Washington Administrative Code

The plant and all facilities of utilities must be constructed and installed in conformity with good engineering practice and comply with the minimum standards as set out in the National Electric Safety Code. Information about this standard regarding the version adopted and where …

(1) Each local exchange company (LEC) must:(a) Provide adequate maintenance to ensure that all facilities are in safe and serviceable condition;(b) Correct immediately hazardous conditions endangering persons, property, or the continuity of service when found, reported, or known …

(1) All companies must make reasonable provisions to minimize the effects of major outages, including those caused by force majeure, and inform and train pertinent employees to prevent or minimize interruption or impairment of service.(2) Notice to commission and public safety an…

(1) Each company must maintain, revise, and provide to the commission the following:(a) The titles and telephone numbers of the company's disaster services coordinator and alternates; and(b) Upon request of the commission, the company's current plans for emergency operation, incl…

(1) Initial provision of service to a premise with no existing drop facilities. Companies are responsible for designating the route of the drop facility and the type of support structure.(a) Provision of drop facilities. The company is responsible for all work and materials assoc…

(1)(a) Companies are responsible for all work, materials, and costs associated with reinforcing existing distribution plant, and repairing and maintaining existing distribution and drop facilities and support structures up to and including the standard network interface (SNI). (b…

Trouble reports by central office must not exceed four trouble reports per one hundred access lines per month for two consecutive months, or per month for four months in any one twelve-month period. This standard does not apply to trouble reports related to customer premise equip…

(1) All companies must retain, for at least three years from the date they are created, all records that would be relevant, in the event of a complaint or investigation, to a determination of the company's compliance with the service quality standards established by WAC 480-120-1…

(1) Facility operators and excavators, as defined in RCW 19.122.020 (10) and (11), who observe or cause damage to an underground facility must report the damage event to the commission using either the commission's web-based damage reporting tool or its successor, or the damage r…

"Private branch exchange (PBX)" means customer premises equipment installed on the customer's premises that functions as a switch, permitting the customer to receive incoming calls, to dial any other telephone on the premises, to access a tie trunk leading to another PBX or to ac…

All local exchange carriers (LECs) must provide a telephone number, which may include a number for a paging device, that public safety answering points (PSAPs) may use to reach a company representative with questions related to the accuracy of station location records. LECs must …

(1) A public safety answering point (PSAP) may make a reverse search of information in the automatic location identification (ALI/DMS) database when, in the judgment of the PSAP representative, an immediate response to the location of the caller or to the location of another tele…

WAC 480-120-999In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for inspection at the commission library. The publications, effective dates, references within this chapter, and availability of th…

(1) Applications for registration and petitions for competitive classification must be in the form prescribed by the commission.(2) Applications for registration:(a) Must be filed with a petition for competitive classification unless applicant will not be subject to effective com…

(1) The commission secretary may grant an application for registration without hearing when the application is on a form prescribed by the commission and contains the following:(a) The name and address of the company;(b) The name and address of its registered agent, if any;(c) Na…

(1) The commission may revoke a registration, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, for good cause. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, failure to:(a) File an annual report;(b) Pay regulatory fees;(c) Provide adequate service;(d) Maintain the telecommunications comp…

(1) Initiation of classification proceedings. A telecommunications company requesting competitive classification must file a petition with the commission. The petition must state the effective date of the requested classification, which must be at least thirty days after the fili…

A petition for competitive classification of a telecommunications service must, at a minimum, include:(1) The name and address of the petitioning company;(2) The name and telephone number of regulatory contact;(3) A description of the services it offers;(4) The names and addresse…

(1) The following regulatory requirements are waived for competitively classified companies:(a) RCW 80.04.300 (Budgets to be filed by companies—Supplementary budgets);(b) RCW 80.04.310 (Commission's control over expenditures);(c) RCW 80.04.320 (Budget rules);(d) RCW 80.04.330 (Ef…

After notice and hearing, the commission may reclassify any competitive telecommunications company or service if it determines that reclassification would protect the public interest. The telecommunications company must demonstrate that the existing competitive classification is …

(1) When a telecommunications company petitions for competitive classification of a telecommunications service(s), the company must provide notice to each affected customer at least thirty days before the requested effective date.(2) Each customer notice must include, at a minimu…

For purposes of schools and libraries receiving federal universal service funding under 47 C.F.R., Part 54 of the Federal Communications Commission rules, the following intrastate discounts shall apply:schools and librariesdiscount matrixhow disadvantaged?discount level% of stude…

As used in this chapter:"Applicant" means any person applying to an eligible telecommunications carrier for new service or reconnection of discontinued service."Broadband service" means any service providing advanced telecommunications capability, including internet access and ac…

(1) Petitions for designation as an ETC must contain:(a) A description of the area or areas for which designation is sought;(b) A statement that the carrier will offer the services supported by federal universal service support mechanisms throughout the area for which it seeks de…

The commission will approve a petition for designation as an ETC if the petition meets the requirements of WAC 480-123-030, the designation will advance some or all of the purposes of universal service found in 47 U.S.C. § 254, and the designation is in the public interest.[Statu…

Subject to notice and an opportunity to be heard, the commission may decline to grant annual certification, and may revoke, suspend, or modify a designation granted previously if it determines that the ETC has failed to comply with the requirements of section 47 U.S.C. Sec. 214(e…

(1) Each ETC seeking certification of the ETC's use of federal high-cost funds pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Sec. 54.314 must request certification by July 1st each year. The ETC must certify that all federal high-cost support provided to the ETC within Washington state was used in the p…

Not later than July 1st of each year, every ETC that receives federal support from any category in the federal high-cost fund must certify or report as described in this section. The certifications and reports are for activity related to Washington state in the period January 1st…

(1) Not later than July 1st of each year, every ETC that receives federal support from any category in the federal high-cost fund must report the planned use of federal support related to Washington state that will be received during the coming calendar year. The report must incl…

(1) Wireline communications providers. A wireline communications provider may seek support for telecommunications and broadband services from the program if the provider satisfies all of the following requirements:(a) The provider is a local exchange company as defined in WAC 480…

(1) Wireline communications providers. A wireline communications provider that satisfies the prerequisites in WAC 480-123-100 may petition the commission to receive support from the program. The provider must petition the commission each year to be eligible to receive support fro…

The commission will authorize distributions from the program on an annual basis. Each eligible provider will receive a single distribution for the year after January 1st of each year of eligibility, except as otherwise authorized by the commission.(1) Eligibility determination. A…

(1) Wireline communications provider reports. A wireline communications provider that receives program support must submit the following information and reports to the commission on or before July 1st of the year following each calendar year in which the provider receives that su…

Communications providers that receive program support are subject to compliance reviews and other investigations by the commission to ensure compliance with program rules and orders. Each provider shall retain all records required to demonstrate to the commission that the support…

(1) Establishment. The commission will establish an industry and consumer advisory board to provide recommendations to the commission on the implementation and management of the program.(2) Membership. The commission secretary is authorized to solicit nominations, approve members…

An affected provider may petition the commission to resolve any disputed matter concerning the program including, but not necessarily limited to, the provider's eligibility to receive program support, the amount or timing of any distribution of support, and calculations of the pr…

The commission will authorize and process payments from the universal communications services account for providers that the commission determines have met the requirements of WAC 480-123-100 through 480-123-140.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040(4), 80.36.630, 80.36.650, 80.36.…

In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for inspection at the commission branch of the Washington state library. The publications, effective dates, references within this chapter, and av…

These rules require intrastate common carriers of property by motor vehicle to obtain and maintain intrastate common carrier operating permits, to file reports and pay regulatory fees, and to file and maintain evidence of required insurance coverage. The rules also require inters…

(1) No rule contained in this chapter can be changed, altered or revised except by general order of the commission pursuant to the Washington State Administrative Procedure Act.(2) The rules in this chapter are for general application only, and are subject to such changes and mod…

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(1) The term "common carrier" means any person who undertakes to transport property, including general commodities, materials transported by armored car service, and/or hazardous materials, for the general public by m…

(1) Procedures. The commission's procedural rules are contained in chapter 480-07 WAC and apply to common carriers regulated under this chapter. If a rule in this chapter conflicts with a rule in chapter 480-07 WAC, the rule in this chapter applies.(2) Documents. All petitions, c…

Permit holders must carry a copy of operating authority issued by the Washington utilities and transportation commission on each power unit operated in intrastate operations.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 81.04.160. WSR 09-22-057 (Order R-555, Docket TV-090400), § 480-14…

Every common carrier must conduct its operations under its corporate, trade or assumed name as described in its permit. No common carrier may perform any carrier service, or hold itself out to perform such service, by advertisement or otherwise in any name other than its corporat…

No person or firm may use a permit or registration receipt except the carrier to whom it was issued.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 81.04.160. WSR 09-22-057 (Order R-555, Docket TV-090400), § 480-14-110, filed 10/30/09, effective 11/30/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.0…

A carrier must immediately report to the commission in writing any change in the address of its principal place of business.[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.01.040 and 81.04.160. WSR 09-22-057 (Order R-555, Docket TV-090400), § 480-14-120, filed 10/30/09, effective 11/30/09. Statutor…

Fees for applications are as follows:Type of ApplicationFeeChange of name or business structure . . . . $50Permanent common carrier operating authorityHazardous materials . . . . $275General commodities . . . . $275Armored car service . . . . $275Extension of common carrier permi…