Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 80.28 - Gas, Electrical, and Water Companies.
80.28.200 - Gas companies—Refunds of charges.

RCW 80.28.200
Gas companies—Refunds of charges.

Whenever any gas company whose rates are subject to the jurisdiction of the commission shall receive any refund of amounts charged and collected from it on account of natural gas purchased by it, by reason of any reduction of rates or disallowance of an increase in rates of the seller of such natural gas pursuant to an order of the federal power commission, whether such refund shall be directed by the federal power commission or by any court upon review of such an order or shall otherwise accrue to such company, the commission shall have power after a hearing, upon its own motion, upon complaint, or upon the application of such company, to determine whether or not such refund should be passed on, in whole or in part, to the consumers of such company and to order such company to pass such refund on to its consumers, in the manner and to the extent determined just and reasonable by the commission.

[ 1961 c 14 § 80.28.200. Prior: 1955 c 316 § 5.]

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.