Washington law requires the state’s electric utilities to entirely abandon coal by 2025, achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, and use 100% renewable and non-emitting resources by 2045. For utilities looking to replace dispatchable fossil fuel generation, as well as meet the growing demand for electricity from electric vehicles and other end uses, energy storage is emerging as a key solution.
For PSE, this means having more new, non-emitting generation resources by 2030 than it has acquired in its 150-year history, Padula said.
