Vote Yes on this bill if you want Washington to craft a funded plan for adding advanced nuclear power, setting goals, outlining siting and permitting (with tribal consultation), weighing costs and benefits, exploring incentives and multistate partnerships, prioritizing former industrial sites, training workers, gathering public input, and integrating the results into the next state energy strategy.

Organizations that support this bill may include electric utilities and public utility districts, nuclear technology firms and suppliers, building and trades unions, research universities and labs, data center operators, chambers of commerce, and some climate and grid reliability advocates who favor firm, carbon-free power.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid state-led promotion of nuclear power, keep the energy strategy unchanged, prevent expedited reviews or new subsidies for reactors, reduce attention to Hanford and former fossil sites, and direct focus and funds toward other clean energy options instead.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include anti-nuclear environmental groups, some tribal and community organizations near potential sites, taxpayer and ratepayer advocates wary of subsidies and financial risk, and renewable-only advocates who prefer wind, solar, storage, and transmission instead.