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WA Rev Code § 54.16.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.350 - Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.

RCW 54.16.350 Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.The commission may approve a tariff for irrigation pumping service that allows the district to buy back electricity from customers to reduce electricity usage by those customers during the district's particular irrigation season.[ 2001 c 122 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2001 c 122: See note following RCW 80.28.310.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.360 - Cooperative watershed management.

RCW 54.16.360 Cooperative watershed management.In addition to the authority provided in RCW 54.16.030 relating to water supply, a public utility district may participate in and expend revenue on cooperative watershed management actions, including watershed management partnerships under RCW 39.34.210 and other intergovernmental agreements, for purposes of water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management.[ 2003 c 327 § 14.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2003 c 327: See note following RCW 39.34.190.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.370 - Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.

RCW 54.16.370 Purchase of electric power and energy from joint operating agency.A district may contract to purchase from a joint operating agency electric power and energy required for its present or future requirements. For projects the output of which is limited to qualified alternative energy resources as defined by RCW 19.29A.090(3), the contract may include the purchase of capability of the projects to produce electricity in addition to the actual output of the projects. The contract may provide that the district must make the payments required by the contract whether or not a project is completed, operable, or operating and notwithstanding the suspension, interruption, interference, reduction, or curtailment of the output of a project or the power and energy contracted for. The contract may also provide that payments under the contract are not subject to reduction, whether by offset or otherwise, and shall not be conditioned upon the performance or nonperformance of the joint operating agency or a city, town, or district under the contract or other instrument.[ 2003 c 138 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.380 - Appliance repair service—Operation by district.

RCW 54.16.380 Appliance repair service—Operation by district.Any public utility district that has operated an electrical appliance repair service for at least ten years prior to July 24, 2005, may continue to operate an electrical appliance repair service within its service territory.[ 2005 c 175 § 2.]NOTES:Intent—2005 c 175: "It is the intent of the legislature to avoid unnecessary hardships on the citizens of a community by recognizing the traditional appliance repair services that have been offered for many years by any public utility district described in section 2 of this act.The legislature understands that some of these services improve the energy efficiency of the appliance repaired, which helps citizens save money and energy as well as extending the life of the appliance.The legislature recognizes these historic services coexist with the private sector without creating aggressive competition between public and private enterprises.It is the intent of the legislature to have these services be financially self-supporting and not be subsidized by any other customer rate structures.Public utility districts affected by this act are encouraged to continue to work collaboratively with the private sector in providing these services." [ 2005 c 175 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.385 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.385 - Appliance repair service—Requirements.

RCW 54.16.385 Appliance repair service—Requirements.When a public utility district provides electrical appliance repair services under RCW 54.16.380, the public utility district shall:(1) Charge customers the true and fair cost for the services;(2) Keep records documenting the revenues and expenditures for the services and make those records available to the public; and(3) Develop measures or benchmarks to track and evaluate the performance of the services.[ 2005 c 175 § 3.]NOTES:Intent—2005 c 175: See note following RCW 54.16.380.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.390 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.390 - Environmental mitigation activities.

RCW 54.16.390 Environmental mitigation activities.(1) A public utility district may develop and make publicly available a plan for the district to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions or achieve no-net emissions from all sources of greenhouse gases that the district owns, leases, uses, contracts for, or otherwise controls.(2) A public utility district may, as part of its utility operation, mitigate the environmental impacts, such as greenhouse gases emissions, of its operation and any power purchases. 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 public utility district that has purchased, traded, or banked greenhouse gases mitigation mechanisms under this section shall receive credit in the registry.[ 2007 c 349 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2007 c 349 § 4: "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 4 of this act is intended to reverse the result of Okeson v. City of Seattle (January 18, 2007), by expressly granting public utility districts the statutory authority to engage in mitigation activities to offset their utility's impact on the environment." [ 2007 c 349 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.400 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.400 - Voluntary donations for purposes of urban forestry.

RCW 54.16.400 Voluntary donations for purposes of urban forestry.(1) Public utility districts may request voluntary donations from their customers for the purposes of urban forestry. The request may be in the form of a check-off on the billing statement or other form of a request for a voluntary donation.(2) Voluntary donations collected by public utility districts under this section may be used by the public utility district to:(a) Support the development and implementation of urban forestry ordinances, as that term is defined in RCW 76.15.010, for cities, towns, or counties within their service areas;(b) Complete projects consistent with the urban forestry management plans and ordinances developed under RCW 76.15.090; or(c) Fund a tree planting program for energy conservation that accomplishes the goals established under RCW 54.16.281.(3) Donations received under this section do not contribute to the gross income of a light and power business or gas distribution business under chapter 82.16 RCW.[ 2021 c 209 § 21; 2021 c 11 § 5; 2008 c 299 § 22.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2021 c 11 § 5 and by 2021 c 209 § 21, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Findings—Intent—2021 c 209: See note following RCW 76.15.005.Findings—Intent—2021 c 11: See note following RCW 35.92.355.Short title—2008 c 299: See note following RCW 76.15.020.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.405 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.405 - Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.

RCW 54.16.405 Voluntary donations for purpose of supporting hunger programs.(1) Public utility districts may request voluntary donations from their customers for the purpose of supporting hunger programs.(2) Voluntary donations collected by public utility districts under this section must be used by the public utility district to support the maintenance and operation of hunger programs.(3) Donations received under this section do not contribute to the gross income of a light and power business or gas distribution business under chapter 82.16 RCW.(4) Nothing in this section precludes a public utility district from requesting voluntary donations to support other programs.[ 2011 c 226 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.410 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.410 - Supply of water to be used in pumped storage generating facilities—Requirements—Contract, resolution.

RCW 54.16.410 Supply of water to be used in pumped storage generating facilities—Requirements—Contract, resolution.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, a qualifying public utility district may supply any water, if authorized by a previously perfected water right under its control, to be used in a pumped storage generating facility to any entity that sells electric energy or water either directly or indirectly to the public.(2) To qualify for the authority under this section, the public utility district must have satisfied all of the following requirements prior to June 7, 2012:(a) Border the Columbia river;(b) Have obtained a water right from an industrial user; and(c) Hold a water right for which power generation is an authorized purpose.(3) Water supplied to an entity under this section must be supplied consistent with a contract that contains the terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the commission of the qualifying public utility district. Contracts under this section must be made pursuant to a resolution of the commission that is introduced at a meeting of the commission at least ten days prior to the date of the adoption of the resolution. However, the commission shall first make adequate provision for the needs of the public utility district, both actual and prospective.[ 2012 c 246 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 54.16.415 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.415 - Retail telecommunications services—Reporting requirements.

RCW 54.16.415 Retail telecommunications services—Reporting requirements.(1) Before providing retail telecommunications services, a public utility district must report to its governing body and to the state broadband office the following about the area to be served by the public utility district:(a) An assessment of the current availability of broadband infrastructure and its adequacy to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users;(b) The location of where retail telecommunications services will be provided;(c) Evidence relating to the unserved nature of the community in which retail telecommunications services will be provided;(d) Expected costs of providing retail telecommunications services to customers to be served by the public utility district;(e) Evidence that proposed telecommunications infrastructure will be capable of scaling to greater download and upload speeds to meet state broadband goals under RCW 43.330.536;(f) Sources of funding for the project that will supplement any grant or loan awards; and(g) A strategic plan to maintain long-term operation of the infrastructure, and the expected installation charges and monthly costs for end users.(2) The state broadband office must post a review of the proposed project on their website.(3) For the purposes of this section, "unserved" means an area of Washington in which households and businesses lack access to broadband service at a minimum 100 megabits per second download speed and at a minimum 20 megabits per second upload speed.[ 2021 c 294 § 3.]NOTES:Short title—2021 c 294: See note following RCW 54.16.330.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.425 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.425 - Retail telecommunications services—Payment in lieu of property tax.

RCW 54.16.425 Retail telecommunications services—Payment in lieu of property tax.(1) Property owned by a public utility district that is exempt from property tax under RCW 84.36.010 is subject to an annual payment in lieu of property taxes if the property consists of a broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services.(2)(a) The amount of the payment must be determined jointly and in good faith negotiation between the public utility district that owns the property and the county or counties in which the property is located.(b) The amount agreed upon may not exceed the property tax amount that would be owed on the property comprising the broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services as calculated by the department of revenue. The public utility district must provide information necessary for the department of revenue to make the required valuation under this subsection. The department of revenue must provide the amount of property tax that would be owed on the property to the county or counties in which the broadband infrastructure is located on an annual basis.(c) If the public utility district and a county cannot agree on the amount of the payment in lieu of taxes, either party may invoke binding arbitration by providing written notice to the other party. In the event that the amount of payment in lieu of taxes is submitted to binding arbitration, the arbitrators must consider the government services available to the public utility district's broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services. The public utility district and county must each select one arbitrator, the two of whom must pick a third arbitrator. Costs of the arbitration, including compensation for the arbitrators' services, must be borne equally by the parties participating in the arbitration.(3) By April 30th of each year, a public utility district must remit the annual payment to the county treasurer of each county in which the public utility district's broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services is located in a form and manner required by the county treasurer.(4) The county must distribute the amounts received under this section to all property taxing districts, including the state, in appropriate tax code areas in the same proportion as it would distribute property taxes from taxable property.(5) By December 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the department of revenue must submit a report to the appropriate legislative committees detailing the amount of payments made under this section and the amount of property tax that would be owed on the property comprising the broadband infrastructure used in providing retail telecommunications services.[ 2021 c 294 § 4; 2018 c 186 § 3.]NOTES:Short title—2021 c 294: See note following RCW 54.16.330.
WA Rev Code § 54.16.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.16 - Powers.|54.16.430 - Electrification of transportation plan—Considerations—Incentive programs.

RCW 54.16.430 Electrification of transportation plan—Considerations—Incentive programs.(1) The commission of a public utility district may adopt an electrification of transportation plan that, at a minimum, establishes a finding that outreach and investment in the electrification of transportation infrastructure does not increase net costs to ratepayers in excess of one-quarter of one percent.(2) In adopting an electrification of transportation plan under subsection (1) of this section, the commission of a public utility district may consider some or all of the following: (a) The applicability of multiple options for electrification of transportation across all customer classes; (b) the impact of electrification on the district's load, and whether demand response or other load management opportunities, including direct load control and dynamic pricing, are operationally appropriate; (c) system reliability and distribution system efficiencies; (d) interoperability concerns, including the interoperability of hardware and software systems in electrification of transportation proposals; and (e) overall customer experience.(3) A public utility district may, upon making a determination in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, offer incentive programs in the electrification of transportation for its customers, including the promotion of electric vehicle adoption and advertising programs to promote the district's services, incentives, or rebates.[ 2019 c 109 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 109: See note following RCW 35.92.450.
WA Rev Code § 54.24.012 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.24 - Finances.|54.24.012 - Destruction of canceled or paid revenue obligations and interest coupons.

RCW 54.24.012 Destruction of canceled or paid revenue obligations and interest coupons.After any revenue obligations or interest coupons have been canceled or paid they may be destroyed as directed by the district, any provisions of chapter 40.14 RCW notwithstanding: PROVIDED, That a certificate of destruction giving full descriptive reference to the documents destroyed shall be made by the person or persons authorized to perform such destruction and one copy of the certificate shall be filed with the treasurer of the district.[ 1959 c 218 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 54.24.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.24 - Finances.|54.24.020 - General obligation bonds, revenue obligations for cost of utilities.

RCW 54.24.020 General obligation bonds, revenue obligations for cost of utilities.Whenever the commission of a public utility district, organized pursuant to chapter 1 of the Laws of 1931 (sections 11605 et seq. of Remington's Revised Statutes) shall deem it advisable that the district purchase, purchase and condemn, acquire or construct any public utility, or make any additions or betterments thereto or extensions thereof, the commission shall provide therefor by resolution, which shall specify and adopt the system or plan proposed and declare the estimated cost thereof, as near as may be, including as part of such cost funds necessary for working capital for the operation of such public utility by the district and for the payment of the expenses incurred in the acquisition or construction thereof, and shall specify whether general obligation bonds or revenue obligations are to be issued to defray such cost and the amount of such general obligation bonds or revenue obligations.The commissioners may provide in such resolution that any additional works, plants, or facilities subsequently acquired or constructed by the district for the same uses, whether or not physically connected therewith, shall be deemed additions or betterments to or extensions of such public utility.[ 1959 c 218 § 3; 1941 c 182 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11611-1.]NOTES:Severability—1941 c 182: "If any section or provision of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged to be invalid." [ 1941 c 182 § 12.]Revenue obligations defined: RCW 54.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 54.24.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 54 - Public Utility Districts|Chapter 54.24 - Finances.|54.24.040 - Considerations in creating special fund—Status of claims against fund—When lien attaches.

RCW 54.24.040 Considerations in creating special fund—Status of claims against fund—When lien attaches.In creating any special fund for the payment of revenue obligations, the commission shall have due regard to the cost of operation and maintenance of the plant or system constructed or added to, and to any proportion or amount of the revenues previously pledged as a fund for the payment of revenue obligations, and shall not set aside into such special fund or funds a greater amount or proportion of the revenues and proceeds than in its judgment will be available over and above such cost of maintenance and operation and the amount or proportion, if any, of the revenues so previously pledged. Any such revenue obligations and interest thereon issued against any such fund as herein provided shall be a valid claim of the owner thereof only as against such special fund and the proportion or amount of the revenues pledged to such fund, but shall constitute a prior charge over all other charges or claims whatsoever, including the charge or lien of any general obligation bonds against such fund and the proportion or amount of the revenues pledged thereto. Such revenue obligations shall not constitute an indebtedness of such district within the meaning of the constitutional provisions and limitations. Each revenue obligation shall state on its face that it is payable from a special fund, naming such fund and the resolution creating it, or shall describe such alternate method for the payment thereof as shall be provided by the resolution authorizing same.It is the intention hereof that any pledge of the revenues or other moneys or obligations made by a district shall be valid and binding from the time that the pledge is made; that the revenues or other moneys or obligations so pledged and thereafter received by a district shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and that the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against any parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against a district irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution or other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.[ 1983 c 167 § 148; 1959 c 218 § 5; 1941 c 182 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 11611-5.]NOTES:Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.