EVERETT — The Washington Department of Commerce is holding a virtual public feedback session on Thursday at 2 p.m. about Snohomish County’s Public Utility District’s home electrification rebate program which supplied 1,429 households with a free appliances supported by the state’s Climate Commitment Act.
In 2024, the Department of Commerce opened up $77 million of Climate Commitment Act funds to support Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) programs across Washington. The program’s goal is to assist households and small businesses in installing efficient electric appliances.
Snohomish PUD received $5.3 million in funds, the most of any utility in the state.
“One of the things I’m really proud of is, we asked the state, in total, at the end of June, how many folks have be