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(vi) Identification of revenue and payment structures sufficient 1 to maintain reliable and affordable electricity supplies for 2 ratepayers, with emphasis on overburdened communities; 3 (vii) Development of distinct scenarios that examine different 4 potential cost and timeline potentials for development and 5 implementation of identified generation and transmission needs and 6 options including planning, permitting, design, and construction, 7 including relevant federal authorities, consistent with the statutory 8 and regulatory requirements of the clean energy transformation act; 9 (viii) Quantification of impacts to greenhouse gas emissions 10 including life-cycle emissions analysis associated with 11 implementation of identified generation and transmission needs and 12 options including (A) planning, permitting, design, and construction, 13 and, if relevant, emissions associated with the acquisition of non- 14 Washington state domestic or foreign sources of electricity, and (B) 15 any additional operations of existing fossil-fueled generating 16 resources; and 17 (ix) An inventory of electricity demand by state-owned or 18 operated facilities and information needed to complete a request for 19 proposals (RFP) to satisfy this demand through new nonhydro renewable 20 energy generation and/or conservation. 21 (b) The department shall, to the extent determined practicable, 22 consider related analyses undertaken by the federal government as 23 part of the Columbia river system operation stay of litigation agreed 24 to in National Wildlife Federation et al. v. National Marine 25 Fisheries Service et al. in October 2021. 26 (c) The department shall provide a status update to the energy 27 and environment committees of the legislature and governor's office 28 by December 31, 2024. 29 (9) $10,664,000 of the climate commitment account—state 30 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a 31 pilot program to provide grants and technical assistance to support 32 planning, predevelopment, and installation of commercial, dual-use 33 solar power demonstration projects. Eligible grant recipients may 34 include, but are not limited to, nonprofit organizations, public 35 entities, and federally recognized tribes. 36 (10) $20,592,000 of the climate commitment account—state 37 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a 38 grant program to assist owners of public buildings in covering the 39 costs of conducting an investment grade energy audit for those 40 p. 97 ESSB 5187.SL