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Jay, hi. Welcome.

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Can you start by telling me how the
State of Washington is addressing climate

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change? What can other states
learn from what you are doing?

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I would say aggressively and effectively.

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We have the most aggressive efforts,

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and I believe the most effective
efforts probably in the United States.

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I'm glad to say that there's 23 other
states in our US Climate Alliance,

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and I think it's fair to say Washington
State's in the leadership position on

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that because of our action,
not just our aspirations,

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but our actual action on this.

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We have a hundred percent clean grid bill
that requires a hundred percent clean

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grid.

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We have the most effective
cap and investment provision

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I think in the United States,

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in part because of our commitment to
environmental justice with 40% of our

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investment going to
disadvantaged communities.

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We just became the first state in the
United States to require heat pumps

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in all new construction,
residential and commercial,

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which effectively weans
us off of fossil gas.

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We are committed to effectuating
our low carbon fuel standard,

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and we just generated $6 billion
for transportation from our cap and

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invest,

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a billion of which will go to low
and zero carbon transportation sector

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investments.

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So I think it's fair to say that we are
in the leadership position in the United

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States, and I'm glad to have
another 23 states joining us.

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Maybe not quite as far along the road
of progress as we are, but coming.

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So I have good news from
the state of Washington.

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Why does it matter to
Washington to be aggressive,

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like you are, to lead the way?

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Well, I think two things, why my
state is in the leadership. One,

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we understand science. We're a
very scientifically literate state.

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We're the state who built the
first commercial jet airliner,

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the software that's powering
the world economy right now.

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So we understand science and the science
of this has been dramatically obvious

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now for a couple decades,

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and our people have responded to
that by really calling for action to

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respond to this mortal threat to the
planet. That's number one. Number two,

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we've recognized the
economic potential of this.

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We are one of the early adopters
that are growing clean energy jobs

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by the bucket full.

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I can't turn over a rock in my state
without knowing an entrepreneur

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and a skilled working group,

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from the new silicon nano
batteries of in Moses Lake,

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to the largest manufacturer of
photovoltaic cells in Bellingham,

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to the largest manufacturer of the
biggest fuel cell motor in the world, and

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to the first electric airplane,

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very first electric airplane that flew
a couple months ago at Moses Lake,

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designed in Arlington, Washington.

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So we were seeing the results of
job creation and wealth creation

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through clean energy. Those
two things combined. Also,

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having a governor who's very
committed to this helps.

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Those three things together
led us to real progress.

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What about the role of the
public sector in a just and

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equitable climate transition?

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I can tell you that it does matter,

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and we have embedded that
in everything we have done.

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So as I indicated in our
cap and invest project,

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we made sure that statutorily,

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we guaranteed that 40% of the billions
of dollars that are created by this fund,

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will go to disproportionately
impacted communities.

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Frequently communities
of color and low income.

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The people who've been living next to
the freeways and the polluting industries

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have been breathing this,

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that have really high rates
of asthma in their children.

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So we made sure that a significant
portion of that went to these communities.

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In addition,

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we have guaranteed 10% of those
investments will go to tribal

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communities. We have very robust
tribal communities in our state,

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29 bands and tribes to make
sure they're part of this.

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And we have developed a really strong
process of working with the tribal

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communities when we go
to site these facilities,

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so that we work together to
make good decisions on siting.

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We also have a thing called the HEAL act,

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which requires all of our decision
making to be looked at through the lens

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of reducing economic
inequality associated with

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the vestiges of our past.

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And so I'm really happy about what we're
doing on this. I think it probably,

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I can say, is the best
in the United States.

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California's done some good work on this
as well and we've learned from their

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experience, so I'm really
happy about our commitment.

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Finally, how are you partnering
with the private sector?

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Very, very well because the
private sector now is getting it.

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We were just talking about it.

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I did a clean energy tour of
Finland, Norway, of Sweden.

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We were looking at
investments, opportunities
for some of their businesses.

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They're wildly ambitious to
come to our state and America,

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in part because of the
Inflation Reduction Act.

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I met a fellow who's building
green steel in Sweden.

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He will be looking for
his second opportunity.

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My state might be perfect for him
because of our access to reasonably

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priced electricity and our ambition level.

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I talked to an electric
airplane manufacturer

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in Sweden as well. So we're
looking for these opportunities.

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The ship building industry is very
interested in our hydrogen ambitions,

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because we have great opportunities
to do green hydrogen in our state.

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We hope to be one of the first
hubs for green hydrogen in our

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state. We're a perfect state
for it because of our access to

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electricity, our access to maritime, to
have an off-taker for green hydrogen.

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So we're seeing these economic
opportunities. It's really interesting.

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I think one of the seismic shifts
that I've seen from the last COP

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to this, and I've been to five COPs,

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is how much the business
community understands these

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opportunities and are thirsting
to really start building.

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Jay, thank you so much.

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Thank you. Be well. See you at the next
top. We'll have more progress report.