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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations. › 80.50.340 - Preapplication—Fees—Plans.

RCW 80.50.340
Preapplication—Fees—Plans.
(1) A preapplicant applying under RCW 80.50.330 shall pay to the council a fee of ten thousand dollars to be applied to the cost of the preapplication process as a condition precedent to any action by the council, provided that costs in excess of this amount shall be paid only upon prior approval by the preapplicant, and provided further that any unexpended portions thereof shall be returned to the preapplicant.
(2) The council shall consult with the preapplicant and prepare a plan for the preapplication process which shall commence with an informational public hearing within 60 days after the receipt of the preapplication fee as provided in RCW 80.50.090.
(3) The preapplication plan shall include but need not be limited to:
(a) An initial consultation to explain the proposal and request input from council staff, federal and state agencies, cities, towns, counties, port districts, tribal governments, property owners, and interested individuals;
(b) Where applicable, a process to guide negotiations between the preapplicant and cities, towns, and counties within the corridor proposed pursuant to RCW 80.50.330.
(4) Fees paid under this section must be deposited in the energy facility site evaluation council account created in RCW 80.50.390.
[ 2022 c 183 § 13; 2007 c 325 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations. › 80.50.360 - Duties of chair and director.

RCW 80.50.360
Duties of chair and director.
(1) The chair of the council or the chair's designee shall execute all official documents, contracts, and other materials on behalf of the council.
(2) The chair of the council shall appoint a director to oversee the operations of the council and carry out the duties of this chapter as delegated by the chair. The chair of the council may delegate to the director its status as appointing authority for the council.
(3) The director shall employ such administrative and professional personnel as may be necessary to perform the administrative work of the council and implement this chapter. The director has supervisory authority over all staff of the council. Not more than four employees may be exempt from chapter 41.06 RCW.
[ 2022 c 183 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations. › 80.50.370 - Clean energy product manufacturing facilities.

RCW 80.50.370
Clean energy product manufacturing facilities.
(1) A person proposing to construct, reconstruct, or enlarge a clean energy product manufacturing facility may choose to receive certification under this chapter.
(2) All of the council's powers with regard to energy facilities apply to clean energy product manufacturing facilities, and such a facility is subject to all provisions of this chapter that apply to an energy facility.
[ 2022 c 183 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations. › 80.50.380 - Preapplication review of a proposed project—Fees.

RCW 80.50.380
Preapplication review of a proposed project—Fees.
(1) Except for the siting of electrical transmission facilities, any potential applicant may request a preapplication review of a proposed project. Council staff must review the preapplicant's draft application materials and provide comments on either additional studies or stakeholder and tribal input, or both, that should be included in the formal application for site certification. Council staff must inform affected federally recognized tribes under RCW 80.50.060 of the preapplication review. The department of archaeology and historic preservation shall coordinate with the affected federally recognized tribes and the applicant in order to assess potential effects to tribal cultural resources, archaeological sites, and sacred sites.
(2) After initial review, the director and the applicant may agree on fees to be paid by the applicant so that council staff may conduct further review and consultation, including contracting for review by other parties.
[ 2022 c 183 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations. › 80.50.390 - Energy facility site evaluation council account.

RCW 80.50.390
Energy facility site evaluation council account.
The energy facility site evaluation council account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from funds received by the council for all payments, including fees, deposits, and reimbursements received under this chapter must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used for purposes set forth in this chapter. Only the chair of the council or the chair's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2022 c 183 § 15.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.010 - Short title.

RCW 80.52.010
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the Washington state energy financing voter approval act.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 1 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.020 - Purpose.

RCW 80.52.020
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a mechanism for citizen review and approval of proposed financing for major public energy projects. The development of dependable and economic energy sources is of paramount importance to the citizens of the state, who have an interest in insuring that major public energy projects make the best use of limited financial resources. Because the construction of major public energy projects will significantly increase utility rates for all citizens, the people of the state hereby establish a process of voter approval for such projects.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.040 - Election approval required before issuance of bonds.

RCW 80.52.040
Election approval required before issuance of bonds.
No public agency or assignee of a public agency may issue or sell bonds to finance the cost of construction or the cost of acquisition of a major public energy project, or any portion thereof, unless it has first obtained authority for the expenditure of the funds to be raised by the sale of such bonds for that project at an election conducted in the manner provided in this chapter.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.060 - Form of ballot propositions.

RCW 80.52.060
Form of ballot propositions.
The proposition for each major public energy project listed upon a ballot pursuant to this chapter shall be in the form provided in this section.
(1) If the funds are intended to finance the planning or construction of all or a portion of the project, the proposition shall read substantially as follows:
"Shall
(name of applicant)
be authorized to spend
(dollar amount of financing authority requested)
to construct the
(name of the project)
(type of project)
located at
(location)
, the anticipated total construction cost of which is
(anticipated cost of construction)
?"
(2) If the financing authority is intended to finance the acquisition of all or a portion of the project from another party, the proposition shall read substantially as follows:
"Shall
(name of applicant)
be authorized to spend
(dollar amount of financing authority requested)
to acquire the
(name of project)
(type of project)
located at
(location)
, the anticipated total acquisition cost of which is
(anticipated cost of acquisition)
?"
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 6 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.070 - Approval of request for financing authority.

RCW 80.52.070
Approval of request for financing authority.
A request for financing authority pursuant to this chapter shall be considered approved if it receives the approval of a majority of those voting on the request.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 7 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.080 - Priorities.

RCW 80.52.080
Priorities.
In planning for future energy expenditures, public agencies shall give priority to projects and resources which are cost-effective. Priority for future bond sales to finance energy expenditures by public agencies shall be given: First, to conservation; second, to renewable resources; third, to generating resources utilizing waste heat or generating resources of high fuel-conversion efficiency; and fourth, to all other resources. This section does not apply to projects which are under construction on December 3, 1981.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 8 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.52 - Energy Financing Voter Approval Act. › 80.52.910 - Effective dates—1981 2nd ex.s. c 6.

RCW 80.52.910
Effective dates—1981 2nd ex.s. c 6.
Section 8 of this act shall take effect immediately. The remainder of this act shall take effect on July 1, 1982. Public agencies intending to submit a request for financing authority under this act are authorized to institute the procedures specified in section 5(4) of this act prior to the effective date of this act.
[ 1981 2nd ex.s. c 6 § 11 (Initiative Measure No. 394, approved November 3, 1981).]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.010 - Definitions.

RCW 80.54.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Attachment" means any wire or cable for the transmission of intelligence by telecommunications or television, including cable television, light waves, or other phenomena, or for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power, and any related device, apparatus, or auxiliary equipment, installed upon any pole or in any telecommunications, electrical, cable television, or communications right-of-way, duct, conduit, manhole or handhole, or other similar facilities owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by one or more utilities, where the installation has been made with the consent of the one or more utilities.
(2) "Licensee" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, company, association, joint stock association, or cooperatively organized association, other than a utility, which is authorized to construct attachments upon, along, under, or across the public ways.
(3) "Utility" means any electrical company or telecommunications company as defined in RCW 80.04.010, and does not include any entity cooperatively organized, or owned by federal, state, or local government, or a subdivision of state or local government.
[ 1985 c 450 § 40; 1979 c 33 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.020 - Regulation of rates, terms, and conditions—Criteria.

RCW 80.54.020
Regulation of rates, terms, and conditions—Criteria.
The commission shall have the authority to regulate in the public interest the rates, terms, and conditions for attachments by licensees or utilities. All rates, terms, and conditions made, demanded, or received by any utility for any attachment by a licensee or by a utility must be just, fair, reasonable, and sufficient.
[ 1979 c 33 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.030 - Commission order fixing rates, terms, or conditions.

RCW 80.54.030
Commission order fixing rates, terms, or conditions.
Whenever the commission shall find, after hearing had upon complaint by a licensee or by a utility, that the rates, terms, or conditions demanded, exacted, charged, or collected by any utility in connection with attachments are unjust, unreasonable, or that the rates or charges are insufficient to yield a reasonable compensation for the attachment, the commission shall determine the just, reasonable, or sufficient rates, terms, and conditions thereafter to be observed and in force and shall fix the same by order. In determining and fixing the rates, terms, and conditions, the commission shall consider the interest of the customers of the attaching utility or licensee, as well as the interest of the customers of the utility upon which the attachment is made.
[ 1979 c 33 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.040 - Criteria for just and reasonable rate.

RCW 80.54.040
Criteria for just and reasonable rate.
A just and reasonable rate shall assure the utility the recovery of not less than all the additional costs of procuring and maintaining pole attachments, nor more than the actual capital and operating expenses, including just compensation, of the utility attributable to that portion of the pole, duct, or conduit used for the pole attachment, including a share of the required support and clearance space, in proportion to the space used for the pole attachment, as compared to all other uses made of the subject facilities, and uses which remain available to the owner or owners of the subject facilities.
[ 1979 c 33 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.050 - Exemptions from chapter.

RCW 80.54.050
Exemptions from chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any attachment by one or more electrical companies on the facilities of one or more other electrical companies.
[ 1979 c 33 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.54 - Attachments to Transmission Facilities. › 80.54.070 - Uniform attachment rates within utility service area.

RCW 80.54.070
Uniform attachment rates within utility service area.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a utility as defined in RCW 80.54.010(3) and any utility not regulated by the utilities and transportation commission shall levy attachment rates which are uniform for all licensees within the utility service area.
[ 1979 c 33 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.58 - Nonpolluting Power Generation Exemption. › 80.58.010 - Nonpolluting power generation by individual—Exemption from regulation—Authorization to contract with utility.

RCW 80.58.010
Nonpolluting power generation by individual—Exemption from regulation—Authorization to contract with utility.
The generation of power by a nonpolluting, renewable energy source by an individual natural person not otherwise engaged in the business of power generation is declared to be exempt from all statutes and rules otherwise regulating the generation of power: PROVIDED, That such an individual is hereby authorized to provide such power to the utility servicing the property on which the power is generated and the servicing utility is hereby authorized to accept such power under such terms and conditions as may be agreed to between the parties.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 191 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.60 - Net Metering of Electricity. › 80.60.005 - Findings.

RCW 80.60.005
Findings.
The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to:
(1) Encourage private investment in renewable energy resources;
(2) Stimulate the economic growth of this state; and
(3) Enhance the continued diversification of the energy resources used in this state.
[ 1998 c 318 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.60 - Net Metering of Electricity. › 80.60.040 - Safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements—Customer-generator's expense—Commission may adopt additional requirements.

RCW 80.60.040
Safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements—Customer-generator's expense—Commission may adopt additional requirements.
(1) A net metering system used by a customer-generator shall include, at the customer-generator's own expense, all equipment necessary to meet applicable safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements established by the national electrical code, national electrical safety code, the institute of electrical and electronics engineers, and underwriters laboratories.
(2) The commission, in the case of an electrical company, or the appropriate governing body, in the case of other electric utilities, after appropriate notice and opportunity for comment, may adopt by regulation additional safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements for customer-generators, including limitations on the number of customer-generators and total capacity of net metering systems that may be interconnected to any distribution feeder line, circuit, or network that the commission or governing body determines are necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.
(3) An electric utility may not require a customer-generator whose net metering system meets the standards in subsections (1) and (2) of this section to comply with additional safety or performance standards, perform or pay for additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance. However, an electric utility shall not be liable directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to allow an attachment of a net metering system, or for the acts or omissions of the customer-generator that cause loss or injury, including death, to any third party.
(4) Except when required under the federal public utility regulatory policies act, an electric utility may not establish compensation arrangements or interconnection requirements, other than those permitted in this chapter, for a customer-generator that would have the effect of prohibiting or restricting the ability of a customer-generator to generate or store electricity for consumption on its premises.
[ 2019 c 235 § 4; 2006 c 201 § 4; 2000 c 158 § 3; 1998 c 318 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.66 - Radio Communications Service Companies. › 80.66.010 - Scope of regulation—Filing of certain agreements.

RCW 80.66.010
Scope of regulation—Filing of certain agreements.
The commission shall not regulate radio communications service companies, except that:
(1) The commission may regulate the rates, services, facilities, and practices of radio communications service companies, within a geographic service area or a portion of a geographic service area in which it is authorized to operate by the federal communications commission if it is the only provider of basic telecommunications service within such geographic service area or such portion of a geographic service area. For purposes of this section, "basic telecommunications service" means voice grade, local exchange telecommunications service.
(2) Actions or transactions of radio communications service companies that are not regulated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be deemed actions or transactions otherwise permitted, prohibited, or regulated by the commission for purposes of RCW 19.86.170.
(3) Radio communications service companies shall file with the commission copies of all agreements with any of their affiliated interests as defined in RCW 80.16.010, showing the rates, tolls, rentals, contracts, and charges of such affiliated interest for services rendered and equipment and facilities supplied to the radio communications service company, except that such agreements need not be filed where the services rendered and equipment and facilities supplied are provided by the affiliated interest under a tariff or price list filed with the commission.
[ 1985 c 167 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.70 - Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. › 80.70.030 - Permanent carbon credits.

RCW 80.70.030
Permanent carbon credits.
(1) Carbon dioxide mitigation plans relying on purchase of permanent carbon credits must meet the following criteria:
(a) Credits must derive from real, verified, permanent, and enforceable carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalents emission mitigation not otherwise required by statute, regulation, or other legal requirements;
(b) The credits must be acquired after July 1, 2004; and
(c) The credits may not have been used for other carbon dioxide mitigation projects.
(2) Permanent carbon credits purchased for project mitigation shall not be resold unless approved by the council, department, or authority.
[ 2004 c 224 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.70 - Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. › 80.70.040 - Direct investment mitigation projects—Enforcement—Federal requirements may replace this section.

RCW 80.70.040
Direct investment mitigation projects—Enforcement—Federal requirements may replace this section.
(1) The carbon dioxide mitigation option that provides for direct investment shall be implemented through mitigation projects conducted directly by, or under the control of, the certificate holder or order of approval holder.
(2) Mitigation projects must be approved by the council, department, or authority, as appropriate, and made a condition of the proposed and final site certification agreement or order of approval. Direct investment mitigation projects shall be approved if the mitigation projects provide a reasonable certainty that the performance requirements of the mitigation projects will be achieved and the mitigation projects were implemented after July 1, 2004. No certificate holder or order of approval holder shall be required to make direct investments that would exceed the cost of making a lump sum payment to a third party, had the certificate holder or order of approval holder chosen that option under RCW 80.70.020.
(3) Mitigation projects must be fully in place within a reasonable time after the start of commercial operation. Failure to implement an approved mitigation plan is subject to enforcement under chapter 80.50 or 70A.15 RCW.
(4) The certificate holder or order of approval holder may not use more than twenty percent of the total funds for the selection, monitoring, and evaluation of mitigation projects and the management and enforcement of contracts.
(5)(a) For facilities under the jurisdiction of the council, the implementation of a carbon dioxide mitigation project, other than purchase of a carbon credit shall be monitored by an independent entity for conformance with the performance requirements of the carbon dioxide mitigation plan. The independent entity shall make available the mitigation project monitoring results to the council.
(b) For facilities under the jurisdiction of the department or authority pursuant to RCW 80.70.020(1) (b) or (c), the implementation of a carbon dioxide mitigation project, other than a purchase of carbon dioxide equivalent emission reduction credits, shall be monitored by the department or authority issuing the order of approval.
(6) Upon promulgation of federal requirements for carbon dioxide mitigation for fossil-fueled thermal electric generation facilities, those requirements may be deemed by the council, department, or authority to be equivalent and a replacement for the requirements of this section.
[ 2021 c 65 § 99; 2004 c 224 § 4.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.70 - Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. › 80.70.050 - Independent qualified organizations with experience in mitigation activities—Council oversight—Reports.

RCW 80.70.050
Independent qualified organizations with experience in mitigation activities—Council oversight—Reports.
(1) The council shall maintain a list of independent qualified organizations with proven experience in emissions mitigation activities and a demonstrated ability to carry out their activities in an efficient, reliable, and cost-effective manner.
(2) An independent qualified organization shall not use more than twenty percent of the total funds for selection, monitoring, and evaluation of mitigation projects and the management and enforcement of contracts. None of these funds shall be used to lobby federal, state, and local agencies, their elected officials, officers, or employees.
(3) Before signing contracts to purchase offsets with funds from certificate holders or order of approval holders, an independent qualified organization must demonstrate to the council that the mitigation projects it proposes to use provides a reasonable certainty that the performance requirements of the carbon dioxide mitigation projects will be achieved.
(4) The independent qualified organization shall permit the council to appoint up to three persons to inspect plans, operation, and compliance activities of the organization and to audit financial records and performance measures for carbon dioxide mitigation projects using carbon dioxide mitigation money paid by certificate holders or order of approval holders under this chapter.
(5) An independent qualified organization must file biennial reports with the council, the department, or authority on the performance of carbon dioxide mitigation projects, including the amount of carbon dioxide reductions achieved and a statement of cost for the mitigation period.
[ 2004 c 224 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.70 - Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. › 80.70.060 - Costs to be assessed against applicants and holders of site certification agreements.

RCW 80.70.060
Costs to be assessed against applicants and holders of site certification agreements.
Reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the council in implementing and administering this chapter shall be assessed against applicants and holders of site certification agreements that are subject to the requirements of this chapter.
[ 2004 c 224 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.70 - Carbon Dioxide Mitigation. › 80.70.080 - Certain applicants for a natural gas-fired generation plant exempt from chapter.

RCW 80.70.080
Certain applicants for a natural gas-fired generation plant exempt from chapter. (Contingent expiration date.)
(1) An applicant for a natural gas-fired generation plant to be constructed in a county with a coal-fired electric generation facility subject to RCW 80.80.040(3)(c) is exempt from this chapter if the application is filed before December 31, 2025.
(2) For the purposes of this section, an applicant means the owner of a coal-fired electric generation facility subject to RCW 80.80.040(3)(c).
(3) This section expires December 31, 2025, or when the station-generating capability of all natural gas-fired generation plants approved under this section equals the station-generating capability from a coal-fired electric generation facility subject to RCW 80.80.040(3)(c).
[ 2011 c 180 § 306.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.030 - Achieving greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals—Submission of policy recommendations to legislature by governor.

RCW 80.80.030
Achieving greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals—Submission of policy recommendations to legislature by governor.
(1) The governor shall develop policy recommendations to the legislature on how the state can achieve the greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals established under *RCW 80.80.020. These recommendations must include, but are not limited to:
(a) How market mechanisms, such as a load-based cap and trade system, would assist in achieving the greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals;
(b) How geologic injection, forest sequestration, and other carbon sequestration options could be used to achieve state greenhouse gases emissions reduction goals;
(c) A process for replacing the highest emitting thermal electric plants that have exceeded their expected useful life with newer technologies that have lower greenhouse gases emissions levels;
(d) Methods to utilize indigenous resources, such as landfill gas, geothermal resources, and other assets that might reduce greenhouse gases emissions consistent with the purposes of this chapter;
(e) How regulatory and tax policies for electric utilities could be improved to help achieve these goals in a manner that is equitable for electric utilities and consumers.
(2) Recommendations under subsection (1) of this section shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate for consideration in the 2008 legislative session.
[ 2007 c 307 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 80.80.020 was repealed by 2008 c 14 § 13.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.050 - Public comment—Commercially available turbines—Rate of greenhouse gas emissions—Reports—Rules.

RCW 80.80.050
Public comment—Commercially available turbines—Rate of greenhouse gas emissions—Reports—Rules.
The energy policy division of the department of commerce shall provide an opportunity for interested parties to comment on the development of a survey of new combined-cycle natural gas thermal electric generation turbines commercially available and offered for sale by manufacturers and purchased in the United States to determine the average rate of emissions of greenhouse gases for these turbines. The department of commerce shall report the results of its survey to the legislature every five years, beginning June 30, 2013. The department of commerce shall adopt by rule the average available greenhouse gas emissions output every five years beginning five years after July 22, 2007.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2128; 2007 c 307 § 7.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.070 - Consumer-owned utilities—Baseload electric generation—Long-term financial commitments.

RCW 80.80.070
Consumer-owned utilities—Baseload electric generation—Long-term financial commitments.
(1) No consumer-owned utility may enter into a long-term financial commitment unless the baseload electric generation supplied under such a long-term financial commitment complies with the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard established under RCW 80.80.040.
(2) The governing board shall review and make a determination on any long-term financial commitment by the utility, pursuant to this chapter and after consultation with the department, to determine whether the baseload electric generation to be supplied under that long-term financial commitment complies with the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard established under RCW 80.80.040. No consumer-owned utility may enter into a long-term financial commitment unless the baseload electric generation to be supplied under that long-term financial commitment complies with the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard established under RCW 80.80.040.
(3) In confirming that a long-term financial commitment is for baseload electric generation, the governing board shall consider the design of the power plant and the intended use of the power plant based upon the electricity purchase contract, if any, permits necessary for the operation of the power plant, and any other matter the governing board determines is relevant under the circumstances.
(4) The governing board may provide a case-by-case exemption from the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard to address: (a) Unanticipated electric system reliability needs; or (b) catastrophic events or threat of significant financial harm that may arise from unforeseen circumstances.
(5) The governing board shall apply the procedures adopted by the department to verify the emissions of greenhouse gases from baseload electric generation under RCW 80.80.040, and may request assistance from the department in doing so.
(6) For consumer-owned utilities, the auditor is responsible for auditing compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter that apply to those utilities and the attorney general is responsible for enforcing that compliance.
(7) This section does not apply to long-term financial commitments for the purchase of coal transition power with termination dates consistent with the applicable dates in RCW 80.80.040(3)(c).
[ 2011 c 180 § 105; 2007 c 307 § 9.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.080 - Greenhouse gas emissions performance standards—Review—Report.

RCW 80.80.080
Greenhouse gas emissions performance standards—Review—Report.
For the purposes of RCW 80.80.040 through 80.80.080 and 80.70.020, the department, in consultation with the department of commerce energy policy division, the energy facility site evaluation council, the commission, and the governing boards of consumer-owned utilities, shall review the greenhouse gas emissions performance standard established in this chapter to determine need, applicability, and effectiveness no less than every five years following July 22, 2007, or upon implementation of a federal or state law or rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions of electric utilities, and report to the legislature.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2129; 2007 c 307 § 10.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.110 - Limitation on adopting or imposing a greenhouse gas emission performance standard on certain facilities.

RCW 80.80.110
Limitation on adopting or imposing a greenhouse gas emission performance standard on certain facilities.
No state agency or political subdivision of the state may adopt or impose a greenhouse gas emission performance standard, or other operating or financial requirement or limitation relating to greenhouse gas emissions, on a coal-fired electric generation facility located in Washington in operation on or before July 22, 2011, or upon an electric utility's long-term purchase of coal transition power, that is inconsistent with or in addition to the provisions of RCW 80.80.040 or the memorandum of agreement entered into under RCW 80.80.100.
[ 2011 c 180 § 107.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.80 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions—Baseload Electric Generation Performance Standard. › 80.80.120 - Memorandum of agreement—Authorized provisions.

RCW 80.80.120
Memorandum of agreement—Authorized provisions.
(1) A memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to RCW 80.80.100 may include provisions to assist in the financing of emissions reductions that exceed those required by RCW 80.80.040(3)(c) by providing for the recognition of such reductions in applicable state policies and programs relating to greenhouse gas emissions, and by encouraging and advocating for the recognition of the reductions in all established and emerging emission reduction frameworks at the regional, national, or international level.
(2) The governor may recommend actions to the legislature to strengthen implementation of an agreement or a proposed agreement relating to recognition of investments in emissions reductions described in subsection (1) of this section.
[ 2011 c 180 § 108.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.82 - Closure of Coal-Fired Electric Generation Facilities. › 80.82.010 - Closure and postclosure plans for certain facilities.

RCW 80.82.010
Closure and postclosure plans for certain facilities.
(1) A facility subject to closure under either RCW 80.80.040(3)(c) or a memorandum of agreement under RCW 80.80.100, or both, must provide the department of ecology with a plan for the closure and postclosure of the facility at least twenty-four months prior to facility closure or twenty-four months prior to start of decommissioning work, whichever is earlier. This plan must be consistent with the rules established by the energy facility site evaluation council for site restoration and preservation applicable to facilities subject to a site certification agreement under chapter 80.50 RCW and include but not be limited to:
(a) A detailed estimate of the cost to implement the plan based on the cost of hiring a third party to conduct all activities;
(b) Demonstrating financial assurance to fund the closure and postclosure of the facility and providing methods by which this assurance may be demonstrated;
(c) Methods for estimating closure costs, including full site reclamation under all applicable federal and state clean-up standards; and
(d) A decommissioning and site restoration plan that addresses restoring physical topography, cleanup of all hazardous substances on the site, potential future uses of the site following restoration, and coordination with local and community plans for economic development in the vicinity of the site.
(2) All cost estimates in the plan must be in current dollars and may not include a net present value adjustment or offsets for salvage value of wastes or other property.
(3) Adoption of the plan and significant revisions to the plan must be approved by the department of ecology.
[ 2011 c 180 § 201.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—2011 c 180: See note following RCW 80.80.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.84 - Transition of Eligible Coal Units. › 80.84.010 - Definitions.

RCW 80.84.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Eligible coal plant" means a coal-fired electric generation facility that: (a) Is owned in whole or in part by more than one electrical company as of January 1, 2016; and (b) provides, as a portion of the load served by the coal-fired electric generation facility, electricity paid for in rates by customers in the state of Washington.
(2) "Eligible coal unit" means any generating unit of an eligible coal plant.
[ 2019 c 288 § 16; 2016 c 220 § 1.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2019 c 288: See RCW 19.405.010 and 19.405.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.84 - Transition of Eligible Coal Units. › 80.84.020 - Placement of regulatory liabilities into a retirement account—Authorization—Conditions.

RCW 80.84.020
Placement of regulatory liabilities into a retirement account—Authorization—Conditions.
(1) The commission may, after conducting an adjudicative proceeding under chapters 34.05 and 80.04 RCW, authorize an electrical company to place amounts from one or more regulatory liabilities into a retirement account established pursuant to RCW 80.04.350 to cover decommissioning and remediation costs of eligible coal units that commenced commercial operations before January 1, 1980.
(2) Regulatory liabilities placed in a retirement account pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must: (a) Not be used for any purpose other than the funding and recovery of prudently incurred decommissioning and remediation costs for such eligible coal units; (b) except as provided in RCW 80.04.350, not be reduced, altered, impaired, or limited from the date of commission approval of the inclusion of the regulatory liabilities in the retirement account until all prudently incurred decommissioning and remediation costs for such coal units are recovered or paid in full; and (c) provide that any remaining funds in the retirement account, after recovery by the electrical company of all prudently incurred decommissioning and remediation costs for such eligible coal units, be returned to customers.
[ 2016 c 220 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.98 - Construction. › 80.98.010 - Continuation of existing law.

RCW 80.98.010
Continuation of existing law.
The provisions of this title insofar as they are substantially the same as statutory provisions repealed by this chapter, and relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.98.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.98 - Construction. › 80.98.020 - Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.

RCW 80.98.020
Title, chapter, section headings not part of law.
Title headings, chapter headings, and section or subsection headings, as used in this title do not constitute any part of the law.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.98.020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.98 - Construction. › 80.98.030 - Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.

RCW 80.98.030
Invalidity of part of title not to affect remainder.
If any provision of this title, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.98.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 80 - Public Utilities › Chapter 80.98 - Construction. › 80.98.050 - Emergency—1961 c 14.

RCW 80.98.050
Emergency—1961 c 14.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.98.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › RCW Dispositions › 81.04 REGULATIONS — GENERAL

Sections
81.04.162
Rules and regulations — Railroad employees — Sanitation, shelter.
[1957 c 71 § 1.]
Now codified as RCW 81.40.095.
81.04.165 Reconsideration of orders — Review.
[1961 c 14 § 81.04.165. Prior: 1953 c 102 § 2.]
Repealed by 1986 c 49 § 1.
81.04.170
Review of orders.
[1961 c 14 § 81.04.170. Prior: 1937 c 169 § 3; 1911 c 117 § 86; RRS § 10428.] Repealed by 2007 c 234 § 102.
81.04.180
Supersedeas.
[1961 c 14 § 81.04.180. Prior: 1933 c 165 § 6; prior: 1931 c 119 § 2; 1911 c 117 § 87; RRS § 10429.] Repealed by 2007 c 234 § 102.
81.04.190
Appellate review.
[1988 c 202 § 63; 1971 ex.s. c 107 § 5; 1961 c 14 § 81.04.190. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 88; RRS § 10430.] Repealed by 2007 c 234 § 102.
81.04.340 Dividends, control of.
[1961 c 14 § 81.04.340. Prior: 1933 c 165 § 11; RRS § 10458-5.]
Repealed by 1967 c 156 § 1.
81.04.370 Manner of serving papers.
[1933 c 165 § 7; RRS § 10458-1.]
Now codified as RCW 81.04.075.
81.04.480 Penalties cumulative.
[1911 c 117 § 104, part; RRS § 10453, part.]
Now codified as part of RCW 81.04.470.
81.04.520 Rate regulation study.
[1998 c 245 § 164; 1990 c 21 § 8.] Repealed by 2007 c 234 § 102.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › RCW Dispositions › 81.08 SECURITIES

Sections
81.08.050 Use of proceeds limited.
[1961 c 14 § 81.08.050. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 5; RRS § 10439-5.]
Repealed by 1994 c 251 § 14.
81.08.060 Short-term notes excepted.
[1961 c 14 § 81.08.060. Prior: 1959 c 248 § 22; prior: 1937 c 30 § 2, part; 1933 c 151 § 6, part; RRS § 10439-6, part.]
Repealed by 1994 c 251 § 14.
81.08.070 Fee schedule.
[1961 c 14 § 81.08.070. Prior: 1959 c 248 § 23; prior: 1953 c 95 § 11; 1937 c 30 § 2, part; 1933 c 151 § 6, part; RRS § 10439-6, part.] Repealed by 2007 c 234 § 102.
81.08.105 Unauthorized and nonconforming issues void — Issues after effective date of chapter 151, Laws of 1933 based upon corporate authority prior to said date.
[1983 c 4 § 11; 1961 c 14 § 81.08.105. Prior: 1933 c 151 § 10; RRS § 10439-10.]
Repealed by 1994 c 251 § 14.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › RCW Dispositions › 81.24 REGULATORY FEES

Sections
81.24.040 Fees of storage warehousemen.
[1961 c 14 § 81.24.040. Prior: 1955 c 125 § 7; prior: 1949 c 124 § 1, part; 1939 c 123 § 2, part; 1937 c 158 § 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 10417-2, part.]
Repealed by 1981 c 13 § 6.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › RCW Dispositions › 81.28 COMMON CARRIERS IN GENERAL

Sections
81.28.070 Interstate tariffs.
[1961 c 14 § 81.28.070. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 17; RRS § 10353.]
Repealed by 1989 c 186 § 1.
81.28.090 Further exception — Calamitous visitations.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.100 Commutation or excursion tickets.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.110 Transportation of city employees.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.120 Interchange of passes by carriers.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.130 Exchange of passes or franks by carriers and communications companies.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.140 Free passage for "seeing eye" dogs.
[1961 c 14 § 81.28.140. Prior: 1937 c 26 § 1; RRS § 10354-1.]
Repealed by 1969 c 141 § 10. Later enactment, see RCW 70.84.030.
81.28.150 Special exceptions on carriage of property, government freight, etc.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.160 Contracts for exchange of service by railroad and communications companies.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
81.28.170 "Employee" and "families" defined.
[1929 c 96 § 1, part; 1911 c 117 § 18, part; RRS § 10354, part.]
Now codified as originally enacted as part of RCW 81.28.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 81 - Transportation › RCW Dispositions › 81.32 BILLS OF LADING

Sections
81.32.010 through 81.32.561
[1961 c 14 §§ 81.32.011 through 81.32.561; 1915 c 159.]
Repealed effective midnight June 30, 1967, by section 10-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1965 ex.s. c 157 (Title 62A RCW).
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