The Cost of Climate Pollution

Washington State Enacts Law Requiring the Use of the SCC in Resource Planning

uWashington Electric Power Sector May 2019

• Application

  Integrated resource planning

• Date

  May 2019

• Details

  In early 2019, the state enacted a law requiring the use of the social cost of carbon in utility resource planning, specifying that utilities should use the IWG Social Cost of Carbon at the 2.5% discount rate.

• SCC Value(s)

  IWG Social Cost of Carbon at the 2.5% discount rate.

• Reference

  Wash. Sen. Bill. 5116 (signed by Gov. Inslee on May 7, 2019) - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future.

• Legal Authority

  Wash. Sen. Bill. 5116 (signed by Gov. Inslee on May 7, 2019)

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