In 2019, Washington State adopted the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) into law, which commits Washington to an electric supply free of greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
The plan is a tiered approach where each utility must prepare and publish a Clean Energy Implementation Plan with its own targets for efficiency and renewable energy.
KPUD’s portfolio includes the milestones of supplying coal-free electricity by 2025, carbon-neutral by 2030, and carbon-free by 2045.
Klickitat PUD’s first milestone is to report our current portfolio that already meets the 2025 and 2030 targets and will continue to develop a path forward for additional clean energy options, programs and investments. The four-year plan identifying these targets and actions has been submitted.
Read on for more about the Clean Energy Implementation Plan, including the option to download the complete plan PDF.
Clean Energy Implementation Plan
The Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) is a four-year plan intended to identify our plans to meet CETA energy standards.
KPUD has developed and submitted the first four-year report due January 2022 and then every four years thereafter.
The CEIP includes:
- Interim targets for the percentage of retail load to be served using renewable and non-emitting resources during 2022–2025
- Specific targets and actions for energy efficiency, demand response and renewable energy for 2022–2025
- Identification of highly impacted communities and vulnerable populations and descriptions of how KPUD intends to reduce risk for them with the transition to clean energy
- Report of the forecasted distribution of energy and non-energy costs and benefits for KPUD’s portfolio of specific actions
Clean Energy Implementation Plan (Adopted 12/2021) [PDF]
Power Supply
KPUD 2024 Power Supply Fast Facts:
- Roughly 92% of our 2024 power supply was from carbon free resources including hydro, wind and nuclear power.
- The remaining 8% of our power was from unspecified balancing purchases made by BPA that likely include carbon free resources.
- Of our overall 2024 power supply 92% was supplied by BPA and 8% was supplied by KPUD’s share of output from specific hydro projects.
Additional Power Supply Information:
As you can see from the charts below, the vast majority of our 2024 power supply needs were met by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). BPA provides us with a steady and predictable power supply that serves the majority of our base power needs. Our primary share of the BPA system is largely fixed for the duration of our BPA contract but can slightly adjust every two years. Read more about it at the BPA’s website.
Future Power Supply:
Effective 10/1/2023 KPUD started taking the BPA Tier 2 product for our power supply not met by BPA Tier 1 or our share of McNary and Packwood hydro projects. The BPA Tier 2 product is currently allocated the same low-carbon fuel mix as their Tier 1 offering.
KPUD is well positioned to meet the requirements established in the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) passed in 2019. This requires that KPUD utilizes a carbon-neutral power supply between 2030 and 2044 while later achieving a carbon free power supply starting in 2045. Planning is underway to ensure we are able to continue offering save, reliable, and cost-effective utility services to our local communities given the requirements of CETA.
2024 Fuel Mix — 80% hydro (from BPA or Packwood/McNary), 10% nuclear, .4% wind, and 9% other (all from BPA)
2024 Power Supply — 92% hydro (from BPA), 8% hydro (from McNary/Packwood)