RCW 80.28.025
Encouragement of energy cogeneration, conservation, and production from renewable resources—Consideration of water conservation goals.
(1) In establishing rates for each gas and electric company regulated by this chapter, the commission shall adopt policies to encourage meeting or reducing energy demand through cogeneration as defined in *RCW 82.35.020, measures which improve the efficiency of energy end use, and new projects which produce or generate energy from renewable resources, such as solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy, geothermal energy, wood, wood waste, municipal wastes, agricultural products and wastes, and end-use waste heat. These policies shall include but are not limited to allowing a return on investment in measures to improve the efficiency of energy end use, cogeneration, or projects which produce or generate energy from renewable resources which return is established by adding an increment of two percent to the rate of return on common equity permitted on the company's other investment. Measures or projects encouraged under this section are those for which construction or installation is begun after June 12, 1980, and before January 1, 1990, and which, at the time they are placed in the rate base, are reasonably expected to save, produce, or generate energy at a total incremental system cost per unit of energy delivered to end use which is less than or equal to the incremental system cost per unit of energy delivered to end use from similarly available conventional energy resources which utilize nuclear energy or fossil fuels and which the gas or electric company could acquire to meet energy demand in the same time period. The rate of return increment shall be allowed for a period not to exceed thirty years after the measure or project is first placed in the rate base.
(2) In establishing rates for water companies regulated by this chapter, the commission may consider the achievement of water conservation goals and the discouragement of wasteful water use practices.
[ 1991 c 347 § 23; 1980 c 149 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 82.35.020 was repealed by 2005 c 443 § 7, effective July 1, 2006.
Purposes—1991 c 347: See note following RCW 90.42.005.
Public utility tax exemptions relating to energy conservation and production from renewable resources: RCW 82.16.055.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 80.28 - Gas, Electrical, and Water Companies.
80.28.020 - Commission to fix just, reasonable, and compensatory rates.
80.28.022 - Water company rates—Reserve account.
80.28.024 - Legislative finding.
80.28.050 - Tariff schedules to be filed with commission—Public schedules.
80.28.065 - Tariff schedule—Energy conservation—Payment by successive property owners—Notice—Rules.
80.28.068 - Rates—Low-income customers.
80.28.070 - Sliding scale of charges permitted.
80.28.074 - Legislative declaration.
80.28.075 - Banded rates—Natural gas and electric services.
80.28.080 - Published rates to be charged—Exceptions.
80.28.090 - Unreasonable preference prohibited.
80.28.100 - Rate discrimination prohibited—Exception.
80.28.110 - Service to be furnished on reasonable notice.
80.28.120 - Effect on existing contracts.
80.28.130 - Repairs, improvements, changes, additions, or extensions may be directed.
80.28.140 - Inspection of gas and water meters.
80.28.150 - Inspection of electric meters.
80.28.160 - Testing apparatus to be furnished.
80.28.170 - Testing at consumer's request.
80.28.180 - Rules and regulations.
80.28.185 - Water companies or wastewater companies within counties—Commission may regulate.
80.28.190 - Gas companies—Certificate—Violations—Commission powers—Penalty—Fees.
80.28.200 - Gas companies—Refunds of charges.
80.28.220 - Gas companies—Right of eminent domain—Purposes.
80.28.230 - Gas companies—Use for purpose acquired exclusive—Disposition of property.
80.28.250 - Water companies—Fire hydrants.
80.28.260 - Adoption of policies to provide financial incentives for energy efficiency programs.
80.28.270 - Water or wastewater companies—Extension, installation, or connection charges.
80.28.280 - Compressed natural gas—Motor vehicle refueling stations—Public interest.
80.28.290 - Compressed natural gas—Refueling stations—Identify barriers.
80.28.303 - Conservation service tariff—Contents of filing—Rate base—Duties of commission.
80.28.309 - Costs as bondable conservation investment.
80.28.320 - Regulation of battery charging facilities.
80.28.350 - Petition to place a wastewater company in receivership—Power of eminent domain.
80.28.370 - Community solar companies—Definitions.
80.28.375 - Community solar companies—Requirements to engage in business—Registration.
80.28.380 - Gas companies—Conservation targets.
80.28.385 - Renewable natural gas program.
80.28.390 - Tariff—Voluntary renewable natural gas service.
80.28.395 - Natural gas—Cost of greenhouse gas emissions—Calculation.
80.28.400 - Commission—Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions—Report.
80.28.405 - Clean energy action plan—Greenhouse gas emissions—Calculation of cost.
80.28.410 - Clean energy action plan—Account for and defer costs.
80.28.425 - Multiyear rate plan.
80.28.435 - Replacement of natural gas with hydrogen—Notice to commission—Tariff approval.
80.28.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.