We’re Heading Down South!

We’re officially heading down south for our Study Mission 6.0: Building Bigger & Faster in Texas! We’ll be eating barbecue, enjoying the sunshine, and figuring out just how the Lone Star State has been able to build so much grid-scale clean energy, so quickly.

*The unofficial slogan of Study Mission 6.0*

The idea for our study mission to Texas came after this ProPublica article, which found that Washington state was dead last in renewable growth in the country, despite our climate ambitions. As we documented in our Build Sustainable High Impact Infrastructure Together report, if our delays persist, we could lose out on nearly $150 billion in economic activity, 580,000 jobs, and enough energy capacity to power 7 million homes for a year.

The reality is, if Washington state doesn’t make changes to our permitting, siting, and interconnection processes, we are going to struggle to transition off of natural gas, we are not going to have the kind of clean power we need to electrify our buildings and transportation, and we could see the build-out of new, polluting fossil fuel plants.

We’ll be bringing back actionable ideas with our delegation committed to fixing what’s broken. Stay up-to-date on our Study Mission 6.0 by following us on Instagram.

Thank you to our sponsors for making Study Mission 6.0: Building Bigger & Faster in Texas possible!

Bringing EV Fast Chargers to Washington’s Coast

On May 1, we joined Rep. Adam Bernbaum and partners from the City of Ocean Shores, EVCS, Grays Harbor PUD and True Compass to celebrate the grand opening of a new electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging site at the Ocean Shores Public Library!

Funded through Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) and deployed through the Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program, the project is part of a broader effort to build out EV charging across the state, ensuring more Washingtonians can choose a transportation option that is not only cleaner, but more cost-stable.

Representatives from the City of Ocean Shores, Clean & Prosperous, EVCS, the State Legislature, Grays Harbor PUD, and True Compass take a photo in front of the new EV fast-charging station at the Ocean Shores Public Library

The site features three Samsung 100 kW DC fast chargers, totaling six individual ports, capable of adding 75 miles of range in a 15-minute charging session.

According to Grays Harbor PUD, Ocean Shores drivers can save over $3,000 per year by switching from gasoline to electric. EVs are also good for public health: A recent study used satellites to measure nitrogen dioxide – a combustion pollutant linked to asthma and other heart and lung health risks – between 2019-2023 in California. During that period, the study found that for every increase of 200 electric vehicles across nearly 1,700 ZIP codes, nitrogen dioxide emissions decreased by 1.1 percent.

The CCA-funded Washington Electric Vehicle Charging Program is investing $96.5 million in 511 EV charging sites statewide, including 77 exclusively DC fast-charging sites like Ocean Shores. More information is available on the program dashboard.

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