Voters may get a say on the future of natural gas in Washington
The November ballot could be the next battleground in the fight over Washington’s march toward ending natural gas use in homes.
Key players behind three Republican-backed initiatives state voters are already set to decide are close to launching an all-out effort for a fourth, aimed at blocking the state’s shift away from natural gas and toward technology like heat pumps.
They are working to assemble the means and the money to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures in less than two months to qualify the measure for the ballot.
But for now, they are hung up in court, unable to get started with the signature-gathering effort, as environmental groups that favor the state’s path on energy policy challenge their proposals.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/05/03/voters-may-get-a-say-on-the-future-of-natural-gas-in-washington/