he Washington State Department of Commerce Office of Renewable Fuels is developing specifications for a new technical assistance program targeted at strategic end users of green electrolytic hydrogen, renewable hydrogen, and hydrogen-derived fuels. Commerce is requesting input from the hydrogen industry, prospective hydrogen users in related industries, and the technical assistance vendor community to shape the development of the program, which is expected to have funding available through June 30, 2027. This RFI will help inform the technical assistance program, which will be funded by the 2025-27 state operating budget.
This RFI contains a total of 28 questions with a mixture of choice, rank, and text responses, and includes both required and optional questions. It is not expected that every question will be relevant to or able to be answered by each respondent. Feel free to reply "N/A" as desired.
Responses to this RFI should be submitted electronically via this form no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2026. If respondents have questions about the RFI, please contact Shannon Pressler at shannon.pressler@commerce.wa.gov.
All documents (written and electronic) submitted as part of this RFI are considered public record. Unless statutorily exempt from disclosure, such records are subject to disclosure if requested. See RCW 42.56, Public Records Act. Businesses are strongly discouraged from unnecessarily submitting sensitive information (e.g., information that businesses might categorize as ‘confidential,’ ‘proprietary,’ ‘sensitive,’ ‘trade secret,’ etc.). For the purposes of this RFI no information considered confidential or proprietary should be included.
