Sightline Institute
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After Portland made improvements in 2024 (FUNDED, finally www.sightline.org/2024/10/28/t...), the program is starting to work as intended. New data shows projects are no longer underbuilding to avoid the mandate:
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After Portland made improvements in 2024 (FUNDED, finally www.sightline.org/2024/10/28/t...), the program is starting to work as intended. New data shows projects are no longer underbuilding to avoid the mandate:
Take Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project, which upgraded 16m of transmission lines bw Seattle suburbs Renton and Bellevue.
Permitting delay costs were $52.4m. But slow local approvals won’t just cost $52.4m. Over 60yrs, we estimate ratepayers will pay back around $167m.
Permitting delay costs were $52.4m. But slow local approvals won’t just cost $52.4m. Over 60yrs, we estimate ratepayers will pay back around $167m.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Take Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project, which upgraded 16m of transmission lines bw Seattle suburbs Renton and Bellevue.
Permitting delay costs were $52.4m. But slow local approvals won’t just cost $52.4m. Over 60yrs, we estimate ratepayers will pay back around $167m.
Permitting delay costs were $52.4m. But slow local approvals won’t just cost $52.4m. Over 60yrs, we estimate ratepayers will pay back around $167m.
But tasking voters w researching and making sense of 100+ candidates on a single ballot is a barrier to democracy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
But tasking voters w researching and making sense of 100+ candidates on a single ballot is a barrier to democracy.