EXECUTIVE ORDER 94-01
IMPLEMENTING THE WASHINGTON ENERGY STRATEGY
WHEREAS,
energy is a key component of the Washington State economy, costing citizens and
businesses over $9.2 billion per year; and
WHEREAS,
growing demand for energy poses significant economic and environmental
challenges to Washington state; and
WHEREAS,
increased energy efficiency benefits Washington businesses, government, and
citizens by controlling costs, improving environmental quality, and supporting
sustainable economic development; and
WHEREAS,
in January, 1993, the Washington Energy Strategy Committee adopted its report
titled Washington's Energy Strategy, An Invitation to Action, which has
detailed principles and policy recommendations that can increase energy
efficiency, improve environmental quality, and assure adequate, cost-effective
energy supplies to support a robust economy; and
WHEREAS,
state government has saved millions of dollars in energy costs through
increased efficiency, and further efforts to improve efficiency has the
potential to add significant savings;
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, Mike Lowry, Governor of the State of
Washington, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby direct:
1. The Washington Energy Strategy shall be the
policy framework for energy decisions made by state agencies.
2. The Washington State Energy Office (WSEO)
shall be the lead agency for implementing the Washington Energy Strategy. To
ensure efficient coordination, the Director at WSEO shall convene an
interagency working group, including at a minimum the Directors of their
designees of the departments of Transportation, Ecology, General
Administration, Corrections, Community Development, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
The working group shall review the recommendations ions of the Washington
Energy Strategy, and shall pursue implementation of the most promising policy
alternatives.
3. WSEO shall provide a brief annual report on
the status of implementing this executive order.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused
the seal of the State
of Washington to be
affixed at Olympia
this 13th day of
January A.D., Nineteen hundred and ninety-four.
MIKE LOWRY
Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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