Washington is quickly embracing clean, electric energy.

But there’s only so much of it to go around, especially during extreme weather.

So now, electric companies are looking to lessen the load by remotely controlling energy use.

Seattle Times Climate Lab reporter Greg Kim will talk about this new program.

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