Title 54 — Title 54 PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS
13 chapters · 167 sections in this title.
RCW 54.16.390 Environmental mitigation activities.
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(1) A public utility district may develop and make publicly available a plan for the district to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions or achieve no-net emissions from all sources of greenhouse gases that the district owns, leases, uses, contracts for, or otherwise controls.(2) A…
RCW 54.16.400 Voluntary donations for purposes of urban forestry.
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(1) Public utility districts may request voluntary donations from their customers for the purposes of urban forestry. The request may be in the form of a check-off on the billing statement or other form of a request for a voluntary donation.(2) Voluntary donations collected by pu…
RCW 54.16.405 Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.
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(1) Public utility districts may request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.(2) Voluntary donations collected by public utility districts under this section must be used by the public utility district to support the maintenance …
RCW 54.16.410 Supply of water to be used in pumped storage generating facilities—Requirements—Contract, resolution.
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a qualifying public utility district may supply any water, if authorized by a previously perfected water right under its control, to be used in a pumped storage generating facility to any entity that sells e…
RCW 54.16.415 Retail telecommunications services—Reporting requirements.
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(1) Before providing retail telecommunications services, a public utility district must report to its governing body and to the state broadband office the following about the area to be served by the public utility district:(a) An assessment of the current availability of broadba…
RCW 54.16.425 Retail telecommunications services—Payment in lieu of property tax.
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(1) Property owned by a public utility district that is exempt from property tax under RCW 84.36.010 is subject to an annual payment in lieu of property taxes if the property consists of a broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services.(2)(a) The am…
RCW 54.16.430 Electrification of transportation plan—Considerations—Incentive programs.
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(1) The commission of a public utility district may adopt an electrification of transportation plan that, at a minimum, establishes a finding that outreach and investment in the electrification of transportation infrastructure does not increase net costs to ratepayers in excess o…
RCW 54.16.440 Thermal energy networks.
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A public utility district formed under this title may own, operate, or manage any thermal energy network, as defined in RCW 80.04.010, within this state. If a public utility district intends to deploy a thermal energy network, the public utility district must submit the project f…