Washington’s leading newspapers are urging a “no” vote on 1631, agreeing that Washington families will pay 1631’s costly and unfair new energy tax, but “big polluters” won’t. Consumers would be forced to pay billions in higher energy costs for gasoline, heating fuel, natural gas and electricity under 1631. Learn more about why a coalition representing more than 200,000 Washington working families, small businesses, family farmers, taxpayers and consumers across the state is urging a NO vote on I-1631 at VoteNOon1631.com.

Former attorney general Rob McKenna has reviewed many ballot measures. He has never seen one as bad for consumers as I-1631. This new energy tax would force Washington consumers to pay billions more for gasoline, electricity, and natural gas.  Then it would give an unelected board a blank check to spend those billions however they choose with no specific plan and no guarantee of significant reductions in greenhouse gases.

Learn more about why a coalition representing more than 200,000 Washington working families, small businesses, family farmers, taxpayers and consumers across the state is urging a NO vote on I-1631 at VoteNOon1631.com.

Washington’s leading newspapers are urging a “no” vote on 1631, agreeing that Washington families will pay 1631’s costly and unfair new energy tax, but “big polluters” won’t. Consumers would be forced to pay billions in higher energy costs. Then, 1631 gives an unelected board of political appointees a blank check to spend however they choose, with no accountability, no oversight, and no limits. Learn more about why a coalition representing more than 200,000 Washington working families, small businesses, family farmers, taxpayers and consumers across the state is urging a NO vote on I-1631 at VoteNOon1631.com.

Initiative 1631 is a deeply flawed and poorly written proposal to create a new energy tax that would increase consumer prices for gasoline, electricity, natural gas, heating fuel, as well as  everything we buy that would be produced or shipped in Washington. An independent study found that I-1631 would cost the average Washington household $440 more in 2020, increasing every year with no cap, reaching $990 by 2035.  I-1631 is being promoted as a fee on “large polluters” but would actually exempt many of the state’s largest carbon emitters, meaning the burden would fall on the shoulders of working families, including low-income and fixed-income households who can least afford it.

Lifelong advocate for working families and former Executive Director of the Washington State Building Construction Trades Council Lee Newgent speaks out against I-1631’s new, regressive energy tax. 1631 would increase the costs Washington families pay for gasoline, electricity, natural gas, and heating fuel. According to independent studies, under 1631 Washington households would pay on average $440 more per year right away, and automatic increases in the measure would cause increases to soar to $990 per year within 15 years. These costs would increase every year, indefinitely, especially hurting families who can least afford it.

Consumer advocate and former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna speaks out against I-1631’s new, unfair energy tax that exempts many of the state’s largest polluters, while forcing consumers to pay billions of dollars in the form of higher costs for gasoline, electricity, natural gas, and heating fuel. An unelected board of political appointees would then be given those billions to spend however they choose – I-1631 has no specific plan for how the money would be spent and makes no guarantee of reducing pollution.

Initiative 1631 would create a new energy tax that would force Washington families and consumers to pay more than $2.3 billion in higher costs for gasoline and heating fuel, and hundreds of millions more in higher energy bills for electricity and natural gas. An independent study found that I-1631 would cost the average Washington household $440 more in 2020, increasing to $990 in 2035. These costs would continue to rise every year with no cap.  Learn more about why a coalition representing more than 160,000 Washington working families, small businesses, family farmers, taxpayers and consumers across the state is urging a NO vote on I-1631 at VoteNOon1631.com.

Initiative 1631 is a deeply flawed and poorly written proposal – it is being promoted as a fee on “large polluters” but would actually exempt many of the state’s largest carbon emitters. I-1631 places the cost burden of its new $2.3 billion energy tax on Washington families and small businesses – while many large polluters don’t have to pay anything. Learn more about why a coalition representing more than 160,000 Washington working families, small businesses, family farmers, taxpayers and consumers across the state is urging a NO vote on I-1631 at VoteNOon1631.com.

Family farmer Rosella Mosby explains why I-1631 is unfair and costly. I-1631 is an energy tax that would increase electricity, heating and gasoline prices for Washington families, small businesses and farmers. The state’s largest polluters would be exempt from 1631’s new costs, so many big corporations would pay nothing. But families, small businesses and farms would pay billions in higher energy costs.

Colin Hastings, the Executive Director of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce, explains why families and employers across Washington are very concerned about I-1631. I-1631’s new energy tax would cost consumers billions in higher prices for gasoline, electricity, heating fuel and natural gas. It’s so poorly written, it would exempt many of the largest polluters in our state. And there’s no guarantee it would even help our environment. Small businesses and consumers would pay billions in higher costs.