Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is requesting another rate increase for residential customers, and the Utilities and Transportation Commission need to hear from you that this request should be denied.

Over the next three years, electric rates could surge by more than 20% and gas rates by almost 17% to increase shareholder returns on the controversial Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) refinery and other unwise investments. This is unacceptable when PSE is already Washington’s most expensive utility and many customers are struggling or unable to pay their bills.

Residential customers should not have to reimburse PSE for the LNG facility. The Puyallup Tribe and Earthjustice are still appealing permits in court. The main function of the refinery is to sell maritime fuel, not heat homes. PSE continues to build gas infrastructure while ignoring: customer preference for renewable energy, declining demand forecasts, and impacts of methane exacerbating the climate crisis.

The Attorney General's office and the WA Clean Energy Coalition both oppose this rate increase.