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WA Rev Code § 19.405.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.030 - Coal-fired resources—Depreciation schedule—Penalties.

RCW 19.405.030 Coal-fired resources—Depreciation schedule—Penalties.(1)(a) On or before December 31, 2025, each electric utility must eliminate coal-fired resources from its allocation of electricity. This does not include costs associated with decommissioning and remediation of these facilities.(b) The commission shall allow in electric rates all decommissioning and remediation costs prudently incurred by an investor-owned utility for a coal-fired resource.(2) The commission must accelerate depreciation schedules for any coal-fired resource to a date no later than December 31, 2025. The commission may accelerate the depreciation schedule for any qualified transmission line owned by an investor-owned utility when the commission finds the qualified transmission line is no longer used and useful and there is no reasonable likelihood that the qualified transmission line will be utilized in the future. The adjusted depreciation schedule must require such a qualified transmission line to be fully depreciated on or before December 31, 2025.(3) The commission must allow in rates, directly or indirectly, amounts on an investor-owned utility's books of account that the commission finds represent prudently incurred undepreciated investment in a fossil fuel generating resource that has been retired from service when:(a) The retirement is due to ordinary wear and tear, casualties, acts of God, acts of governmental authority, inability to procure or use fuel, termination or expiration of any ownership, or a operation agreement affecting such a fossil fuel generating resource; or(b) The commission finds that the retirement is in the public interest.(4) An electric utility that fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section must pay the administrative penalty established under RCW 19.405.090(1), except as otherwise provided in this chapter.[ 2019 c 288 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.070 - Greenhouse gas content calculation.

RCW 19.405.070 Greenhouse gas content calculation.(1) Each electric utility must provide to the department, in the case of a consumer-owned utility, or to the commission, in the case of an investor-owned utility, its greenhouse gas content calculation in conformance with this section. A utility's greenhouse gas content calculation must be based on the fuel sources that it reports and discloses in compliance with chapter 19.29A RCW. An investor-owned utility must also report the information required in this subsection to the department.(2) For unspecified electricity, the utility must use an emissions rate determined, and periodically updated, by the department of ecology by rule. The department of ecology must adopt an emissions rate for unspecified electricity consistent with the emissions rate established for other markets in the western interconnection. If the department of ecology has not adopted an emissions rate for unspecified electricity, the emissions rate that applies for the purposes of this chapter is 0.437 metric tons of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour of electricity.(3) For the purposes of chapter 288, Laws of 2019, the fuel mix calculated for the Bonneville power administration may exclude any purchases of electric generation that are not associated with load in the state of Washington.[ 2019 c 288 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.100 - Rule making.

RCW 19.405.100 Rule making.(1) It is the intent of this chapter that the commission and department adopt rules to streamline the implementation of chapter 288, Laws of 2019 with chapter 19.285 RCW to simplify compliance and avoid duplicative processes. It is the intent of the legislature that the commission and the department coordinate in developing rules related to process, timelines, and documentation that are necessary for the implementation of this chapter.(2) The commission may adopt rules to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of this chapter as it applies to investor-owned utilities.(3) The department may adopt rules to ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of this chapter as it applies to consumer-owned utilities. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to restrict the rate-making authority of the governing body of a consumer-owned utility as otherwise provided by law.(4) The department must adopt rules establishing reporting requirements for electric utilities to demonstrate compliance with this chapter. The requirements must, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the disclosures required under chapter 19.29A RCW.(5) An investor-owned utility must also report all information required in subsection (4) of this section to the commission.(6) An electric utility must also make reports required in this section available to its retail electric customers.(7) The department of ecology must adopt rules, in consultation with the commission and the department of commerce, to establish requirements for energy transformation project investments including, but not limited to, verification procedures, reporting standards, and other logistical issues as necessary.(8) The department must adopt rules providing for the measuring and tracking of thermal renewable energy credits that may be used for compliance under RCW 19.405.040.(9) Pursuant to the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, rules needed for the implementation of this chapter must be adopted by January 1, 2021, unless specified otherwise elsewhere in this chapter. These rules may be revised as needed to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter.[ 2019 c 288 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.110 - Relationship to the energy independence act.

RCW 19.405.110 Relationship to the energy independence act.The requirements of RCW 19.405.030 through 19.405.090 do not replace or modify the requirements established under chapter 19.285 RCW. All utility activities to comply with the requirements established under chapter 19.285 RCW also qualify for compliance with the requirements contained in this chapter, insofar as those activities meet the requirements of chapter 288, Laws of 2019.[ 2019 c 288 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.130 - Stakeholder work group.

RCW 19.405.130 Stakeholder work group.(1) The department and the commission must convene a stakeholder work group to examine the:(a) Efficient and consistent integration of chapter 288, Laws of 2019 and transactions with carbon and electricity markets outside the state; and(b) Compatibility of the requirements under chapter 288, Laws of 2019 relative to a linked cap-and-trade program.(2) To assist in its examination of the issues identified in this section, as well as any other issues pertinent to its review, the work group must, at a minimum, consist of electric utilities, gas companies, the Bonneville power administration, public interest and environmental organizations, and other agencies.(3) The department and the commission must adopt rules by June 30, 2022, defining requirements, including appropriate specification, verification, and reporting requirements, for the following: (a) Retail electric load met with market purchases and the western energy imbalance market or other centralized market administered by a market operator for the purposes of RCW 19.405.030 through 19.405.050; and (b) to address the prohibition on double counting of nonpower attributes under RCW 19.405.040(1) that could occur under other programs. With respect to purchases from the western energy imbalance market or other centralized market, the department and the commission must consult with the market operator and market participants to consider options that support the objectives of this chapter and the efficient dispatch of the generation resources dispatched by those markets.[ 2019 c 288 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.140 - Department of health—Cumulative impact analysis.

RCW 19.405.140 Department of health—Cumulative impact analysis.By December 31, 2020, the department of health must develop a cumulative impact analysis to designate the communities highly impacted by fossil fuel pollution and climate change in Washington. The cumulative impact analysis may integrate with and build upon other concurrent cross-agency efforts in developing a cumulative impact analysis and population tracking resources used by the department of health and analysis performed by the University of Washington department of environmental and occupational health sciences.[ 2019 c 288 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.150 - Finding—Transmission corridors work group.

RCW 19.405.150 Finding—Transmission corridors work group. (Expires January 1, 2023.)(1) The legislature finds that based on current technology, there will likely need to be upgrades to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure across the state to meet the goals specified in chapter 288, Laws of 2019. These facilities require a significant planning horizon to deliver electricity generation sites to retail electric load. Pursuant to RCW 80.50.040, the energy facility site evaluation council chair shall convene a transmission corridors work group and report its findings to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 2022.(2) The work group must include one representative from each of the following state agencies: The department of commerce, the utilities and transportation commission, the department of ecology, the department of fish and wildlife, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation, the department of archaeology and historic preservation, and the state military department. The work group shall also include two representatives designated by the association of Washington cities, one from central or eastern Washington and one from western Washington; two representatives designated by the Washington state association of counties, one from central or eastern Washington and one from western Washington; two members designated by sovereign tribal governments; one member representing affected utility industries; one member representing public utility districts; and two members representing statewide environmental organizations. The energy facility site evaluation council chair shall invite the Bonneville power administration and the United States department of defense to each appoint an ex officio work group member.(3) The work group shall:(a) Review the need for upgraded and new electricity transmission and distribution facilities to improve reliability, relieve congestion, and enhance the capability of the transmission and distribution facilities in the state to deliver electricity from electric generation, nonemitting electric generation, or renewable resources to retail electric load;(b) Identify areas where transmission and distribution facilities may need to be enhanced or constructed; and(c) Identify environmental review options that may be required to complete the designation of such corridors and recommend ways to expedite review of transmission projects without compromising required environmental protection.(4) The energy facility site evaluation council may contract services to assist in the work group efforts.(5) This section expires January 1, 2023.[ 2019 c 288 § 25.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.900 - Short title.

RCW 19.405.900 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington clean energy transformation act.[ 2019 c 288 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 19.405.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.405 - Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act.|19.405.901 - Effective date—2019 c 288.

RCW 19.405.901 Effective date—2019 c 288.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 7, 2019].[ 2019 c 288 § 31.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.020 - Rules and regulations—Enforcement of chapter—Interference prohibited.

RCW 20.01.020 Rules and regulations—Enforcement of chapter—Interference prohibited.The director, but not his or her duly authorized representative, may adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the director to enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter, rules and regulations adopted hereunder. No person shall interfere with the director when he or she is performing or carrying out duties imposed on him or her by this chapter, rules and regulations adopted hereunder.[ 2011 c 336 § 569; 1959 c 139 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.038 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.038 - License required of persons dealing in livestock, hay, grain, or straw.

RCW 20.01.038 License required of persons dealing in livestock, hay, grain, or straw.Any person who deals in livestock, hay, grain or straw, other than the producer or grower thereof, shall license as a dealer or commission merchant and shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter regulating such a licensee.[ 1963 c 232 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.040 - License—Generally.

RCW 20.01.040 License—Generally.No person may act as a commission merchant, dealer, broker, cash buyer, or agent without a license. Any person applying for such a license shall file an application with the director prior to conducting business pursuant to this chapter. No application shall be considered complete unless an effective bond or other acceptable form of security is also filed with the director, as provided under RCW 20.01.210, 20.01.211, or 20.01.212. Each license issued under this chapter shall require renewal on or before the renewal date prescribed by the director by rule. License fees shall be prorated where necessary to accommodate staggered renewals of a license or licenses. The application shall be accompanied by a license fee as prescribed by the director by rule.[ 1991 c 109 § 16; 1989 c 354 § 39; 1987 c 393 § 13; 1983 c 305 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 115 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 102 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 182 § 3; 1959 c 139 § 4.]NOTES:Severability—1989 c 354: See note following RCW 15.36.012.Severability—1983 c 305: See note following RCW 20.01.010.
WA Rev Code § 20.01.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.050 - License renewals.

RCW 20.01.050 License renewals.If an application for renewal of a commission merchant, dealer, broker or cash buyer license is not filed prior to the prescribed renewal date a penalty of twenty-five percent shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license shall be issued.[ 1991 c 109 § 17; 1959 c 139 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.060 - Licensee in one class may obtain license in another—Additional fee.

RCW 20.01.060 Licensee in one class may obtain license in another—Additional fee.Any person licensed as a commission merchant, dealer, or broker, in the manner prescribed in this chapter, may apply for and secure a license in any or all of the remaining such classifications upon payment of an additional fee of twenty-five dollars for each such additional classification: PROVIDED, That the applicant's principal license shall be in that classification requiring the greatest license fee. Such applicant shall further comply with those parts of this chapter regulating the licensing of the other particular classifications involved.[ 1979 ex.s. c 115 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 304 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 102 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 182 § 4; 1959 c 139 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.070 - Application for license—Contents.

RCW 20.01.070 Application for license—Contents.Application for a license shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall state the full name of the person applying for such license and if the applicant is an individual, receiver, trustee, firm, exchange, partnership, association or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm or partnership, or the names of the officers of the exchange, association or corporation shall be given in the application. Such application shall further state the principal business address of the applicant in the state and elsewhere and the name or names of the person authorized to receive and accept service of summons and legal notices of all kinds for the applicant and any other necessary information prescribed by the director.[ 1959 c 139 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.080 - Commission merchant's schedule of commissions and charges—Changes, posting.

RCW 20.01.080 Commission merchant's schedule of commissions and charges—Changes, posting.Any person applying for a commission merchant's license shall include in his or her application a schedule of commissions, together with an itemized list of all charges for services to be rendered to a consignor and shall post a copy of such charges on his or her premises in a conspicuous place where it is clearly visible and available to consignors. In addition to the posting of the itemized list of charges, such list shall be distributed to each consignor along with each contract entered into between the consignor and the commission merchant. Such commissions and charges shall not be changed or varied for the license period except by written contract between the consignor or his or her agent and the licensee or thirty days after written notice to the director, and proper posting of such changes, as prescribed by the director, on the licensee's premises. Charges for services rendered and not listed on the schedule of commissions and charges filed with the director, or for increases in charges listed and filed which are directly caused by increases in labor rates or in cost of materials which occur after the signing of the contract by the grower, shall be rendered only on an actual cost to the licensee basis.[ 1988 c 254 § 16; 1977 ex.s. c 304 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 182 § 5; 1959 c 139 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.086 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.086 - Waiver of reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements prohibited.

RCW 20.01.086 Waiver of reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements prohibited.Except where specifically provided in this chapter, the reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements of this chapter, being matters of public interest, may not be waived by contract between the consignor and/or the commission merchant or dealer.[ 1977 ex.s. c 304 § 5; 1974 ex.s. c 102 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.090 - Agent to disclose principal licensee and his endorsement.

RCW 20.01.090 Agent to disclose principal licensee and his endorsement.Any person applying for an agent's license shall include the name and address of the principal licensee represented or sought to be represented by such agent and the written endorsement or nomination of such principal licensee.[ 1959 c 139 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.100 - Issuance of license—Expiration date—Fraudulent application grounds for refusal, revocation.

RCW 20.01.100 Issuance of license—Expiration date—Fraudulent application grounds for refusal, revocation.The director, upon his or her satisfaction that the applicant has met the requirements of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted hereunder, shall issue a license entitling the applicant to carry on the business described on the application. Such license shall expire on December 31st following the issuance of the license, provided that it has not been revoked or suspended prior thereto, by the director, after due notice and hearing. Fraud and misrepresentation in making an application for a license shall be cause for refusal to grant a license or revocation of license granted pursuant to a fraudulent application after due notice and hearing.[ 2011 c 336 § 571; 1959 c 139 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 20.01.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products|Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.|20.01.110 - Publication of list of licensees and rules—Posting license.

RCW 20.01.110 Publication of list of licensees and rules—Posting license.The director may publish a list, as often as he or she deems necessary, of all persons licensed under this chapter together with all the necessary rules and regulations concerning the enforcement of this chapter. Each person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall post his or her license or a copy thereof in his or her place or places of business in plain view of the public.[ 2011 c 336 § 572; 1959 c 139 § 11.]