.
SB6047 is a companion bill in the Senate.

Summary
The bill would add discussions of greenhouse gas allowance auction bidding information to the reasons that governing bodies are allowed to go into executive session. This would provide the governing bodies of public gas utilities, which are generally subject to the Open Meetings Act, with a way to comply with the provision of the Climate Commitment Act that prohibits disclosing information about their bidding plans.