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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.450 - Certified copies of orders, rules, etc.—Evidentiary effect.

RCW 80.04.450
Certified copies of orders, rules, etc.—Evidentiary effect.
Upon application of any person the commission shall furnish certified copies of any classification, rate, rule, regulation or order established by such commission, and the printed copies published by authority of the commission, or any certified copy of any such classification, rate, rule, regulation or order, with seal affixed, shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be sufficient to establish the fact that the charge, rate, rule, order or classification therein contained is the official act of the commission. When copies of any classification, rate, rule, regulation or order not contained in the printed reports, or copies of papers, accounts or records of public service companies filed with the commission shall be demanded from the commission for proper use, the commission shall charge a reasonable compensation therefor.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.450. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 103; RRS § 10452.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.460 - Investigation of accidents.

RCW 80.04.460
Investigation of accidents.
Every public service company shall give immediate notice to the commission of every accident resulting in death or injury to any person occurring in its plant or system, in such manner as the commission may prescribe. Such notice shall not be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose against the company giving it in any action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in the notice.
The commission may investigate any accident resulting in death or injury to any person occurring in connection with the plant or system of any public service company. Notice of the investigation shall be given in all cases for a sufficient length of time to enable the company affected to participate in the hearing and may be given orally or in writing, in such manner as the commission may prescribe.
Such witnesses may be examined as the commission deems necessary and proper to thoroughly ascertain the cause of the accident and fix the responsibility therefor. The examination and investigation may be conducted by an inspector or deputy inspector, and he or she may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses, and when the examination is conducted by an inspector or deputy inspector, he or she shall make a full and complete report thereof to the commission.
[ 2013 c 23 § 277; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.460. Prior: 1953 c 104 § 2; prior: 1911 c 117 § 63, part; RRS § 10399, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.470 - Commission to enforce public service laws—Employees as peace officers.

RCW 80.04.470
Commission to enforce public service laws—Employees as peace officers.
It shall be the duty of the commission to enforce the provisions of this title and all other acts of this state affecting public service companies, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal. Any employee of the commission may, without a warrant, arrest any person found violating in his or her presence any provision of this title, or any rule or regulation adopted by the commission: PROVIDED, That each such employee shall be first specifically designated in writing by the commission or a member thereof as having been found to be a fit and proper person to exercise such authority. Upon being so designated, such person shall be a peace officer and a police officer for the purposes herein mentioned.
[ 2013 c 23 § 278; 1961 c 173 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.470. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 101; RRS § 10450.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.480 - Rights of action not released—Penalties cumulative.

RCW 80.04.480
Rights of action not released—Penalties cumulative.
This title shall not have the effect to release or waive any right of action by the state or any person for any right, penalty or forfeiture which may have arisen or may hereafter arise under any law of this state; and all penalties accruing under this title shall be cumulative of each other, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to the recovery of any other.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.480. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 104; RRS § 10453. Formerly RCW 80.04.480 and 80.04.490.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.500 - Application to municipal utilities.

RCW 80.04.500
Application to municipal utilities.
Nothing in this title authorizes the commission to make or enforce any order affecting rates, tolls, rentals, contracts or charges or service rendered, or the adequacy or sufficiency of the facilities, equipment, instrumentalities or buildings, or the reasonableness of rules or regulations made, furnished, used, supplied or in force affecting any telecommunications line, gas plant, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, or to make or enforce any order relating to the safety of any telecommunications line, electrical plant, system of sewerage, or water system owned and operated by any city or town, but all other provisions enumerated herein apply to public utilities owned by any city or town.
[ 2011 c 214 § 10; 1985 c 450 § 13; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.500. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 105; RRS § 10454.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—Limitation of chapter—Effective date—2011 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.510 - Duties of attorney general.

RCW 80.04.510
Duties of attorney general.
It shall be the duty of the attorney general to represent and appear for the people of the state of Washington and the commission in all actions and proceedings involving any question under this title, or under or in reference to any act or order of the commission; and it shall be the duty of the attorney general generally to see that all laws affecting any of the persons or corporations herein enumerated are complied with, and that all laws, the enforcement of which devolves upon the commission, are enforced, and to that end he or she is authorized to institute, prosecute, and defend all necessary actions and proceedings.
[ 2013 c 23 § 279; 1961 c 14 § 80.04.510. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 5; RRS § 10341.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.520 - Approval of lease of utility facilities.

RCW 80.04.520
Approval of lease of utility facilities.
In addition to any other powers and duties under this chapter, the commission shall have the authority to authorize and approve the terms of any lease of utility facilities by a public service company, as lessee, if the public service company makes proper application to the commission certifying that such authorization or approval is necessary or appropriate to exempt any owner of the facilities from being a public utility company under the federal Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 125 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.530 - Local exchange company that serves less than two percent of state's access lines—Regulatory exemptions—Reporting requirements.

RCW 80.04.530
Local exchange company that serves less than two percent of state's access lines—Regulatory exemptions—Reporting requirements.
(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the following do not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washington: RCW 80.04.080, 80.04.300 through 80.04.330, and, except for RCW 80.08.140, chapters 80.08, 80.12, and 80.16 RCW.
(b) Nothing in this subsection (1) shall affect the commission's authority over the rates, service, accounts, valuations, estimates, or determinations of costs, as well as the authority to determine whether any expenditure is fair, reasonable, and commensurate with the service, material, supplies, or equipment received.
(c) For purposes of this subsection, the number of access lines served by a local exchange company includes the number of access lines served in this state by any affiliate of that local exchange company.
(2) Any local exchange company for which an exemption is provided under this section shall not be required to file reports or data with the commission, except each such company shall file with the commission an annual report that consists of its annual balance sheet and results of operations, both presented on a Washington state jurisdictional basis. This requirement may be satisfied by the filing of information or reports and underlying studies filed with exchange carrier entities or regulatory agencies if the jurisdictionally separated results of operations for Washington state can be obtained from the information or reports. This subsection shall not be applied to exempt a local exchange company from an obligation to respond to data requests in an adjudicative proceeding in which it is a party.
(3) The commission may, in response to customer complaints or on its own motion and after notice and hearing, establish additional reporting requirements for a specific local exchange company.
[ 1995 c 110 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.560 - Finding.

RCW 80.04.560
Finding.
The legislature finds that an electrical company's acquisition of coal transition power helps to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by effecting an orderly transition to cleaner fuels and supports the state's public policy.
[ 2011 c 180 § 303.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.04 - Regulations—General. › 80.04.580 - Regulatory fee on wastewater companies regulated by the commission—Rule-making authority.

RCW 80.04.580
Regulatory fee on wastewater companies regulated by the commission—Rule-making authority.
(1) Every wastewater company subject to regulation by the commission must, on or before the date specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, pay to the commission a regulatory fee.
(2) The commission must assess such regulatory fees in amounts sufficient for the commission to recover the commission's actual and reasonable costs of supervising and regulating wastewater companies.
(3) Any payment of a fee assessed under this section made after the due date must include a late fee of two percent of the amount due.
(4) Delinquent fees accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.
(5) The provisions of RCW 80.24.030, 80.24.040, and 80.24.050 apply to regulatory fees for wastewater companies.
(6) The commission is authorized and empowered to adopt and issue rules and regulations to implement this section, including establishing the methodologies and procedures for developing, assessing, and collecting fees under this section.
[ 2012 c 111 § 1; 2011 c 214 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 111: "This act takes effect July 1, 2012." [ 2012 c 111 § 2.]
Findings—Purpose—Limitation of chapter—Effective date—2011 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.04.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.010 - Definition.

RCW 80.08.010
Definition.
The term "public service company", as used in this chapter, shall mean every company now or hereafter engaged in business in this state as a public utility and subject to regulation as to rates and service by the utilities and transportation commission under the provisions of this title.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.010. Prior: 1959 c 248 § 2; 1953 c 95 § 4; 1933 c 151 § 1, part; RRS § 10439-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.020 - Control vested in state.

RCW 80.08.020
Control vested in state.
The power of public service companies to issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, and bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness and to create liens on their property situated within this state is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction, and control of which is and shall continue to be vested in the state, and such power shall be exercised as provided by law and under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.020. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 2; RRS § 10439-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.030 - Authority to issue.

RCW 80.08.030
Authority to issue.
A public service company may issue stock and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness payable on demand or at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof, for the following purposes only: The acquisition of property, or the construction, completion, extension, or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement or maintenance of its service, or the issuance of stock dividends, or the discharge or refunding of its obligations, or the reimbursement of moneys actually expended from income or from any other moneys in the treasury of the company not secured by or obtained from the issue of stock or stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness of the company for any of the aforesaid purposes except maintenance of service, in cases where the applicant keeps its accounts and vouchers for such expenditures in such manner as to enable the commission to ascertain the amount of money so expended and the purpose for which the expenditure was made.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.030. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 5; 1937 c 30 § 1; 1933 c 151 § 3; RRS § 10439-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.040 - Prior to issuance—Filing required—Contents—Request for order establishing compliance.

RCW 80.08.040
Prior to issuance—Filing required—Contents—Request for order establishing compliance.
Any public service company that undertakes to issue stocks, stock certificates, other evidence of interest or ownership, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness shall file with the commission before such issuance:
(1) A description of the purposes for which the issuance is made, including a certification by an officer authorized to do so that the proceeds from any such financing is for one or more of the purposes allowed by this chapter;
(2) A description of the proposed issuance including the terms of financing; and
(3) A statement as to why the transaction is in the public interest.
(4) Any public service company undertaking an issuance and making a filing in conformance with this section may at any time of such filing request the commission to enter a written order that such company has complied with the requirements of this section. The commission shall enter such written order after such company has provided all information and statements required by subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section.
[ 1994 c 251 § 1; 1987 c 106 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.040. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 4; RRS § 10439-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.043 - Issuance of notes—Compliance with RCW 80.08.040—Exceptions.

RCW 80.08.043
Issuance of notes—Compliance with RCW 80.08.040—Exceptions.
A public service company may issue notes, except demand notes, for proper purposes and not in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any other law, payable at periods of not more than twelve months after the date of issuance, without complying with the requirements of RCW 80.08.040, but no such note may be refunded, in whole or in part, by any issue of stock or stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, without compliance with RCW 80.08.040. However, compliance with RCW 80.08.040 is required for the issuance of any note or notes issued as part of a single borrowing transaction of one million dollars or more payable at periods of less than twelve months after the date of issuance by any public service company that is subject to the federal power act unless such note or notes aggregates together with all other then outstanding notes and drafts of a maturity of twelve months or less on which such public service company is primarily or secondarily liable not more than five percent of the par value of other securities of such company then outstanding, computed, in the case of securities having no par value, on the basis of the fair market value as of the date of issuance.
[ 1997 c 162 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.047 - Commission may exempt certain issuances—Order or rule—Public interest.

RCW 80.08.047
Commission may exempt certain issuances—Order or rule—Public interest.
The commission may from time to time by order or rule, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed in the order or rule, exempt any security or any class of securities for which a filing is required under this chapter or any electrical or natural gas company or class of electrical or natural gas company from the provisions of this chapter if it finds that the application of this chapter to such security, class of securities, electrical or natural gas company, or class of electrical or natural gas company is not required by the public interest.
[ 1997 c 15 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.080 - Capitalization of franchises or merger contracts prohibited.

RCW 80.08.080
Capitalization of franchises or merger contracts prohibited.
The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization of the right to be a corporation, or to authorize the capitalization of any franchise or permit whatsoever or the right to own, operate or enjoy any such franchise or permit, in excess of the amount (exclusive of any tax or annual charge) actually paid to the state or to a political subdivision thereof as the consideration for the grant of such franchise, permit or right; nor shall any contract for consolidation or lease be capitalized, nor shall any public service company hereafter issue any bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness against or as a lien upon any contract for consolidation or merger.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.080. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 7; RRS § 10439-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.090 - Accounting for disposition of proceeds.

RCW 80.08.090
Accounting for disposition of proceeds.
The commission shall have the power to require public service companies to account for the disposition of the proceeds of all sales of stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, and bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, in such form and detail as it may deem advisable, and to establish such rules and regulations as it may deem reasonable and necessary to insure the disposition of such proceeds for the purpose or purposes specified in its order.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.090. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 8; RRS § 10439-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.100 - Issuance made contrary to this chapter—Penalties.

RCW 80.08.100
Issuance made contrary to this chapter—Penalties.
If a public service company issues any stock, or other evidence of interest or ownership, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the company may be subject to penalty under RCW 80.08.110 and 80.08.120.
[ 1994 c 251 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.100. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 9; RRS § 10439-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.110 - Penalty against companies.

RCW 80.08.110
Penalty against companies.
Every public service company which, directly or indirectly, issues or causes to be issued, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the provisions of this chapter, or which applies the proceeds from the sale thereof, or any part thereof, to any purpose other than the purpose or purposes allowed by this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Every violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in case of a continuing violation every day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any public service company acting within the scope of his or her official duties or employment, shall in every case be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such public service company.
[ 2013 c 23 § 280; 1994 c 251 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.110. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 11; RRS § 10439-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.120 - Penalty against individuals.

RCW 80.08.120
Penalty against individuals.
Every officer, agent, or employee of a public service company, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs, aids in, issues or executes, or causes to be issued or executed, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or who knowingly makes any false statement or representation or with knowledge of its falsity files or causes to be filed with the commission any false statement or representation, or causes or assists to be applied the proceeds or any part thereof, from the sale of any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, to any purpose not allowed by this chapter, or who, with knowledge that any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, has been issued or executed in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, negotiates, or causes the same to be negotiated, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1994 c 251 § 4; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.120. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 12; RRS § 10439-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.130 - Assumption of obligation or liability—Compliance with filing requirements.

RCW 80.08.130
Assumption of obligation or liability—Compliance with filing requirements.
Any public service company that assumes any obligation or liability as guarantor, indorser, surety or otherwise in respect to the securities of any other person, firm or corporation, when such securities are payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof, shall comply with the filing requirements of RCW 80.08.040.
[ 1994 c 251 § 5; 1961 c 14 § 80.08.130. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 13; RRS § 10439-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.140 - State not obligated.

RCW 80.08.140
State not obligated.
No provision of this chapter, and no deed or act done or performed under or in connection therewith, shall be held or construed to obligate the state of Washington to pay or guarantee, in any manner whatsoever, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, authorized, issued or executed under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.08.140. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 14; RRS § 10439-14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.150 - Authority of commission—Not affected by requirements of this chapter.

RCW 80.08.150
Authority of commission—Not affected by requirements of this chapter.
No action by a public service company in compliance with nor by the commission in conformance with the requirements of this chapter may in any way affect the authority of the commission over rates, service, accounts, valuations, estimates, or determinations of costs, or any matters whatsoever that may come before it.
[ 1994 c 251 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.08 - Securities. › 80.08.160 - Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.

RCW 80.08.160
Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.
Subject to RCW 80.04.530(1), this chapter does not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washington.
[ 1995 c 110 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.010 - Definitions.

RCW 80.12.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, firm, public service company, or any other entity, however organized.
(2) "Public service company" means every company now or hereafter engaged in business in this state as a public utility and subject to regulation as to rates and service by the utilities and transportation commission under the provisions of this title.
[ 2009 c 24 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 80.12.010. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 6; 1941 c 159 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440a.]
NOTES:
Finding—2009 c 24: "The legislature finds and declares that the Washington utilities and transportation commission should require that a net benefit to customers be shown in order to approve the acquisition of the franchises, properties, or facilities owned by a gas or electrical company in the state and which are necessary or useful in the performance of the duties of a gas or electrical company, and that its decision to approve or deny such an acquisition should be made within a prescribed period of time." [ 2009 c 24 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.020 - Order required to sell, merge, etc.—Exemption.

RCW 80.12.020
Order required to sell, merge, etc.—Exemption.
(1) No public service company shall sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its franchises, properties or facilities whatsoever, which are necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, and no public service company shall, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, merge or consolidate any of its franchises, properties or facilities with any other public service company, without having secured from the commission an order authorizing it to do so. The commission shall not approve any transaction under this section that would result in a person, directly or indirectly, acquiring a controlling interest in a gas or electrical company without a finding that the transaction would provide a net benefit to the customers of the company.
(2) This section shall not apply to any sale, lease, assignment or other disposal of such franchises, properties or facilities to a special purpose district as defined in RCW 36.96.010, city, county, or town.
[ 2009 c 24 § 3; 1981 c 117 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.12.020. Prior: 1945 c 75 § 1; 1941 c 159 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 10440b.]
NOTES:
Finding—2009 c 24: See note following RCW 80.12.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.030 - Disposal without authorization void—Approval or denial within eleven months, extension permitted.

RCW 80.12.030
Disposal without authorization void—Approval or denial within eleven months, extension permitted.
(1) Any such sale, lease, assignment, or other disposition, merger or consolidation made without authority of the commission shall be void.
(2) The commission shall enter an order approving or denying a transaction under RCW 80.12.020 or 80.12.040 within eleven months of the date of filing, which the commission may extend up to four months for cause.
[ 2009 c 24 § 4; 1961 c 14 § 80.12.030. Prior: 1941 c 159 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440c.]
NOTES:
Finding—2009 c 24: See note following RCW 80.12.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.040 - Authority required to acquire property or securities of utility.

RCW 80.12.040
Authority required to acquire property or securities of utility.
No public service company shall, directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire, or become the owner of any of the franchises, properties, facilities, capital stocks or bonds of any other public service company unless authorized so to do by the commission. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the holding of stocks or other securities heretofore lawfully acquired or prohibit, upon the surrender or exchange of said stocks or other securities pursuant to a reorganization plan, the purchase, acquisition, taking or holding by the owner of a proportionate amount of the stocks or other securities of any new corporation organized to take over at foreclosure or other sale, the property of the corporation the stocks or securities of which have been thus surrendered or exchanged. Any contract by any public service company for the purchase, acquisition, assignment or transfer to it of any of the stocks or other securities of any other public service company, directly or indirectly, without the approval of the commission shall be void and of no effect.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.12.040. Prior: 1941 c 159 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440d.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.045 - Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.

RCW 80.12.045
Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.
Subject to RCW 80.04.530(1), this chapter does not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washington.
[ 1995 c 110 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.050 - Rules and regulations.

RCW 80.12.050
Rules and regulations.
The commission shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to make effective the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.12.050. Prior: 1941 c 159 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440e.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.12 - Transfers of Property. › 80.12.060 - Penalty.

RCW 80.12.060
Penalty.
The provisions of RCW 80.04.380 and 80.04.385 as to penalties shall be applicable to public service companies, their officers, agents and employees failing to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.12.060. Prior: 1941 c 159 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440f.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.010 - Definitions.

RCW 80.16.010
Definitions.
As used in this chapter the term "public service company" shall include every corporation engaged in business as a public utility and subject to regulation as to rates and service by the utilities and transportation commission under the provisions of this title.
As used in this chapter, the term "affiliated interest" means:
Every corporation and person owning or holding directly or indirectly five percent or more of the voting securities of any public service company engaged in any intrastate business in this state;
Every corporation and person, other than those above specified, in any chain of successive ownership of five percent or more of voting securities, the chain beginning with the holder of the voting securities of such public service company;
Every corporation five percent or more of whose voting securities are owned by any person or corporation owning five percent or more of the voting securities of such public service company or by any person or corporation in any such chain of successive ownership of five percent or more of voting securities;
Every corporation or person with which the public service company has a management or service contract; and
Every person who is an officer or director of such public service company or of any corporation in any chain of successive ownership of five percent or more of voting securities.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.16.010. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 7; 1933 c 152 § 1, part; RRS § 10440-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.020 - Dealings with affiliated interests—Prior filing with commission required—Commission may disapprove.

RCW 80.16.020
Dealings with affiliated interests—Prior filing with commission required—Commission may disapprove.
Every public service company shall file with the commission a verified copy, or a verified summary if unwritten, of a contract or arrangement providing for the furnishing of management, supervisory[,] construction, engineering, accounting, legal, financial, or similar services, or any contract or arrangement for the purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of any property, right, or thing, or for the furnishing of any service, property, right, or thing, other than those enumerated in this section, hereafter made or entered into between a public service company and any affiliated interest as defined in this chapter, including open account advances from or to the affiliated interests. The filing must be made prior to the effective date of the contract or arrangement. Modifications or amendments to the contracts or arrangements with affiliated interests must be filed with the commission prior to the effective date of the modification or amendment. Any time after receipt of the contract or arrangement, the commission may institute an investigation and disapprove the contract, arrangement, modification, or amendment thereto if the commission finds the public service company has failed to prove that it is reasonable and consistent with the public interest. The commission may disapprove any such contract or arrangement if satisfactory proof is not submitted to the commission of the cost to the affiliated interest of rendering the services or of furnishing the property or service described in this section.
[ 1998 c 47 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 80.16.020. Prior: 1941 c 160 § 1; 1933 c 152 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10440-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.030 - Payments to affiliated interest disallowed if not reasonable.

RCW 80.16.030
Payments to affiliated interest disallowed if not reasonable.
In any proceeding, whether upon the commission's own motion or upon complaint, involving the rates or practices of any public service company, the commission may exclude from the accounts of the public service company any payment or compensation to an affiliated interest for any services rendered or property or service furnished, as described in this section, under existing contracts or arrangements with the affiliated interest unless the public service company establishes the reasonableness of the payment or compensation. In the proceeding the commission shall disallow the payment or compensation, in whole or in part, in the absence of satisfactory proof that it is reasonable in amount. In such a proceeding, any payment or compensation may be disapproved or disallowed by the commission, in whole or in part, if satisfactory proof is not submitted to the commission of the cost to the affiliated interest of rendering the service or furnishing the property or service described in this section.
[ 1998 c 47 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 80.16.030. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 3; RRS § 10440-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.040 - Satisfactory proof, what constitutes.

RCW 80.16.040
Satisfactory proof, what constitutes.
No proof shall be satisfactory, within the meaning of RCW 80.16.010 through 80.16.030, unless it includes the original (or verified copies) of the relevant cost records and other relevant accounts of the affiliated interest, or such abstract thereof or summary taken therefrom, as the commission may deem adequate, properly identified and duly authenticated: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the commission may, where reasonable, approve or disapprove such contracts or arrangements without the submission of such cost records or accounts.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.16.040. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 4; RRS § 10440-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.050 - Commission's control is continuing.

RCW 80.16.050
Commission's control is continuing.
The commission shall have continuing supervisory control over the terms and conditions of such contracts and arrangements as are herein described so far as necessary to protect and promote the public interest. The commission shall have the same jurisdiction over the modifications or amendment of contracts or arrangements as are herein described as it has over such original contracts or arrangements. The fact that a contract or arrangement has been filed with, or the commission has approved entry into such contracts or arrangements as described herein shall not preclude disallowance or disapproval of payments made pursuant thereto, if upon actual experience under such contract or arrangement, it appears that the payments provided for or made were or are unreasonable. Every order of the commission approving any such contract or arrangement shall be expressly conditioned upon the reserved power of the commission to revise and amend the terms and conditions thereof, if, when, and as necessary to protect and promote the public interest.
[ 1998 c 47 § 3; 1961 c 14 § 80.16.050. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 5; RRS § 10440-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.055 - Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.

RCW 80.16.055
Small local exchange company—Chapter does not apply.
Subject to RCW 80.04.530(1), this chapter does not apply to a local exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the state of Washington.
[ 1995 c 110 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.060 - Summary order on nonapproved payments.

RCW 80.16.060
Summary order on nonapproved payments.
Whenever the commission shall find upon investigation that any public service company is giving effect to any such contract or arrangement without such contract or arrangement having been filed or approved, the commission may issue a summary order prohibiting the public service company from treating any payments made under the terms of such contract or arrangement as operating expenses or as capital expenditures for rate or valuation purposes, unless and until such contract or arrangement has been filed with the commission or until payments have received the approval of the commission.
[ 1998 c 47 § 4; 1961 c 14 § 80.16.060. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 6; RRS § 10440-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.070 - Summary order on payments after disallowance.

RCW 80.16.070
Summary order on payments after disallowance.
Whenever the commission finds upon investigation that any public service company is making payments to an affiliated interest, although the payments have been disallowed or disapproved by the commission in a proceeding involving the public service company's rates or practices, the commission shall issue a summary order directing the public service company to not treat the payments as operating expenses or capital expenditures for rate or valuation purposes, unless and until the payments have received the approval of the commission.
[ 1998 c 47 § 5; 1961 c 14 § 80.16.070. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 7; RRS § 10440-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.080 - Court action to enforce orders.

RCW 80.16.080
Court action to enforce orders.
The superior court of Thurston county is authorized to enforce such orders to cease and desist by appropriate process, including the issuance of a preliminary injunction, upon the suit of the commission.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.16.080. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 8; RRS § 10440-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.16 - Affiliated Interests. › 80.16.090 - Review of orders.

RCW 80.16.090
Review of orders.
Any public service company or affiliated interest deeming any decision or order of the commission to be in any respect or manner improper, unjust or unreasonable may have the same reviewed in the courts in the same manner and by the same procedure as is now provided by law for review of any other order or decision of the commission.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.16.090. Prior: 1933 c 152 § 9; RRS § 10440-9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.010 - Definition.

RCW 80.20.010
Definition.
As used in this chapter, the term "public service company" means any person, firm, association, or corporation, whether public or private, operating a utility or public service enterprise subject in any respect to regulation by the commission under the provisions of this title.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.20.010. Prior: 1953 c 95 § 8; 1939 c 203 § 1; RRS § 10458-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.020 - Cost of investigation may be assessed against company.

RCW 80.20.020
Cost of investigation may be assessed against company.
Whenever the commission in any proceeding upon its own motion or upon complaint shall deem it necessary in order to carry out the duties imposed upon it by law to investigate the books, accounts, practices and activities of, or make any valuation or appraisal of the property of any public service company, or to investigate or appraise any phase of its operations, or to render any engineering or accounting service to or in connection with any public service company, and the cost thereof to the commission exceeds in amount the ordinary regulatory fees paid by such public service company during the preceding calendar year or estimated to be paid during the current year, whichever is more, such public service company shall pay the expenses reasonably attributable and allocable to such investigation, valuation, appraisal or services. The commission shall ascertain such expenses, and, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, shall render a bill therefor by registered mail to the public service company, either at the conclusion of the investigation, valuation, appraisal or services, or from time to time during its progress. Within thirty days after a bill has been mailed such public service company shall pay to the commission the amount of the bill, and the commission shall transmit such payment to the state treasurer who shall credit it to the public service revolving fund. The total amount which any public service company shall be required to pay under the provisions of this section in any calendar year shall not exceed one percent of the gross operating revenues derived by such public service company from its intrastate operations during the last preceding calendar year. If such company did not operate during all of the preceding year the calculations shall be based upon estimated gross revenues for the current year.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.20.020. Prior: 1939 c 203 § 2(a); RRS § 10458-6a(a).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.030 - Interest on unpaid assessment—Action to collect.

RCW 80.20.030
Interest on unpaid assessment—Action to collect.
Amounts so assessed against any public service company not paid within thirty days after mailing of the bill therefor, shall draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the date of mailing of the bill. Upon failure of the public service company to pay the bill, the attorney general shall proceed in the name of the state by civil action in the superior court for Thurston county against such public service company to collect the amount due, together with interest and costs of suit.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.20.030. Prior: 1939 c 203 § 2(b); RRS § 10458-6a(b).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.040 - Commission's determination of necessity as evidence.

RCW 80.20.040
Commission's determination of necessity as evidence.
In such action the commission's determination of the necessity of the investigation, valuation, appraisal or services shall be conclusive evidence of such necessity, and its findings and determination of facts expressed in bills rendered pursuant to RCW 80.20.020 through 80.20.060 or in any proceedings determinative of such bills shall be prima facie evidence of such facts.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.20.040. Prior: 1939 c 203 § 2(c); RRS § 10458-6a(c).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.050 - Order of commission not subject to review.

RCW 80.20.050
Order of commission not subject to review.
In view of the civil action provided for in RCW 80.20.020 through 80.20.060 any order made by the commission in determining the amount of such bill shall not be reviewable in court, but the mere absence of such right of review shall not prejudice the rights of defendants in the civil action.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.20.050. Prior: 1939 c 203 § 2(d); RRS § 10458-6a(d).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.20 - Investigation of Public Service Companies. › 80.20.060 - Limitation on frequency of investigation.

RCW 80.20.060
Limitation on frequency of investigation.
Expenses of a complete valuation, rate and service investigation shall not be assessed against a public service company under this chapter if such company shall have been subjected to and paid the expenses of a complete valuation, rate and service investigation during the preceding five years, unless the properties or operations of the company have materially changed or there has been a substantial change in its value for rate making purposes or in any other circumstances and conditions affecting rates and services: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not be a limitation on the frequency of assessment of costs of investigation where such investigation results from a tariff filing or tariff filings by a public service company to increase rates.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 143 § 8; 1961 c 14 § 80.20.060. Prior: 1939 c 203 § 2(e); RRS § 10458-6a(e).]