Energy is as essential to our economy as water is to life.
Solutions are complicated, and Governor Gary Locke is acting on several fronts to pursue them to ensure that Washington citizens and businesses have access to reliable and stable power. The Governor is working to protect the Bonneville Power Administration, a major source of power in the West, as a Northwest power resource. And he and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber continue to press California officials and federal regulators to stabilize a market damaged by California's failed deregulation. The Governor and legislative leaders from both parties are proposing a package of measures intended to spur energy conservation, protect the most vulnerable from energy price increases, and increase electrical generation in the state. Conserving Electricity Save more power in public buildings.