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Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-011 - Applicability of rule sections

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(1) The
			 required RFP issued pursuant to WAC 480-107-009(2) must comply with all
			 sections of this chapter except WAC 480-107-021 requiring an informational
			 filing.
(2) A targeted RFP filed
			 with a required RFP under WAC 480-107-009(2) must comply with all sections of
			 this chapter except WAC 480-107-021 requiring an informational
			 filing.
(3) A voluntary RFP issued
			 pursuant to WAC 480-107-009(3) must comply with all sections of this chapter
			 except WAC 480-107-017 requiring commission approval.
(4) For all other actions by the utility to
			 acquire resources not included in WAC 480-107-009, the utility must comply with
			 WAC
			 480-107-115.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-015 - Solicitation process for any RFP

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(1)
			 The provisions of this section apply to any RFP issued to fill a resource need.
			 The commission strongly encourages a utility to consult with commission staff
			 and other interested stakeholders during the development of an RFP and the
			 associated evaluation rubric.
(2) A
			 utility must conduct outreach to potential bidders or resource suppliers,
			 including nonprofit organizations and under-represented bidders such as
			 minority-, women-, disabled-, and veteran-owned businesses, to encourage
			 equitable participation in the bidding process. A utility must provide to all
			 potential bidders equitable access to information relevant to responding to the
			 utility's RFP including, but not limited to, accommodation required by the
			 Americans with Disabilities Act's communications guidance.
(3) A utility must post a copy of the RFP on
			 the utility's public website and make best efforts to ensure the RFP is known
			 to industry participants and potential bidders, such as by placing notices in
			 relevant industry publications, including publications aimed at women-,
			 minority-, disabled-, and veteran-owned businesses.
(4) The utility must publish on its public
			 website information about how interested persons can participate in or follow
			 the utility's RFP process, including RFP approval, if required, and how to
			 contact the commission's records center to be placed on relevant distribution
			 lists for utility RFPs.
(5) Prior
			 to the expiration of the solicitation period specified in the RFP, the utility
			 may allow the bid contents to be available to its employees and the independent
			 evaluator, within the limitations established in WAC 480-107-024(3). Such
			 availability must be solely for the purpose of tracking the receipt of bids and
			 to prepare for, but not to begin, the evaluation phase of the RFP
			 process.
(6) A utility or its
			 subsidiary or affiliate may participate in the utility's own RFP process as a
			 bidder consistent with the requirements in WAC 480-107-023 and
			 480-107-024.
(7) If demand response
			 may meet some or all of the identified resource need, the utility must make a
			 good faith effort to provide sufficiently detailed information that allows a
			 bidder the opportunity to develop a demand response bid that includes, but is
			 not limited to, stacked values of benefits and costs.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-015, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-017 - RFP filing and approval

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(1) For
			 required and targeted RFPs under WAC 480-107-009(2), a utility must file the
			 RFPs and accompanying documentation with the commission no later than one
			 hundred twenty days after the utility files its final IRP.
(2) The utility must provide information on
			 its public website detailing the commission approval process required in
			 subsection (1) of this section, including a link to the RFP filed with the
			 commission, and a description of the subsequent public comment period and, if
			 applicable, the independent evaluator selection and commission approval
			 process.
(3) Within forty-five days
			 after the utility files an RFP, interested persons may submit written comments
			 to the commission on the RFP.
(4)
			 The commission will approve, approve with conditions, or suspend the filed RFP,
			 including the procedures and criteria the utility will use to evaluate and rank
			 bids in accordance with WAC
			 480-107-035,
			 within seventy-five days after the utility files its RFP.
(5) A utility must solicit bids for a
			 resource need within thirty days of a commission order approving an RFP unless
			 the commission establishes a different deadline.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-021 - Informational filing requirement

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(1)
			 A utility must file any voluntary RFP allowed under WAC 480-107-009(3) and
			 accompanying documentation thirty days prior to accepting bids.
(2) If the utility must retain an independent
			 evaluator under WAC 480-107-023, the utility must publish, on its public
			 website, information explaining its independent evaluator selection process and
			 commission approval process, including how interested persons can participate
			 in the approval process.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-023 - Independent evaluator for repowering and bids from a utility or its subsidiary or affiliate

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(1) A utility
			 must engage the services of an independent evaluator to assess and report on
			 the solicitation process if:
(a) The utility
			 or its subsidiary or affiliate participates in the utility's RFP bidding
			 process;
(b) The utility intends to
			 retain the option to procure resources that will result in the utility owning
			 or having a purchase option in the resource over its expected useful life;
			 or
(c) The utility is considering
			 repowering its existing resources to meet its resource need.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-024 - Conditions for purchase of resources from a utility, utility subsidiary, or affiliate

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(1) A utility
			 or its subsidiary or affiliate may participate in the utility's RFP bidding
			 process, and the utility may accept bids that will result in the utility owning
			 or having a purchase option in the resource over its expected useful life. The
			 utility may also consider repowering its existing resources to meet its
			 resource need. If any one of these circumstances is expected to occur:
(a) The RFP solicitation and bidding process
			 will be subject to the requirement for a utility to retain an independent
			 evaluator to ensure that no unfair advantage occurs; and
(b) The utility must include statements
			 regarding whether such circumstances exist:
(i) In its RFP;
(ii) In the transmittal letter accompanying
			 the RFP filing; and
(iii) In the
			 notice required by WAC
			 480-107-015(3).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-045 - Pricing and contracting procedures

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(1) Once bids are ranked in accordance with
			 WAC
			 480-107-035,
			 the utility must determine which bids best meet the selection criteria and
			 produce the relevant attributes required in that portion of the resource need
			 to which the bid is directed.
(2)
			 The bid's price, pricing structure, and terms are subject to
			 negotiation.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-045, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-055 - Schedules of estimated avoided cost (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-055, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-065 - Acquisition of conservation and efficiency resources

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(1) A conservation and efficiency resource
			 supplier may participate in the bidding process for any resource need. A
			 utility or its subsidiary or affiliate may participate as a conservation
			 resource supplier subject to the conditions described in WAC
			 480-107-024.
(2) All conservation
			 and efficiency measures within a bid must produce savings that can be reliably
			 measured or estimated with accepted engineering, statistical, or meter-based
			 methods.
(3) A utility must acquire
			 conservation and efficiency resources through a competitive procurement process
			 as described in this rule unless the utility is implementing a competitive
			 procurement framework for conservation and efficiency resources as approved by
			 the commission.
(a) As part of that process, a
			 utility may develop, and update each biennium, a competitive procurement
			 framework for conservation and efficiency resources in consultation with its
			 conservation advisory group, as described in WAC
			 480-109-110.
			 The utility may file its first competitive procurement framework for
			 conservation and efficiency resources with the utility's 2022-2023 biennial
			 conservation plan.
(b) The
			 competitive procurement framework for conservation and efficiency resources
			 must:
(i) Define the specific criteria that
			 the utility will use to determine the frequency of competitive bidding for
			 conservation and efficiency resource programs, in whole or part;
(ii) Address appropriate public
			 participation, outreach, and communication of evaluation and selection
			 criteria;
(iii) Enhance or, at
			 minimum, not interfere with the adaptive management of programs;
(iv) Include documentation of support by the
			 advisory group; and
(v) Be filed as
			 an appendix to the utility's biennial conservation plan, as described in WAC
			 480-109-120.
(c) The competitive procurement
			 framework for conservation and efficiency resources may:
(i) Exempt particular programs from
			 competitive procurement, such as low-income, market transformation, or
			 self-directed programs; and
(ii)
			 Consider if and when to use an independent evaluator.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-075 - Contract finalization

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(1) Unless
			 otherwise prohibited by law, a utility may decide whether to enter into a final
			 contract with any bidder that meets the selection criteria of the RFP. Any such
			 bidder may petition the commission to review a utility's decision not to enter
			 into a final contract.
(2) Any
			 bidder and utility may negotiate changes to the selected bid, subject to any
			 limitation established in the RFP, for the purpose of finalizing a particular
			 contract consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Any contract signed by the utility to
			 fill a resource need as a result of an RFP process must require the firm
			 awarded the contract to track and report to the utility its use of diverse
			 businesses including, but not limited to, women-, minority-, disabled-, and
			 veteran-owned businesses, and to track and report to the utility the firm's
			 application of the labor standards in
			 RCW
			 82.08.962 and
			 82.12.962.
(4) If a bidder makes material changes to its
			 bid after bid ranking, including material price changes, the utility must
			 suspend contract finalization with that bidder, and the utility and any
			 independent evaluator must rerank bids according to the revised bid. If the
			 material changes cause the revised bid to rank lower than bids the utility has
			 not originally selected, the utility must instead pursue contract finalization
			 with the next highest ranked bid.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-075, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-085 - Obligations of generating facilities to the utility (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-085, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-095 - Obligations of the utility to qualifying facilities (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-095, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-105 - Rates for sales to qualifying facilities (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-105, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-115 - System emergencies

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(1) A
			 generating facility entering into a power contract must provide energy or
			 capacity to a utility during a system emergency only to the extent:
(a) Provided by agreement between such
			 generating facility and utility; or
(b) Ordered under section 202(c) of the
			 Federal Power Act.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-125 - Interconnection costs

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(1) Any costs of
			 interconnection are the responsibility of the owner or operator of the
			 generating facility entering into a power contract under this chapter. The
			 utility must assess all reasonable interconnection and necessary system or
			 network upgrade costs the utility incurs against a generating facility on a
			 nondiscriminatory basis.
(2) The
			 owner or operator of the generating facility must reimburse the utility for any
			 reasonable interconnection costs the utility may incur. Such reimbursement
			 shall be made, at the utility's election:
(a)
			 At the time the utility invoices the owner or operator of the generating
			 facility for interconnection costs incurred by the utility; or
(b) Over an agreed period of time not greater
			 than the length of any contract between the utility and the generating
			 facility.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-135 - Conditions for purchase of electrical power or savings from a utility, a utility's subsidiary or affiliate (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-135, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-145 - Filings-Investigations

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(1) The commission
			 retains the right to examine bids as originally submitted to the utility by
			 bidders. The utility must keep all documents supplied by bidders or on their
			 behalf, and all documents created by the utility relating to each bid,
			 including materials provided to the utility by an independent evaluator, for
			 the later of seven years from the close of the bidding process, or the
			 conclusion of the utility's general rate case in which the commission reviewed
			 the fully-developed project for prudence, including any time period allowed for
			 reconsideration or appeal.
(2) The
			 utility must file with the commission within ninety days of the conclusion of
			 any RFP process, a summary report of responses including, at a minimum:
(a) Specific reasons for rejecting any bid
			 under WAC
			 480-107-035(6);
(b) The number of bids received, categorized
			 by technology type;
(c) The size of
			 the bids received, categorized by technology type;
(d) The median and average bid price,
			 categorized by technology type and sufficiently general to limit the need for
			 confidential designation whenever possible;
(e) The number of bids received by location,
			 including locations designated as highly impacted communities;
(f) The number of bids received and accepted
			 by bidder type, including women-, minority-, disabled-, or veteran-owned
			 businesses;
(g) The number of bids
			 received, categorized by ownership structures; and
(h) The number of bids complying with the
			 labor standards identified in
			 RCW
			 82.08.962 and
			 82.12.962.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources › Section 480-107-999 - Adoption by reference (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 06-08-025 (Docket No.
				  UE-030423, General Order No. R-530), § 480-107-999, filed 3/28/06,
				  effective 4/28/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Section 480-108-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1) The purpose
			 of this chapter is two-fold:
(a) Part 1 of
			 this chapter establishes rules for determining the charges, terms and
			 conditions governing the interconnection of customer-owned electric generating
			 facilities with a nameplate generating capacity of no more than 300 kilowatts
			 (kW) to the electric system of an electrical company over which the commission
			 has jurisdiction.
(b) Part 2 of
			 this chapter establishes rules requiring each electrical company to file
			 interconnection service tariffs for interconnection of electric generating
			 facilities with a nameplate generating capacity greater than 300 kW but no more
			 than 20 megawatts (MW) to the electric system of an electrical company over
			 which the commission has jurisdiction. The terms and conditions in such
			 interconnection service tariffs must be either equivalent in all procedural and
			 technical respects with the electrical company's interconnection service
			 offered under its open access transmission tariff approved by the Federal
			 Energy Regulatory Commission, or they must comply with a specified set of
			 requirements set out in WAC 480-108-090.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Section 480-108-005 - Application of rules

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(1) The rules in
			 this chapter apply to any electrical company that is subject to commission
			 jurisdiction under
			 RCW
			 80.04.010 and
			 chapter
			 80.28 RCW. These rules
			 also include various eligibility and other requirements applicable to existing
			 or potential interconnection customers.
(2) This chapter governs interconnections
			 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and does not govern
			 interconnections subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory
			 Commission.
(3) The tariff
			 provisions filed by electrical companies must conform to these rules. If the
			 commission accepts a tariff that conflicts with these rules, the acceptance
			 does not constitute a waiver of these rules unless the commission specifically
			 approves the variation consistent with WAC
			 480-100-008.
(4) Electrical companies shall modify
			 existing tariffs, if necessary, to conform to these rules. This includes, but
			 is not limited to, tariffs implementing chapter 80.60 RCW, Net metering of
			 electricity.
(5) Disputes that
			 arise under this chapter will be addressed in accordance with chapter 480-07
			 WAC. Any existing or potential interconnection customer may ask the commission
			 to review the interpretation or application of these rules by an electrical
			 company by making an informal complaint under WAC
			 480-07-910, Informal complaints,
			 or by filing a formal complaint under WAC
			 480-07-370,
			 Pleadings-General.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. WSR 07-20-059 (Docket
				  UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-005, filed 9/27/07, effective
				  10/28/07; WSR 06-07-017 (Docket No. UE-051106, General Order No. R-528), §
				  480-108-005, filed 3/6/06, effective
				  4/6/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 1 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATION FACILITIES WITH NAMEPLATE CAPACITY RATING OF 300 KW OR LESS › Section 480-108-015 - Scope of Part 1

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The provisions in Part 1 of this chapter apply to
				  interconnections, and to applications to interconnect, customer-owned
				  generating facilities with a nameplate capacity rating of 300 kW or less to an
				  electrical company's electrical system under this chapter.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. WSR 07-20-059 (Docket
					 UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-015, filed 9/27/07, effective
					 10/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 1 - INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATION FACILITIES WITH NAMEPLATE CAPACITY RATING OF 300 KW OR LESS › Section 480-108-030 - Application for interconnection

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(1)
				The electrical company must file a standard form of application with the
				commission, which the interconnection customer seeking to interconnect a
				generating facility under Part 1 of this chapter must fill out and submit to
				the electrical company along with the application fee established according to
				subsection (4) of this section.
(2)
				The electrical company will designate a point of contact and publish a
				telephone number and/or web site address for the unique purpose of assisting
				potential interconnection customers. The electrical company must comply with
				reasonable requests for information including relevant system studies,
				interconnection studies, and other materials useful for an interconnection
				customer to understand the circumstances of an interconnection at a particular
				point on the electrical company's electric system, to the extent provision of
				such information does not violate confidentiality provisions of prior
				electrical company agreements.
(3)
				Prior to submitting its interconnection request, a potential interconnection
				customer may ask the electrical company whether and how the proposed
				interconnection is subject to this chapter. The electrical company must respond
				within fifteen business days.
(4)
				Application fees. The electrical company must establish a nonrefundable
				interconnection application fee set according to facility size to be paid by
				the interconnection customer to the electrical company when the interconnection
				customer submits its application. The fee, intended to cover the costs of
				processing the application, will be no greater than:
(a) One hundred dollars for facilities 0 to
				25 kW; and
(b) Five hundred dollars
				for facilities 26 to 300 kW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-050 - Completion of interconnection process

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Interconnection customers must obtain an electrical permit
				  and pass electrical inspection for all generating and interconnection
				  facilities before they can be connected or operated in parallel with the
				  electrical company's electric system. The electrical company must receive
				  written certification from the interconnection customer that the generating
				  facility has been installed and inspected in compliance with the local building
				  and/or electrical codes. The electrical company must review and approve in
				  writing the certificate of completion, before the interconnection customer's
				  generating facility may be operated in parallel with the electrical company's
				  electric system. The electrical company shall not unreasonably withhold such
				  approval, but shall have the right to inspect and test the interconnection
				  facilities in accordance with IEEE 1547.1 prior to parallel
				  operation.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. WSR 07-20-059 (Docket
					 UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-050, filed 9/27/07, effective
					 10/28/07; WSR 06-07-017 (Docket No. UE-051106, General Order No. R-528), §
					 480-108-050, filed 3/6/06, effective
					 4/6/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-080 - Interconnection service tariffs

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(1) No
				later than January 31, 2008, each electrical company over which the commission
				has jurisdiction must file an interconnection service tariff for facilities
				with nameplate generating capacity greater than 300 kW but no more than 20
				MW.
(2) Interconnection service
				tariffs must offer service equivalent in all procedural and technical respects
				to the interconnection service the electrical company offers under the small
				generator interconnection provisions of its open access transmission tariff as
				approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
(3) For purposes of Part 2 of this chapter,
				"small generator interconnection provisions" means the procedural and technical
				requirements established by the FERC in Standardization of Small Generator
				Interconnection Agreements and Procedures, Order No. 2006, 70 FR 34100 (June
				13, 2005), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,180 (2005) (Order No. 2006), order
				on reh'g, Order No. 2006-A, 70 FR 71760 (Nov. 30, 2005), FERC Stats. &
				Regs. ¶ 31,196 (2005), order on clarif'n, Order No. 2006-B, 71 FR 42587
				(July 27, 2006), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 61,046 (2006). "Small generator
				interconnection provisions" does not include the 10 kW inverter process
				required under the above-listed FERC regulations.
(4) Interconnection service includes only the
				terms and conditions that govern physical interconnection to the electrical
				company's delivery system and does not include sale or transmission of power by
				the interconnecting customer or retail service to the interconnecting
				customer.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. WSR 07-20-059 (Docket
					 UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-080, filed 9/27/07, effective
					 10/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-100 - Dispute resolution

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An interconnection customer may ask the commission to review
				  an electrical company's study costs, interconnection facility costs, system
				  upgrade costs, deposit requirements, assignment of costs to the interconnection
				  customer or an electrical company's processing, termination, denial or
				  rejection of an interconnection application by making an informal complaint
				  under WAC
				  480-07-910, or by filing a formal
				  complaint under WAC
				  480-07-370.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 07-20-059 (Docket
					 UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-100, filed 9/27/07, effective
					 10/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-110 - Required filings - Exceptions

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(1)
				The electrical company must file for commission approval, as part of its
				tariff, and maintain on file for inspection at its place of business, the
				charges, terms and conditions for interconnections pursuant to Part 2 of this
				chapter. Such filing must include model forms of the following documents and
				contracts:
(a) Application;
(b) Feasibility Study Agreement;
(c) System Impact Study Agreement;
(d) Facilities Study Agreement;
(e) Construction Agreement;
(f) Interconnection Agreement; and
(g) Certificate of Completion.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-120 - Cumulative effects of interconnections

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Electrical companies will evaluate on an ongoing basis, but
				  not less than once every five years, the cumulative effect, including benefits
				  to its other customers, of interconnections made under Part 2 of this chapter
				  on its electric system and will retain appropriate records of its
				  evaluations.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. WSR 07-20-059 (Docket
					 UE-060649, General Order 545), § 480-108-120, filed 9/27/07, effective
					 10/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-108 - Electric companies-Interconnection with electric generators › Part 2 - GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERCONNECTIONS › Section 480-108-999 - Adoption by reference

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In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or
				  portions of regulations and standards identified below. The publications,
				  effective date, references within this chapter, and availability of the
				  resources are as follows:
(1) The
				National Electrical Code is published by the National Fire Protection
				Association (NFPA).
(a) The commission adopts
				the edition effective 2023, including errata 70-23-1 published September 1,
				2022, and errata 70-23-2 published September 15, 2022.
(b) This publication is referenced in WAC
				480-108-040 (General terms and
				conditions of interconnection).
(c)
				The National Electrical Code is a copyrighted document. Copies are available
				from the NFPA at 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts, 02169 or at
				internet address
https://www.nfpa.org/
.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-001 - Purpose and scope (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-001, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-002 - Application of rules (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-002, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-003 - Exemptions from rules in chapter 480-109 WAC (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-003, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-004 - Additional requirements (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-004, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-006 - Severability (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-006, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-007 - Definitions (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 and 08-01-037 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), §
				  480-109-007, filed 11/27/07 and 12/10/07, effective 12/28/07 and
				  1/10/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-010 - Purpose and scope

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish rules that
				electric utilities must use to comply with the requirements of the Energy
				Independence Act, chapter 19.285 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-010, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-020 - Application of rules

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(1) The rules in
			 this chapter apply to any electric utility that is subject to the commission's
			 jurisdiction under
			 RCW
			 80.04.010 and
			 chapter
			 80.28 RCW.
(2) Any affected person may ask the
			 commission to review the interpretation of these rules by a utility by making
			 an informal complaint under WAC
			 480-07-910, Informal complaints,
			 or by filing a formal complaint under WAC
			 480-07-370,
			 Pleadings-General.
(3) No exception
			 from the provisions of any rule in this chapter is permitted without prior
			 written authorization by the commission. Such exceptions may be granted only if
			 consistent with the public interest, the purposes underlying regulation, and
			 applicable law. Any deviation from the provisions of any rule in this chapter
			 without prior commission authorization will be subject to penalties as provided
			 by law.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-020, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-030 - Exemptions from rules in chapter 480-109 WAC

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The commission may grant an exemption from the provisions of
				any rule in this chapter in the same manner and consistent with the standards
				and according to the procedures set forth in WAC
				480-07-110 (Exemptions from and
				modifications to commission rules; conflicts involving
				rules).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 and 08-01-037 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), §
				  480-109-030, filed 11/27/07 and 12/10/07, effective 12/28/07 and
				  1/10/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-040 - Additional requirements

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(1) These rules
			 do not relieve any utility from any of its duties and obligations under the
			 laws of the state of Washington.
(2) The commission retains its authority to
			 impose additional or different requirements on any utility in appropriate
			 circumstances, consistent with the requirements of law.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-040, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-050 - Severability

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If any provision of this chapter or its application to any
				person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the
				application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not
				affected.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, and chapter 19.285 RCW.
				  07-24-012 (Docket UE-061895, General Order R-546), § 480-109-050, filed
				  11/27/07, effective 12/28/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-060 - Definitions

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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
				unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Annual retail revenue requirement" means
			 the total revenue the commission authorizes a utility an opportunity to recover
			 in Washington rates pursuant to a general rate proceeding or other general rate
			 revision.
(2) "Biomass energy"
			 means:
(a) The electrical energy produced by a
			 generation facility powered by:
(i) Organic
			 by-products of pulping and the wood manufacturing process;
(ii) Animal manure;
(iii) Solid organic fuels from wood;
(iv) Forest or field residues;
(v) Untreated wooden demolition or
			 construction debris;
(vi) Food waste
			 and food processing residuals;
(vii)
			 Liquors derived from algae;
(viii)
			 Dedicated energy crops; and
(ix)
			 Yard waste.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-070 - Administrative penalties

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(1) A utility
			 that fails to achieve either its conservation target or its renewable resource
			 target must pay an administrative penalty for each megawatt-hour of shortfall
			 in the amount of fifty dollars adjusted annually, beginning in 2007, to reflect
			 changes in the gross domestic product-implicit price deflator, as published by
			 the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce or
			 its successor.
(2) Administrative
			 penalties are due within fifteen days of a commission determination, pursuant
			 to WAC 480-109-210(2),
			 that a utility failed to achieve its conservation or renewable resource
			 target.
(3) A utility that pays an
			 administrative penalty under subsection (2) of this section, must notify its
			 retail electric customers within three months of incurring a penalty stating
			 the size of the penalty, the reason it was incurred and whether the utility
			 expects to seek recovery of the penalty amounts in rates. The utility must
			 provide this notification in a bill insert, a written publication mailed to all
			 retail electricity customers, or another approach approved by the
			 commission.
(4) A utility may
			 request an accounting order from the commission authorizing the deferral of the
			 cost of any administrative penalty assessed under this section. The approval of
			 an accounting order to defer penalties does not constitute approval of recovery
			 of penalties in rates. A utility may seek to recover deferred administrative
			 penalties in a general rate case or power cost only type rate proceeding. If a
			 utility seeks to recover deferred administrative penalties in rates, the
			 utility must demonstrate the prudence of its decisions and actions when it
			 failed to meet the renewable resource targets or one of the compliance
			 alternatives provided in WAC
			 480-109-220, or the energy
			 conservation targets. When assessing a request for recovery of deferred
			 administrative penalties, the commission will consider the intent of the Energy
			 Independence Act, other laws governing commission actions, policies and
			 precedents of the commission, and the commission's responsibility to act in the
			 public interest.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-109 - Electric companies-Acquisition of minimum quantities of conservation and renewable energy as required by the Energy Independence Act (chapter 19.285 RCW) › Section 480-109-100 - Energy efficiency resource standard

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(1)
Process for pursuing all
			 conservation.
(a)
Process.
A utility's obligation to pursue all available
			 conservation that is cost-effective, reliable, and feasible includes the
			 following process:
(i)
Identify
			 potential.
Identify the cost-effective, reliable, and feasible potential
			 of possible technologies and conservation measures in the utility's service
			 territory.
(ii)
Develop
			 portfolio.
Develop a conservation portfolio that includes all available,
			 cost-effective, reliable, and feasible conservation. A utility must develop
			 programs to acquire available conservation from all of the types of
			 conservation identified in (b) of this subsection. The portfolio must include
			 all conservation programs and mechanisms identified pursuant to
			 RCW
			 19.405.120, which pertain to energy
			 assistance and progress toward meeting energy assistance need, including the
			 low-income conservation programs and mechanisms in subsection (10)(b) of this
			 section.
If no cost-effective, reliable and feasible conservation is
				available from one of the types of conservation, a utility is not obligated to
				acquire such a resource.
(iii)
Implement programs.
Implement conservation programs identified in the portfolio to the extent the
			 portfolio remains cost-effective, reliable, and feasible. Implementation
			 methods shall not unnecessarily limit the acquisition of all available
			 conservation that is cost-effective, reliable and feasible.
(iv)
Adaptively manage.
Continuously review and update as appropriate the conservation portfolio to
			 adapt to changing market conditions and developing technologies. A utility must
			 research emerging conservation technologies, and assess the potential of such
			 technologies for implementation in its service territory.