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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.410 - Telecommunications systems installations—Subject to this subchapter.

RCW 19.28.410
Telecommunications systems installations—Subject to this subchapter.
(1) All installations of wires and equipment defined as telecommunications systems are subject to the requirements of this subchapter. Installations shall be in conformity with approved methods of construction for safety to life and property. The national electrical code, approved standards of the telecommunications industries association, the electronic industries association, the American national standards institute, and other safety standards approved by the department shall be evidence of approved methods of installation.
(2) This chapter may not limit the authority or power of any city or town to enact and enforce under authority given by law in RCW 19.28.141, any ordinance, or rule requiring an equal, higher, or better standard of construction and an equal, higher, or better standard of materials, devices, appliances, and equipment than that required by this chapter.
[ 2000 c 238 § 205.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.430 - Administrator's examination—Certificate—Administrator's requirements.

RCW 19.28.430
Administrator's examination—Certificate—Administrator's requirements.
(1) Each applicant for a telecommunications contractor license shall designate a supervisory employee or member of the firm to take the administrator's examination. This person shall be designated as administrator under the contractor's license and must be a full-time supervisory employee of the applicant. No person may qualify as administrator for more than one contractor. If the relationship of the administrator with the telecommunications contractor is terminated, the contractor's license is void within ninety days unless another administrator is qualified by the board. However, if the administrator dies, the contractor's license is void within one hundred eighty days unless another administrator is qualified by the board.
(2) A certificate issued under this section is valid for two years from the nearest birthdate of the administrator, unless revoked or suspended, and is nontransferable. The certificate may be renewed for a two-year period without examination by appropriate application unless the certificate has been revoked, suspended, or not renewed within ninety days after the expiration date. If the certificate is not renewed before the expiration date, the individual shall pay twice the usual fee. A person may take the administrator's test as many times as necessary to pass, without limit.
(3) The administrator shall:
(a) Be a member of the firm or a supervisory employee and shall be available during working hours to carry out the duties of an administrator under this section;
(b) Ensure that all telecommunications work complies with the telecommunication[s] installation laws and rules;
(c) Ensure proper permits are required and inspections made;
(d) See that corrective notices issued by an inspecting authority are complied with; and
(e) Notify the department in writing within ten days if the administrator relationship is terminated with the telecommunications contractor.
[ 2000 c 238 § 207.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.440 - Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates.

RCW 19.28.440
Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates.
It is the purpose and function of the board to establish and administer written examinations for telecommunications administrators' certificates. Examinations shall be designed to reasonably ensure that telecommunications administrators' certificate holders are competent to engage in and supervise the work regulated under this subchapter and their respective licenses. The examinations shall include questions to assure proper safety and protection for the general public. The department, with the consent of the board, is permitted to enter into a contract with a professional testing agency to develop, administer, and score these examinations. The fee for the examination may be set by the department in its contract with the professional testing agency. The department may direct that the applicant pay the fee to the professional testing agency. The fee shall cover but not exceed the costs of preparing and administering the examination.
[ 2000 c 238 § 208.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.450 - Local enforcement of subchapter—Enforcement of chapter.

RCW 19.28.450
Local enforcement of subchapter—Enforcement of chapter.
(1) The director and the officials of all incorporated cities and towns where electrical inspections are required by local ordinances, allowed by RCW 19.28.141, may require by local ordinance the enforcement of this subchapter in their respective jurisdictions. If an incorporated city or town elects to enforce this subchapter, the city or town has the power and shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
(2) The director, through the chief electrical inspector and other inspectors appointed under RCW 19.28.321, shall enforce this chapter. Compliance enforcement may be performed by contractor compliance inspectors appointed under chapter 18.27 RCW. The expenses of the director and the salaries and expenses of state inspectors incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid entirely out of the electrical license fund, on vouchers approved by the director.
[ 2000 c 238 § 209.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.460 - Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Panel.

RCW 19.28.460
Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Panel.
Disputes arising under this chapter regarding whether any city or town's telecommunications rules, regulations, or ordinances are equal to the rules adopted by the department shall be resolved by arbitration. The department shall appoint two members of the board to serve on the arbitration panel, and the city or town shall appoint two persons to serve on the arbitration panel. These four persons shall choose a fifth person to serve. If the four persons cannot agree on a fifth person, the presiding judge of the superior court of the county in which the city or town is located shall choose a fifth person. A decision of the arbitration panel may be appealed to the superior court of the county in which the city or town is located within thirty days after the date the panel issues its final decision.
[ 2000 c 238 § 210.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.480 - Unlawful acts—Interpretation of chapter.

RCW 19.28.480
Unlawful acts—Interpretation of chapter.
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to install or maintain any telecommunications cabling and associated hardware in violation of this chapter. When the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards provided for in this chapter are in dispute or in doubt, the board shall, upon application of any interested person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity, determine the methods of installation or maintenance of the cabling materials and hardware to be used in the case submitted for its decision.
(2) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity desiring a decision of the board under this section shall, in writing, notify the director of such desire and shall accompany the notice with a certified check payable to the department in the sum of two hundred dollars. The notice shall specify the ruling or interpretation desired and the contention of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity as to the proper interpretation or application on the question on which a decision is desired. If the board determines that the contention of the applicant for a decision was proper, the two hundred dollars shall be returned to the applicant; otherwise it shall be used in paying the expenses and per diem of the members of the board in connection with the matter. Any portion of the two hundred dollars not used in paying the per diem and expenses of the board in the case shall be paid into the electrical license fund.
[ 2000 c 238 § 212.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.490 - Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.

RCW 19.28.490
Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be assessed a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than ten thousand dollars per violation. The department, after consulting with the board and receiving the board's recommendations, shall set by rule a schedule of penalties for violating this chapter. The department shall notify the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any of these provisions of the amount of the penalty and of the specific violation. The notice shall be sent using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the last known address of the assessed party. Penalties are subject to review by an appeal to the board. The filing of an appeal stays the effect of the penalty until the board makes its decision. The appeal shall be filed within twenty days after notice of the penalty is given to the assessed party, and shall be made by filing a written notice of appeal with the department. The notice shall be accompanied by a certified check for two hundred dollars or ten percent of the penalty amount, whichever is less, but in no event less than one hundred dollars. The check shall be returned to the assessed party if the decision of the department is not sustained by the board. If the board sustains the decision of the department, the amount of the check shall be applied by the department to the payment of the per diem and expenses of the members of the board incurred in the matter, and any balance remaining after payment of per diem and expenses shall be paid into the electrical license fund. The hearing and review procedures shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. The board shall assign its hearings to an administrative law judge to conduct the hearing and issue a proposed decision and order. The board shall be allowed a minimum of twenty days to review a proposed decision and shall issue its decision no later than the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
[ 2014 c 190 § 4; 2011 c 301 § 9; 2000 c 238 § 213.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2014 c 190: See note following RCW 19.28.131.
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.501 - Insurance/financial responsibility.

RCW 19.28.501
Insurance/financial responsibility.
(1) At the time of licensing and subsequent relicensing, the applicant shall furnish insurance or financial responsibility in the form of an assigned account in the amount of twenty thousand dollars for injury or damages to property, fifty thousand dollars for injury or damage including death to any one person, and one hundred thousand dollars for injury or damage including death to more than one person, or financial responsibility to satisfy these amounts.
(2) Failure to maintain insurance or financial responsibility relative to the contractor's activities is cause to suspend or deny the contractor's license.
(3)(a) Proof of financial responsibility authorized in this section may be given by providing, in the amount required by subsection (1) of this section, an assigned account acceptable to the department. The assigned account shall be held by the department to satisfy any execution on a judgment issued against the contractor for damage to property or injury or death to any person occurring in the contractor's contracting operation, according to the provisions of the assigned account agreement. The department shall have no liability for payment in excess of the amount of the assigned account.
(b) The assigned account filed with the director as proof of financial responsibility shall be canceled three years after:
(i) The contractor's license has expired or been revoked;
(ii) The contractor has furnished proof of insurance as required by subsection (1) of this section; or
(iii) No legal action has been instituted against the contractor or on the account at the end of the three-year period.
(c) If a contractor chooses to file an assigned account as authorized in this section, the contractor shall, on a contracting project, notify each person with whom the contractor enters into a contract or to whom the contractor submits a bid, that the contractor has filed an assigned account in lieu of insurance and that recovery from the account for any claim against the contractor for property damage or personal injury or death occurring on the project requires the claimant to obtain a court judgment.
[ 2000 c 238 § 214.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.511 - Individual certification not required.

RCW 19.28.511
Individual certification not required.
Individual worker certification is not required for work under this subchapter. This subchapter does not preclude any person performing telecommunications work from obtaining a limited energy credit towards an electrical certificate of competency if they otherwise meet the certification requirements under this chapter that are applicable to electrical installations.
[ 2000 c 238 § 215.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.521 - Limitation of action—Proof of valid license required.

RCW 19.28.521
Limitation of action—Proof of valid license required.
No person, firm, or corporation engaging in or conducting or carrying on the business of telecommunications installation shall be entitled to commence or maintain any suit or action in any court of this state pertaining to any such work or business, without alleging and proving that such person, firm or corporation held, at the time of commencing and performing such work, an unexpired, unrevoked, and unsuspended license issued under this subchapter; and no city or town requiring by ordinance or regulation a permit for inspection or installation of such telecommunications installation work, shall issue such permit to any person, firm or corporation not holding such license.
[ 2000 c 238 § 216.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.531 - Unlawful installation/maintenance—Disputed interpretation—Board to determine methods.

RCW 19.28.531
Unlawful installation/maintenance—Disputed interpretation—Board to determine methods.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to install or maintain telecommunications equipment not in accordance with this subchapter. In cases where the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards under this subchapter are in dispute or in doubt, the board shall, upon application of any interested person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity, determine the methods of installation or maintenance or the materials, devices, appliances, or equipment to be used in the particular case submitted for its decision.
[ 2000 c 238 § 217.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.541 - Entity desiring board decision—Process.

RCW 19.28.541
Entity desiring board decision—Process.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity desiring a decision of the board pursuant to RCW 19.28.531 shall, in writing, notify the director of such desire and shall accompany the notice with a certified check payable to the department in the sum of two hundred dollars. The notice shall specify the ruling or interpretation desired and the contention of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity as to the proper interpretation or application on the question on which a decision is desired. If the board determines that the contention of the applicant for a decision was proper, the two hundred dollars shall be returned to the applicant; otherwise it shall be used in paying the expenses and per diem of the members of the board in connection with the matter. Any portion of the two hundred dollars not used in paying the per diem and expenses of the board in the case shall be paid into the electrical license fund.
[ 2000 c 238 § 218.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.551 - Director's authority—Adoption of rules.

RCW 19.28.551
Director's authority—Adoption of rules.
(1) The director may adopt rules, make specific decisions, orders, and rulings, including demands and findings, and take other necessary action for the implementation and enforcement of this subchapter after consultation with the board and receiving the board's recommendations. In the administration of this subchapter the department shall not enter any controversy arising over work assignments with respect to the trades involved in the construction industry.
(2) Compliance with the rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section is prima facie evidence of compliance with the subchapter. Copies of all rules shall be maintained by the department and made available upon request.
[ 2000 c 238 § 219.]
NOTES:
Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations. › 19.28.910 - Effective date—1963 c 207.

RCW 19.28.910
Effective date—1963 c 207.
This act shall take effect on July 1, 1963.
[ 1963 c 207 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29 - Electrical Construction. › 19.29.020 - Copy of chapter to be posted.

RCW 19.29.020
Copy of chapter to be posted.
A copy of this chapter printed in a legible manner shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in all electric plants, stations and storerooms.
[ 1913 c 130 § 2; RRS § 5436.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29 - Electrical Construction. › 19.29.030 - Time for compliance.

RCW 19.29.030
Time for compliance.
All wires, cables, poles, electric fixtures and appliances of every kind being used or operated at the time of the passage of this chapter, shall be changed, and made to conform to the provisions of this chapter, on or before the 1st day of July, 1940: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That the director of labor and industries of Washington shall have power, upon reasonable notice, to order and require the erection of all guards, protective devices, and methods of protection which in the judgment of the director are necessary and should be constructed previous to the expiration of the time fixed in this section: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this chapter shall apply to manholes already constructed, except the provisions for guards, sanitary conditions, drainage and safety appliances specified in *rules 20, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
[ 1937 c 105 § 1; 1931 c 24 § 1; 1921 c 20 § 1; 1917 c 41 § 1; 1913 c 130 § 3; RRS § 5437.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 19.29.010 was amended by 1987 c 79 § 1, changing rules 20, 24, 26, 29, 31, and 32 to rules 18, 22, 24, 27, 28, and 29, respectively, and deleting rule 30.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29 - Electrical Construction. › 19.29.040 - Enforcement by director of labor and industries—Change of rules—Violation.

RCW 19.29.040
Enforcement by director of labor and industries—Change of rules—Violation.
It shall be the duty of the director of labor and industries of Washington to enforce all the provisions and rules of this chapter and the director is hereby empowered upon hearing to amend, alter and change any and all rules herein contained, or any part thereof, and to supplement the same by additional rules and requirements, after first giving reasonable public notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard to all affected thereby: PROVIDED, That no rule amending, altering or changing any rule supplementary to the rules herein contained shall provide a less measure of safety than that provided by the rule amended, altered or changed.
A violation of any rule herein contained or of any rule or requirement made by the director of labor and industries which it is hereby permitted to make shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
[ 1983 c 4 § 2; 1913 c 130 § 4; RRS § 5438.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29 - Electrical Construction. › 19.29.050 - Violation of rules by public service company or political subdivision—Penalty.

RCW 19.29.050
Violation of rules by public service company or political subdivision—Penalty.
Every public service company, county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, and all officers, agents and employees of any public service company, county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, shall obey, observe and comply with every order, rule, direction or requirement made by the commission [director of labor and industries] under authority of this chapter, so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any public service company, county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, which shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of this chapter, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, rule, or any direction, demand or requirement of the commission [director of labor and industries], pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a penalty of not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars for each and every offense. Every violation of any such order, direction or requirement of this chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a continued violation every day's continuance thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
[ 1913 c 130 § 5; RRS § 5439.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: (1) Duties of the public service commission devolved on director of labor and industries. 1921 c 7 § 80(5) relating to powers and duties of the director of labor and industries reads: "(5) To exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to the enforcement, amendment, alteration, change, and making additions to rules and regulations concerning the operation, placing, erection, maintenance, and use of electrical apparatus, and the construction thereof, now vested in, and required to be performed by, the public service commission;". See also RCW 43.22.050(3).
(2) Name of "public service commission" changed to "utilities and transportation commission" by 1961 c 290 § 1.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29 - Electrical Construction. › 19.29.060 - Violation of rules by agent, employee or officer—Penalty.

RCW 19.29.060
Violation of rules by agent, employee or officer—Penalty.
Every officer, agent or employee of any public service company, the state of Washington, or any county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, who shall violate or fail to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any public service company, the state of Washington, or any county, city or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, of any provision of this chapter, or who shall fail to obey, observe or comply with any order of the commission [director of labor and industries], pursuant to this chapter, or any provision of any order of the commission [director of labor and industries], or who procures, aids or abets any such public service company, the state of Washington, or any county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, in its failure to obey, observe and comply with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1913 c 130 § 6; RRS § 5440.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: See note following RCW 19.29.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.005 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 19.29A.005
Findings—Intent.
(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) Electricity is a basic and fundamental need of all residents; and
(b) Currently Washington's consumer-owned and investor-owned utilities offer consumers a high degree of reliability and service quality while providing some of the lowest rates in the country.
(2) The legislature intends to:
(a) Preserve the benefits of consumer and environmental protection, system reliability, high service quality, and low-cost rates;
(b) Ensure that all retail electrical customers have the same level of rights and protections; and
(c) Require the adequate disclosure of the rights afforded to retail electric customers.
[ 1998 c 300 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.030 - Notice of disclosures to retail electric customers.

RCW 19.29A.030
Notice of disclosures to retail electric customers.
Except as otherwise provided in RCW 19.29A.040, an electric utility shall:
(1) Provide notice to all of its retail electric customers that the disclosures required in RCW 19.29A.020 are available without charge upon request. Such notice shall be provided at the time service is established and either included as a prominent part of each customer's bill or in a written notice mailed to each customer at least once a year thereafter. Required disclosures shall be provided without charge, in writing using plain language that is understandable to an ordinary customer, and presented in a form that is clear and conspicuous.
(2) Disclose the following information in a prominent manner on all billing statements sent to retail electric customers, or by a separate written notice mailed to all retail electric customers at least quarterly and at the same time as a billing statement: "YOUR BILL INCLUDES CHARGES FOR ELECTRICITY, DELIVERY SERVICES, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND OVERHEAD, METERING, TAXES, CONSERVATION EXPENSES, AND OTHER ITEMS."
[ 1998 c 300 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.040 - Exceptions for small utility—Voluntary compliance.

RCW 19.29A.040
Exceptions for small utility—Voluntary compliance.
The provisions of RCW 19.29A.020, 19.29A.030, section 5, chapter 300, Laws of 1998, and RCW 19.29A.090 do not apply to a small utility. However, nothing in this section prohibits the governing body of a small utility from determining the utility should comply with any or all of the provisions of RCW 19.29A.020, 19.29A.030, section 5, chapter 300, Laws of 1998, and RCW 19.29A.090, which governing bodies are encouraged to do.
[ 2001 c 214 § 29; 1998 c 300 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—2001 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.50.010.
Findings—2001 c 214: See note following RCW 39.35.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.050 - Annual fuel mix information—Electricity product content label—Requirements.

RCW 19.29A.050
Annual fuel mix information—Electricity product content label—Requirements.
(1) Each retail supplier shall provide to its existing and new retail electric customers its annual fuel mix information by generation category as required in RCW 19.29A.060.
(2) Disclosures required under subsection (1) of this section shall be provided through an electricity product content label presented in a uniform format.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, each retail supplier shall provide the electricity product content label:
(a) To each new retail electric customers at the time service is established;
(b) To each existing retail electric customer, delivered with the customer's billing statement or as a separately mailed publication, not less than annually;
(c) On the retail supplier's publicly accessible website; and
(d) As part of any marketing material, in electronic, paper, written, or other media format, that is used primarily to promote the sale of any specific electricity product being advertised, contracted for, or offered for sale to current or prospective retail electric customers. For the purposes of this subsection, an electric product does not include conservation programs, equipment or materials, or equipment or materials related to transportation electrification.
(4) Each small utility and mutual light and power company shall provide the electricity product content label not less than annually through a publication that is distributed to all its retail electric customers, publicly display the electricity product content label at its main business office, and provide the electricity product content label on its publicly accessible website. If a small utility or mutual company engages in marketing a specific electric product new to that utility it shall provide the electricity product content label described in subsection (3)(d) of this section.
[ 2019 c 222 § 3; 2000 c 213 § 3.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2000 c 213: See RCW 19.29A.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.060 - Fuel characteristics disclosure—Electricity product categories.

RCW 19.29A.060
Fuel characteristics disclosure—Electricity product categories.
(1) Each retail supplier must disclose to its customers the fuel characteristics of each electricity product it offers to retail electric customers using information consistent with the retail supplier's source and disposition report.
(2) The fuel characteristics disclosures required by this section must identify for each electricity product the percentage of the total electricity product sold by a retail supplier during the previous calendar year from each of the following categories, using a uniform format:
(a) Coal;
(b) Hydroelectric;
(c) Natural gas;
(d) Nuclear;
(e) Petroleum;
(f) Solar;
(g) Wind;
(h) Other generation, except that when a component of the other generation category meets or exceeds two percent of the total electricity product sold by a retail supplier during the previous calendar year, the retail supplier shall identify the component or components and display the fuel mix percentages for these component sources. A retail supplier may voluntarily identify any component or components within the other generation category that comprises two percent or less of annual sales; and
(i) Unspecified sources.
(3) If the percentage amount of unspecified sources identified in subsection (2) of this section exceeds two percent for an electricity product, the retail supplier must include on the label a general description of unspecified sources and an explanation of why some power sources are unknown to the retail supplier.
(4) A retail supplier may not include in the electricity product content label any environmental quality or environmental impact qualifier, other than those permitted or required by this chapter, related to any of the generation categories disclosed.
(5) For the portion of an electricity product purchased from the Bonneville power administration, a retail supplier may incorporate the Bonneville power administration system mix in its disclosure.
(6) A retail supplier may include with the electricity product content label additional information concerning the quantity of renewable energy certificates, if not otherwise included in the retail supplier's declared resources, that are retired for compliance with RCW 19.285.040(2) in the reporting year.
[ 2019 c 222 § 4; 2000 c 213 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2000 c 213: See RCW 19.29A.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.080 - Department—Rule-making authority—Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Documentation of ownership or contractual rights.

RCW 19.29A.080
Department—Rule-making authority—Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Documentation of ownership or contractual rights.
(1) The department may adopt administrative rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The department may receive any lawful gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the department in implementing this section, and may spend such gifts, grants, or endowments for the purposes of implementing this section.
(3) The department must regularly seek input from retail providers, consumers, environmental advocates, the Bonneville power administration, other state disclosure programs, and other stakeholders regarding potential improvements to the disclosure program established by chapter 222, Laws of 2019.
(4) Each retail supplier must make available to the department upon request the following information to support the ownership or contractual rights to declared resources:
(a) Documentation of ownership of declared resources by retail suppliers; or
(b) Documentation of contractual rights by retail suppliers to a stated quantity of electricity from a specific generating facility.
[ 2019 c 222 § 8; 2000 c 213 § 6.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2000 c 213: See RCW 19.29A.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.110 - Persons—Customer information—Capture, obtain, or disclosure for commercial purpose—Requirements—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.29A.110
Persons—Customer information—Capture, obtain, or disclosure for commercial purpose—Requirements—Application of consumer protection act.
(1) A person may not capture or obtain private or proprietary customer information for a commercial purpose unless the person:
(a) Informs the retail electric customer before capturing or obtaining private or proprietary customer information; and
(b) Receives the retail electric customer's written or electronic permission to capture or obtain private or proprietary customer information.
(2) A person who legally possesses private or proprietary customer information that is captured or obtained for a commercial purpose may not sell, lease, or otherwise disclose the private or proprietary customer information to another person unless:
(a) The retail electric customer consents to the disclosure;
(b) The private or proprietary customer information is disclosed to an electric utility or other third party as necessary to effect, administer, enforce, or complete a financial transaction that the retail electric customer requested, initiated, or authorized, provided that the electric utility or third party maintains confidentiality of the private or proprietary customer information and does not further disclose the information except as permitted under this subsection (2); or
(c) The disclosure is required or expressly permitted by a federal statute or by a state statute.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization or commercial entity, except that "person" does not include an electric utility.
(4) Except as provided in RCW 19.29A.120, the legislature finds that the practices covered by this section are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this section is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 2015 c 285 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.120 - Exemptions—Energy benchmark programs.

RCW 19.29A.120
Exemptions—Energy benchmark programs.
This chapter does not apply to energy benchmarking programs authorized by: (1) Federal law; (2) state law; or (3) local laws that are consistent with the personally identifying information requirements of RCW 19.27A.170.
[ 2015 c 285 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.130 - Finding—Intent.

RCW 19.29A.130
Finding—Intent.
(1) Consumer disclosure ensures that retail electric consumers purchasing electric energy receive basic information about the characteristics associated with their electric product in a form that facilitates consumer understanding of retail electric energy service and the development of new products responsive to consumer preferences.
(2) The legislature finds and declares that there is a need for reliable, accurate, and timely information regarding fuel source that is consistently collected, for all electricity products offered for retail sale in Washington.
(3) The desirability and feasibility of such disclosure has been clearly established in nutrition labeling, uniform food pricing, truth-in-lending, and other consumer information programs.
(4) The legislature intends to establish a consumer disclosure standard under which retail suppliers in Washington disclose information on the fuel mix of the electricity products they sell. Fundamental to disclosure is a label that promotes consistency in content and format, that is accurate, reliable, and simple to understand, and that allows verification of the accuracy of information reported.
(5) To ensure that consumer information is verifiable and accurate, certain characteristics of electricity generation must be tracked and compared with information provided to consumers.
(6) The legislature recognizes that the generation, transmission, and delivery of electricity occurs through a complex network of interconnected facilities and contractual arrangements. As a result, the legislature intends that the fuel characteristics disclosed under this chapter represent reasonable approximations that are suitable only for informational or disclosure purposes.
(7) The disclosures required by this chapter reflect the characteristics of electricity products offered by retail suppliers to customers. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retail supplier from communicating to its customers, owners, taxpayers, or the general public information regarding its investment in or ownership of renewable or nonrenewable generating facilities, its production of electricity, or its wholesale market activities, as long as the information is provided separately from the electricity product content label.
[ 2019 c 222 § 1; 2000 c 213 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.140 - Sources and uses of electricity—Report to department.

RCW 19.29A.140
Sources and uses of electricity—Report to department.
(1) Each retail supplier must report to the department each year, based on actual and verified activity in the prior year, the following information on its sources and uses of electricity in Washington:
(a) Electricity delivered to retail electric customers;
(b) Purchases or receipts of electricity from declared resources used to serve retail electric customers, by generating facility and fuel type; and
(c) Purchases or receipts of electricity from unspecified sources used to serve retail electric customers.
(2)The following requirements and limitations apply to the reporting of declared resources:
(a) A retail supplier must report an electricity purchase or receipt as a declared resource if the retail supplier was the direct or indirect owner of the generating facility or acquired the electricity in a transaction, supported by an auditable contract trail, in which the buyer and seller specified the source or set of sources of the electricity.
(b) A retail supplier may assign declared resources and unspecified resources to its retail service for purposes of this section using reasonable methods consistent with its business practices. A retail supplier must identify any change in method from the prior year in its report to the department.
(c) A retail supplier may not report a declared resource as a renewable resource if there exists a renewable energy certificate or other instrument representing the nonpower attributes of the electricity and the retail supplier does not own the renewable energy certificate or instrument.
(d) For an electricity product that is an optional product complying with RCW 19.29A.090, a retail supplier may report as a declared resource any combination of renewable energy certificates and electricity that meets the requirements of RCW 19.29A.090.
(3) Each retail supplier must report as an unspecified source any electricity source that was acquired in a transaction where the fuel attribute was not specified by the seller or provider or was not included in the transaction.
(4) A retail supplier that offers more than one electricity product must report the required source information separately for each product. Individual retail customer rate schedules do not constitute separate electricity products unless electricity sources are different.
(5) Each retail supplier must report the information required by this section as annual totals in megawatt-hours.
(6) The department must determine fuel mix percentages for each retail supplier based on the information provided in source and disposition reports. Each retail supplier's fuel mix percentages must reflect, to the extent possible, the declared resources reported by that retail supplier.
[ 2019 c 222 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.150 - Renewable energy certificates.

RCW 19.29A.150
Renewable energy certificates.
(1) Any renewable energy certificate included in the source and disposition report must be created and retired within the certificate tracking system approved by the department and must represent renewable generation of a generating facility located in the region of the tracking system.
(2) A renewable energy certificate retired for any of the following purposes may not be included in the source and disposition report:
(a) Voluntary renewable energy programs, except where the electricity product is an optional product complying with RCW 19.29A.090;
(b) Compliance obligations not related to the provision of electricity service to retail customers in Washington; and
(c) Any other purpose established by rule by the department.
(3) A retail supplier must retire any renewable energy certificates included in its source and disposition report within one year after submitting its report.
[ 2019 c 222 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.160 - Department—Fuel characteristics estimate.

RCW 19.29A.160
Department—Fuel characteristics estimate.
The department must develop and publish an estimate of the fuel characteristics of the generation sources reasonably available to serve Washington customers and not included as a declared resource of any retail supplier. The department may include or exclude any electricity source as it deems reasonable to accurately represent the characteristics of residual electricity supplies used by retail suppliers in Washington. The department must make available documentation of the inputs and calculations used in making the estimate.
[ 2019 c 222 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.170 - Wildfire mitigation plan—Review/revision.

RCW 19.29A.170
Wildfire mitigation plan—Review/revision.
(1) By October 31, 2024, and every three years thereafter, each consumer-owned utility must review, if appropriate revise, and adopt its wildfire mitigation plan. When reviewing or revising a wildfire mitigation plan, a consumer-owned utility must use the recommended format and elements pursuant to RCW 76.04.185.
(a) The governing board of each consumer-owned utility shall review the plan. Local fire protection districts must be provided the opportunity to provide input. After the governing board's review, the utility must provide a copy to the department of natural resources, along with a list and description of wildland fires involving utility equipment within its customer service area over the previous two years as reported by the department of natural resources. The plan must be submitted to the utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee created in RCW 76.04.780 to be posted on their website as specified in RCW 76.04.780.
(b) The department of natural resources is not responsible for a consumer-owned utility's implementation of its wildfire mitigation plan. The department's review of the consumer-owned utility's wildfire mitigation plan and any recommendations associated with the review do not constitute a reasonableness review or approval of recovery of any measure, investment, cost, or other component of the plan.
(c) Consumer-owned utilities are encouraged to submit any 2023 wildfire mitigation plans to the utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee created in RCW 76.04.780 prior to the revision date required in this subsection.
(2) Two or more abutting consumer-owned utilities may codevelop a wildfire mitigation plan. Wildfire mitigation plans that are codeveloped by more than one utility may identify areas of common implementation, including communication protocols, that will assist in implementing the identified recommended elements pursuant to RCW 76.04.185.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a consumer-owned utility from reviewing or updating its wildfire mitigation plan more often than required in subsection (1) of this section.
[ 2023 c 132 § 4.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2023 c 132: See note following RCW 76.04.185.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.29A - Consumers of Electricity. › 19.29A.900 - Construction—1998 c 300.

RCW 19.29A.900
Construction—1998 c 300.
Nothing in chapter 300, Laws of 1998 shall be construed as conferring on any state agency jurisdiction, supervision, or control over any consumer-owned utility.
[ 1998 c 300 § 7.]