WA SB5401

Extends the allowable duration of wholesale power purchases from unknown sources that are exempt from coal-fired resource restrictions, increasing the limit from one month to three months for general contracts

Creates a new six-month exemption for "system sales" wholesale power purchases when necessary to meet an electric utility's seasonal resource adequacy requirements under a regional resource adequacy program

Adds a new exemption for electricity purchased from the Bonneville Power Administration under long-term agreements, except when BPA knowingly procured from coal-fired generating units

Explicitly clarifies that nothing in the coal elimination requirements prohibits electric utilities from purchasing or exchanging power from the Bonneville Power Administration

Amends RCW 19.405.020 (definitions) and RCW 19.405.030 (coal elimination requirements) of the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act