For the purposes of RCW 80.80.040 through 80.80.080 and 80.70.020, the department, in consultation with the *department of community, trade, and economic development energy policy division, the energy facility site evaluation council, the commission, and the governing boards of consumer-owned utilities, shall review the greenhouse gases emissions performance standard established in this chapter to determine need, applicability, and effectiveness no less than every five years following July 22, 2007, or upon implementation of a federal or state law or rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions of electric utilities, and report to the legislature.
[ 2007 c 307 § 10.]
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*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.