Snohomish Co. is sort of infamous for these kinds of decisions. I used to live there. They built a nuclear plant back in the 1970s without proper permits. Well, the utility did. The rate payers sued and won in court and the utility had to tear down the plant and refund the money to the people in the form of energy grants for weatherizing your home — max. $4000 per household. These were available to everybody, including renters, regardless of income.
We moved there about that time and we super insulated our home with our money. Some people installed new windows and woodstoves (we already had both) or solar panels. Everybody got so energy efficient that in a few years the utility company nearly went bankrupt because nobody was using any heat. Then the county prohibited the use of high efficiency wood stoves on many days. They are nuts in Snohomish County.
I still have one of my wood stoves and I use it all the time in Wisconsin.
These are nothing more than corporate welfare for the Green Weenies.