RCW 35.92.430
Environmental mitigation activities.
(1) A city or town authorized to acquire and operate utilities for the purpose of furnishing the city or town and its inhabitants and other persons with water, with electricity for lighting and other purposes, or with service from sewerage, stormwater, surface water, or solid waste handling facilities, may develop and make publicly available a plan to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions or achieve no-net emissions from all sources of greenhouse gases that the utility owns, leases, uses, contracts for, or otherwise controls.
(2) A city or town authorized to acquire and operate utilities for the purpose of furnishing the city or town and its inhabitants and other persons with water, with electricity for lighting and other purposes, or with service from sewerage, stormwater, surface water, or solid waste handling facilities, may, as part of its utility operation, mitigate the environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gases emissions, of its operation, including any power purchases. The mitigation may include, but is not limited to, those greenhouse gases mitigation mechanisms recognized by independent, qualified organizations with proven experience in emissions mitigation activities. Mitigation mechanisms may include the purchase, trade, and banking of greenhouse gases offsets or credits. If a state greenhouse gases registry is established, a utility that has purchased, traded, or banked greenhouse gases mitigation mechanisms under this section shall receive credit in the registry.
[ 2007 c 349 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2007 c 349 § 2: "The legislature finds and declares that greenhouse gases offset contracts, credits, and other greenhouse gases mitigation efforts are a recognized utility purpose that confers a direct benefit on the utility's ratepayers. The legislature declares that section 2 of this act is intended to reverse the result of Okeson v. City of Seattle (January 18, 2007), by expressly granting municipal utilities the statutory authority to engage in mitigation activities to offset their utility's impact on the environment." [ 2007 c 349 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 35.92 - Municipal Utilities.
35.92.012 - May accept and operate water-sewer district's property when boundaries are identical.
35.92.014 - Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks.
35.92.015 - Acquisition of out-of-state waterworks—Joint acquisition and operation.
35.92.021 - Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities.
35.92.023 - Solid waste—Compliance with chapter 70A.205 RCW required.
35.92.025 - Authority to make charges for connecting to water or sewerage system—Interest charges.
35.92.030 - Authority to acquire and operate stone or asphalt plants.
35.92.050 - Authority to acquire and operate utilities.
35.92.054 - May acquire electrical distribution property from public utility district.
35.92.060 - Authority to acquire and operate transportation facilities.
35.92.070 - Procedure—Election.
35.92.075 - Indebtedness incurred on credit of expected utility revenues.
35.92.080 - General obligation bonds.
35.92.090 - Limit of indebtedness.
35.92.100 - Revenue bonds or warrants.
35.92.110 - Funding or refunding bonds.
35.92.120 - Funding or refunding bonds—Bonds not general obligation.
35.92.130 - Funding or refunding bonds—Single issue may refund multiple series.
35.92.140 - Funding or refunding bonds—Issuance of bonds—Ordinance.
35.92.150 - Funding or refunding bonds—Terms of bonds.
35.92.160 - Funding or refunding bonds—Recourse of bond owners.
35.92.170 - City may extend water system outside limits.
35.92.180 - City may extend water system outside limits—May acquire property outside city.
35.92.190 - City may extend water system outside limits—Cannot condemn irrigation system.
35.92.200 - City may extend water system outside limits—Contracts for outside service.
35.92.220 - Acquisition of water rights—Consolidation of irrigation assessment districts.
35.92.230 - Acquisition of water rights—Special assessments.
35.92.240 - Acquisition of water rights—Levy of assessments.
35.92.250 - Acquisition of water rights—District property need not be contiguous.
35.92.260 - Acquisition of water rights—Mode of assessment.
35.92.355 - Energy conservation—Legislative findings—Tree plantings.
35.92.365 - Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.
35.92.395 - Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.
35.92.400 - Provision of water services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.
35.92.410 - Provision of sewer services and facilities—Contract with Canadian corporation.
35.92.420 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.
35.92.430 - Environmental mitigation activities.
35.92.450 - Electrification of transportation plan—Considerations—Incentive programs.