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Agency 077

Washington State Energy Office

RCW 39.35C, 43.19.675, 43.21F, 43.21G, 43.52A, 70.94.521-551, 80.50, 82.35

As a result of the enactment of Chapter 186, Laws of 1996, the duties and functions of the Washington State Energy Office were transferred to other state agencies effective July 1, 1996. Those duties and functions related to energy resource policy and planning and energy facility siting were transferred to the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. Those duties and functions related to energy education, applied research, and technology transfer programs were transferred to Washington State University. Those duties and functions related to energy efficiency in public buildings were transferred to the Department of General Administration. Those duties and functions related to commute trip reduction were transferred to the Department of Transportation. All data for this agency have been transferred to these other agencies and are shown in those agencies for comparability purposes.