SB5347

SB5347 – Requires utility publicity for climate programs to display “discernible and quantifiable effects” of an individual’s participation on global emissions.
Prime Sponsor – Senator Ericksen (R, 42nd District, Whatcom County)
Current status – Had a hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Technology February 6th. Still in committee by 2019 cutoff; reintroduced and retained in present status for 2020 session.
Next step would be – Action by the committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Summary –
Requires any utility publicity indicating that a benefit, program or service will help deal in any way with the problem of climate change to include a “detailed description of the discernable [sic] and quantifiable effects” it will have on global climate change, displayed in a way that “discloses the discernable [sic] and quantifiable effects on global climate change attributable to the average individual customer” using it.

Comments –
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