HB2429 – Making procedural changes in the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council’s consideration of applications for site certifications.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Ramel (D; 40th District; Bellingham) (Co-Sponsor Pollet – D)
Current status – Scheduled for a hearing in the House Committee on Energy & Environment at 1:30 PM on Monday January 29th.
Next step would be – Action by the committee.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Summary –
When the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council holds the required public hearing, conducted as an adjudicative procedure, before submitting its recommendation about a site application to the Governor, the bill would require the attorney acting as counsel for the environment to state full support for the application for certification; qualified support for it with recommended modifications; or opposition to its approval. It specifies that people testifying at the hearing in support of approval or in opposition to it have the right to call any witness with relevant information except for members of the Council and its staff.

The bill specifies that majority consensus by a quorum of the Council is required to conduct the its business, and that the Chair cannot conduct it unilaterally. It also specifies a few other minor procedural points, including stating that applications for facility site certification have to contain sufficient information for the Council to evaluate all their potential impacts under the State Environmental Policy Act.