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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

A "yes" vote supported the following: prohibiting state and local governments from restricting access to natural gas; prohibiting the state building code council from discouraging or penalizing the use of natural gas in any building; requiring gas companies and utility companies, or any cities or towns that provide natural gas, to provide natural gas to any person or corporation even if other energy services or energy sources may be available; and prohibiting the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission from approving any multiyear rate plan requiring or incentivizing a natural gas company or utility company to terminate natural gas service or implementing requirements that would make access to natural gas service cost-prohibitive.

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The State Supreme Court rules the passed initiative by voters as unconstitutional.

If lawyers are writing these initiatives for the ballot, they should lose their license to practice law, knowing full well the initiative must be single purpose.

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I would have linked an article of the WA State Supreme Court ruling, but there were so many lopsided articles,you just need to go find the ruling. The articles are all over the place with opinions.

#1 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-09-23 11:32 AM | Reply

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