Fuel Mix and Emissions Disclosure

August 09, 2023

Summary

Washington’s retail electric suppliers must disclose details regarding the fuel mix of their electric generation to the Department of Commerce, as well as to their customers. Electric suppliers must provide such information in a standard format annually to customers. Starting in 2021, each utility must calculate and report the greenhouse gas content of the electricity it provides to retail customers in Washington.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector:	State
Category:	Regulatory Policy
State:	Washington
Incentive Type:	Generation Disclosure
Web Site:	https://www.commerce.wa.gov/growing-the-economy/energy/fuel-mix-disclosure/
Administrator:
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
Fuel Mix:	Must be disclosed
Emissions:	Must be disclosed
Distribution and Frequency:	Distributed to customers annually Updated online annually
Standard Format Required:	Yes

Authorities

Name:	RCW § 19.29A.050 et seq. (Annual fuel mix information—Electricity product content label—Requirements)
Date Enacted:	3/30/2000
Effective Date:	2001

Name:

RCW 19.405.070 (Greenhouse gas content calculation)

Name:

WAC 194-40-060 (Reporting fuel mix and greenhouse gas emission)

Contact

Name:	Austin Scharff
Organization:	WA State Department of Commerce
Address:	WA
Phone:	(360) 764-9632
Email:	energydata@commerce.wa.gov

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.