The Draft Transmission Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released on March 31, 2025. To review the document visit the Transmission PEIS webpage.
There will be two public comment meetings for the PEIS following the info meeting that was held on April 8th, 2025. The comment meetings will be on April 22nd and April 24th starting at 5pm PST. The April 8th meeting recording and information on how to join the comment meetings are on the PEIS webpage linked above.

The Carriger Solar MDNS is available for comment April 7 through April 20 11:59 pm

If you would like to submit a comment for either visit our comment database: https://comments.efsec.wa.gov/

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If you need to contact EFSEC please call 360-664-1345 or email efsec@efsec.wa.gov.

If you'd like to submit a comment for a project please email comments@efsec.wa.gov

Looking for new staff members! If you are interested, you can look at our job openings here.

For information about:	Staff to contact:
EFSEC Chair	Kurt Beckett EFSEC Chair
EFSEC Administration Siting and Monitoring Processes Rule Making Legislation Media Inquiries Compliance Monitoring EFSEC Review Process General Council Information Transmission Line Projects SEPA official	Sonia Bumpus EFSEC Director
Administrative support to the Director Admin team supervisor Public meetings manager Website administrator SharePoint administrator HR liaison IT liaison	Joan Owens Executive Secretary
TBA	Vacant Director of Administration
TBA	Dave Walker Executive Program Manager
EFSEC Administration Siting and Monitoring Processes Rule Making Compliance Monitoring EFSEC Review Process Transmission Line Projects	Ami Hafkemeyer Director of Siting and Compliance
EFSEC Review Process Water Discharge Permits Columbia Generating Station WNP 1/4 Horse Heaven Wind Project	Amy Moon Siting and Compliance Lead
Whistling Ridge Wind Project Columbia Solar Project Desert Claim Wind Project Kittitas Valley Wind Project Grays Harbor 1/2, 3/4 Chehalis Generation Facility Goose Prairie High Top Ostrea	Sara Randolph Site Specialist
Cascade Transmission Project	Maria Belkina Site Specialist
TBA	Vacant Site Specialist
Wautoma Solar Project	Lance Caputo Site Specialist
Badger Mountain Solar Project	Joanne Snarski Site Specialist
Hop Hill Solar Project	John Barnes Site Specialist
SEPA	Sean Greene Environmental Planner 4
SEPA	Trevin Taylor Environmental Planner 4
SEPA	Patty Betts Environmental Planner 4
Pre-application Green manufacturing Hydrogen	Stewart Henderson Clean Energy Program Manager
Legislative Activities	Lisa McLean Legislative and Policy Manager
TBA	Ali Smith Management Analyst 3
Invoice processing Billings Contracts	Sonja Skavland Commerce Specialist 2
Public Records Requests Records management Records archiving Forms Adjudication filing	Catherine Taliaferro Forms & Records Supervisor
Public Records Requests Records management Records archiving Forms	Audra Allen Forms & Records Analyst 3
Public Records Requests Records management Records archiving Forms	Alondra Zalewski Forms & Records Analyst 3
Public Records Requests Records management Records archiving Forms	Sairy Reyes Forms & Records Analyst 3
General EFSEC information General Council information Council Meetings, Schedules, Agendas, Locations and Minutes Answers phones Public meetings coordinator Additions to mailing lists Website updates	Andrea Grantham Administrative Assistant 4
General EFSEC information General Council information Council Meetings logistics assist Answers phones Website updates Public comment processing incoming/outgoing mail	Alex Shiley Administrative Assistant 3
Assist PEIS manager General EFSEC information General Council information Website updates	Adrienne Barker Administrative Assistant 3
Media inquiries Communications	Karl Holappa Communications & Outreach

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