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With a new state global climate change law and increasing industry pressure, Bellevue, WA-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Thursday sent a considerably more conservation- and clean energy-focused integrated resource plan (IRP) to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC), carrying implications for future natural gas-fired power generation in the Pacific Northwest. The new IRP emphasizes energy-saving programs, renewable resources and natural gas-produced electricity supplies over the next 20 years.