Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 80.28 - Gas, Electrical, and Water Companies.
80.28.074 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 80.28.074
Legislative declaration.

The legislature declares it is the policy of the state to:
(1) Preserve affordable energy services to the residents of the state;
(2) Maintain and advance the efficiency and availability of energy services to the residents of the state of Washington;
(3) Ensure that customers pay only reasonable charges for energy services;
(4) Permit flexible pricing of energy services.

[ 2021 c 188 § 5; 1988 c 166 § 1.]
NOTES:

Legislative directive—2021 c 188: See note following RCW 80.28.425.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 80 - Public Utilities

Chapter 80.28 - Gas, Electrical, and Water Companies.

80.28.005 - Definitions.

80.28.010 - Duties as to rates, services, and facilities—Limitations on termination of utility service for residential heating.

80.28.020 - Commission to fix just, reasonable, and compensatory rates.

80.28.022 - Water company rates—Reserve account.

80.28.024 - Legislative finding.

80.28.025 - Encouragement of energy cogeneration, conservation, and production from renewable resources—Consideration of water conservation goals.

80.28.030 - Commission may order improved quality of commodity—Ordering improvements to the storage, distribution, or supply of water—Ordering improvements to the system of sewerage.

80.28.040 - Commission may order improved service—Water companies, system of sewerage noncompliance, receivership.

80.28.050 - Tariff schedules to be filed with commission—Public schedules.

80.28.060 - Tariff changes—Statutory notice—Exception—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.

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.

80.28.240 - Recovery of damages by utility company for tampering, unauthorized connections, diversion of services.

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.

80.28.275 - Water or wastewater companies—Assumption of substandard water system or system of sewerage—Limited immunity from liability.

80.28.280 - Compressed natural gas—Motor vehicle refueling stations—Public interest.

80.28.290 - Compressed natural gas—Refueling stations—Identify barriers.

80.28.300 - Gas, electrical companies encouraged to provide customers with landscaping information and to request voluntary donations for urban forestry.

80.28.303 - Conservation service tariff—Contents of filing—Rate base—Duties of commission.

80.28.306 - Conservation bonds—Conservation investment assets as collateral—Priority of security interests—Transfers.

80.28.309 - Costs as bondable conservation investment.

80.28.310 - Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority for electrical companies to buy back electricity.

80.28.320 - Regulation of battery charging facilities.

80.28.330 - Certificate of public convenience and necessity—Bond or equivalent surety—Rule-making authority.

80.28.340 - Determination that a wastewater company is unfit to provide wastewater service on a system of sewerage—Commission may order transfer—Power of eminent domain.

80.28.350 - Petition to place a wastewater company in receivership—Power of eminent domain.

80.28.360 - Electric vehicle supply equipment—Capital expenditures—Incentive rate of return on investment.

80.28.365 - Electric vehicle supply equipment, programs, or services—Electrification of transportation plan—Review—Issuance of acknowledgment.

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.

80.28.420 - Gas company recovery of costs associated with replacing certain pipeline facilities—Information to be submitted to the commission—Definitions.

80.28.425 - Multiyear rate plan.

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.

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.