Title 80 — Title 80 PUBLIC UTILITIES
23 chapters · 368 sections in this title.
RCW 80.28.375 Community solar companies—Requirements to engage in business—Registration.
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(1) No community solar company may engage in business in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Engaging in business as a community solar company includes advertising, soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement to own a community solar proje…
RCW 80.28.380 Gas companies—Conservation targets.
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(1) Each gas company must identify and acquire all conservation measures that are available and cost-effective. Each company must establish an acquisition target every two years and must demonstrate that the target will result in the acquisition of all resources identified as ava…
RCW 80.28.385 Renewable natural gas program.
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(1) A natural gas company may propose a renewable natural gas program under which the company would supply renewable natural gas for a portion of the natural gas sold or delivered to its retail customers. The renewable natural gas program is subject to review and approval by the …
RCW 80.28.390 Tariff—Voluntary renewable natural gas service.
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(1) Each gas company must offer by tariff a voluntary renewable natural gas service available to all customers to replace any portion of the natural gas that would otherwise be provided by the gas company. The tariff may provide reasonable limits on participation based on the ava…
RCW 80.28.395 Natural gas—Cost of greenhouse gas emissions—Calculation.
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For the purposes of RCW 80.28.380, the cost of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the use of natural gas, including the effect of emissions occurring in the gathering, transmission, and distribution of natural gas to the end user is equal to the cost per metric ton of carbon…
RCW 80.28.400 Commission—Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions—Report.
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The commission must monitor the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from natural gas and renewable natural gas delivered by each gas company to its customers, relative to a proportionate share of the state's greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal. The commission must report to th…
RCW 80.28.405 Clean energy action plan—Greenhouse gas emissions—Calculation of cost.
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For the purposes of chapter 288, Laws of 2019, the cost of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the generation of electricity, including the effect of emissions, is equal to the cost per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, using the two and one-half percent disc…
RCW 80.28.410 Clean energy action plan—Account for and defer costs.
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(1) An electrical company may account for and defer for later consideration by the commission costs incurred in connection with major projects in the electrical company's clean energy action plan pursuant to RCW 19.280.030(1)(l), or selected in the electrical company's solicitati…
RCW 80.28.420 Gas company recovery of costs associated with replacing certain pipeline facilities—Information to be submitted to the commission—Definitions.
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(1) The commission must initiate a proceeding to provide conditions concerning the interim recovery between rate cases by a gas company of the costs associated with replacing pipeline facilities that are demonstrated to have an elevated risk of failure and the costs associated wi…
RCW 80.28.425 Multiyear rate plan.
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2022, every general rate case filing of a gas or electrical company must include a proposal for a multiyear rate plan as provided in this chapter. The commission may, by order after an adjudicative proceeding as provided by chapter 34.05 RCW, approve, app…
RCW 80.28.430 Authority to enter into agreements with certain organizations—Agreement to govern manner in which financial assistance is provided to an organization—Requirements.
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(1) A gas company, electrical company, or thermal energy company shall, upon request, enter into one or more written agreements with organizations that represent broad customer interests in regulatory proceedings conducted by the commission, subject to commission approval in acco…
RCW 80.28.435 Replacement of natural gas with hydrogen—Notice to commission—Tariff approval.
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(1) A gas company must file a notice with the utilities and transportation commission prior to replacing natural gas with renewable hydrogen or green electrolytic hydrogen to serve customers. The notice must establish that the company has received all necessary siting and permitt…
RCW 80.28.445 Wildfire mitigation plan—Filing requirements.
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(1)(a) Each electrical company must file a wildfire mitigation plan with the commission as soon as practicable after July 27, 2025, unless the company has previously filed a wildfire mitigation plan with the commission prior to July 27, 2025. An electrical company that has previo…
RCW 80.28.450 Thermal energy networks.
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(1) Any gas company and any electrical company may deploy a thermal energy network within their service territories, in accordance with RCW 80.28.460. If a gas company or electrical company intends to deploy a thermal energy network, the company must submit the project for review…
RCW 80.28.460 Thermal energy network pilot project program.
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A thermal energy network pilot project program is established.(1) The department of commerce may award grants for the thermal energy network pilot project program in accordance with RCW 43.31.033.(2)(a) A gas company has priority for developing thermal energy network pilot projec…
RCW 80.28.470 Thermal energy network pilot project—Request for proposals.
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(1) Prior to deploying a thermal energy network pilot project, an investor-owned gas company must issue a request for proposals for a thermal energy network pilot project. When reviewing the proposals, the investor-owned gas company must compare the cost of deployment of a propos…
RCW 80.28.480 Merger of gas and thermal energy rate bases.
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(1) In any multiyear rate plan proposed by a natural gas company or combination utility, the company may propose a merger into a single rate base of its regulated gas operations with its operation of a thermal energy network. The commission may approve the merger of gas and therm…
RCW 80.28.485 Thermal energy meters—Inspectors.
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The commission may appoint inspectors of thermal energy meters who shall, when required by the commission, inspect, examine, prove, and ascertain the accuracy of any and all thermal energy meters used or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of thermal e…
RCW 80.28.487 Thermal energy networks—Commission authority to provide discounted rates.
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(1) Upon its own motion, or upon request by an electrical company or a thermal energy company, or other party to a general rate case hearing, or other proceeding to set rates, the commission may authorize an electrical company to provide discounted rates to a company operating a …
RCW 80.28.490 Financing certain costs and expenses by utility companies—Bondable rate recovery expenditures.
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(1) It is the policy of the state of Washington to encourage the financing of certain costs and expenses by electrical, gas, and water companies at the lowest, reasonable, and prudent cost to customers of such companies including, but not limited to, bondable rate recovery expend…
RCW 80.28.500 Disaster recovery—Financing orders—Rate recovery expenditures.
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(1)(a) If an electrical, gas, or water company applies to the commission for recovery of expenditures related to a federal or state declared disaster or emergency and the commission finds some or all of the expenditures to be reasonable and prudent, the company may petition the c…
RCW 80.28.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …