State Climate Credit, Near-Normal Natural Gas Market Prices, and Lower Customer Usage toBring Customer Bill Relief Oakland, Calif. — After three months of higher-than-normal natural gas market prices driving up energy bills, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers can expect, on average, a 75% decline in their March natural gas bills. The decrease is due in part to PG&E distributing …

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) emergency allotments that began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 officially end today, Mar. 1, 2023.  The emergency allotment was a temporary increase in benefits intended to address food insecurity brought on by COVID-19. The allotment already ended in 16 states and will end in Washington and the 34 other remaining states today. …

In February, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) issued an announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed by the private market rather than by the federal government, a process known as commercialization. Since then, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been working to standardize the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.  COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be …