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Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-008 - Exemptions from rules in chapter 480-100 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 (Exceptions from and
				  modifications to the rules in this chapter; special rules).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160,
					 81.04.160 and
					 34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
					 A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-008, filed
					 2/28/05, effective 3/31/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
					 Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-100-008, filed 11/24/03,
					 effective 1/1/04; 01-11-004 (Docket No. UE-990473, General Order No. R-482),
					 § 480-100-008, filed 5/3/01, effective
					 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-013 - Additional requirements

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(1) These rules
				do not relieve any electric utility from any of its duties and obligations
				under the laws of the state of Washington.
(2) The commission retains the authority to
				impose additional or different requirements on any electric utility in
				appropriate circumstances, consistent with the requirements of law.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-013, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-018 - 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 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-018, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-028 - Tariffs and special contracts

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An electric utility must publish its rate schedules and rules
				  and regulations governing service, and file special contracts, in accordance
				  with chapter 480-80 WAC, Utilities general -- Tariffs, price lists, and
				  contracts.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-028, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 480-100-033 - Distribution line extension tariff

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Each electric utility must file, as a part of its tariff, a
				  distribution line extension rule setting forth the conditions under which it
				  will extend its facilities to make service available to an
				  applicant.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-033, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-103 - Information to consumers

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(1) An electric
				utility must make available at each of its listed business offices information
				regarding rates, rules, and regulations needed for its customers and applicants
				to obtain adequate and efficient service.
(2) The utility must maintain a toll-free
				telephone number available for its applicants and customers during business
				hours to receive information relating to services and rates, to accept and
				process orders for service, to explain charges on customer bills, to adjust
				charges made in error, to respond to customer inquiries and complaints, and to
				generally act as representatives of the utility.
(3) The utility must provide to each
				applicant relevant rate information and a brochure that explains the rights and
				responsibilities of a utility customer. The brochure must include, at a
				minimum, information about the utility's regular business hours, the utility's
				mailing address, the utility's toll-free number, the twenty-four hour emergency
				number(s), and an explanation of the utility's processes to establish credit,
				deposits, billing, delinquent accounts, disconnection of service initiated by
				the utility, cancellation of service by the customer, the dispute resolution
				process, and the commission's informal complaint procedures to be followed if
				the customer remains dissatisfied with the utility's dispute process. The
				utility may provide this information in an electronic format consistent with
				provisions in this chapter governing the use of electronic
				information.
(4) At least once each
				year, the utility must directly advise each of its customers how to obtain:
(a) A copy of the consumer brochure described
				in subsection (3) of this section;
(b) A copy of the customer's applicable rate
				information;
(c) A copy of the
				electric rules, chapter 480-100 WAC; and
(d) A copy of the utility's current rates and
				regulations.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-108 - Application for service

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(1) When an
				applicant orders service from an electric utility, the applicant will be
				responsible for conforming to the rules and regulations that are in effect and
				on file with the commission.
(2)
				The utility may require the following information when an applicant applies for
				service:
(a) The applicant's name, address,
				and telephone number, and an alternative contact telephone number, if
				applicable, of the responsible party at the service premises;
(b) The date the service is requested to be
				effective;
(c) The type of service
				requested, such as residential or commercial service, and the type of equipment
				to be served at the service premises;
(d) Proof of identification. The utility must
				allow the applicant to choose from a list, provided by the utility, of at least
				five sources of identification. The list must include a current driver's
				license or other picture identification; and
(e) Any additional information the utility
				may reasonably require for billing or service.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-113 - Residential services deposit requirements

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(1)
Deposit criteria for current
				residential customers.
An electric utility may collect a deposit from
				its own customers for residential service only if:
(a) At any time during the prior twelve
				months, the utility has sent the customer three or more delinquency
				notices;
(b) The utility has
				disconnected the customer's residential service for nonpayment; or
(c) There is a prior customer living at the
				residence who owes a past-due bill to the utility for service at that
				address.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-118 - Nonresidential service deposit requirements

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(1)
Deposit criteria for nonresidential
				customers.
A utility may require an applicant for nonresidential service
				to demonstrate that the applicant is a satisfactory credit risk by reasonable
				means appropriate under the circumstances.
(2)
Deposit amount.
Deposits
				required for a customer or location must not exceed:
(a) Two-twelfths of the estimated annual
				billings for utilities billing monthly; or
(b) Three-twelfths of estimated annual
				billings for utilities billing bimonthly.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-123 - Refusal of service

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(1) An electric
				utility may refuse requests to provide service to a master meter in a building
				with permanent occupants when all of the following conditions exist:
(a) The building or property has more than
				one dwelling unit;
(b) The
				occupants control a significant part of the electricity used in the individual
				units; and
(c) It is cost-effective
				for the occupants to have the utility purchase and install individual meters
				considering the long-run benefits of measuring and billing each occupant's
				electric use separately.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-128 - Disconnection of service

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(1)
Customer-directed.
A utility may require customers to give at
				least three days' advance notice of customer-directed disconnection when the
				utility uses dispatched utility personnel to disconnect service. The utility
				may require up to twenty-four hours advance notice of customer-directed
				disconnection from customers serviced via a meter with remote disconnect
				capability. The customer is not responsible for usage after the requested date
				for disconnection of service, provided the customer gave the utility the notice
				required in this rule and the utility's tariff. If the customer moves from the
				service address and fails to request that service be disconnected, the customer
				will be responsible for paying for service taken at that service address until
				the utility can confirm the date that the customer vacated the premises and the
				utility can access the meter, if necessary, or that a new responsible party is
				taking service at that address.
(2)
Utility-directed with notice.
After notifying the customer as
				required in subsection (4) of this section, the utility may disconnect service
				for any one of the following conditions:
(a)
				The customer has delinquent charges associated with regulated electric service
				, including any required deposit; however, the utility may not disconnect
				service when the customer has met the requirements of subsection (8) of this
				section for medical conditions or emergencies, or has agreed to and maintains
				agreed-upon payment arrangements with the utility, as described in WAC
				480-100-143,
				Winter low-income payment program;
(b) Electric service the utility provides is
				being used for purposes or properties other than those specified in the
				customer's service application;
(c)
				Flat-rate service for nonmetered load has increased electric use without the
				utility's approval;
(d) The
				customer refuses to allow , or utility representatives are otherwise unable to
				obtain, access to the customer's premises as required in WAC
				480-100-168,
				Access to premises; identification;
(e) Violation of utility rules, service
				agreements, or filed tariff(s); or
(f) Equipment is being used that
				detrimentally affects the utility's service to its other customers or may
				result in detrimental impacts to the safety of those customers or other
				persons, customers' equipment or property, or utility service.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-133 - Reconnecting service after disconnection

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(1) A utility must make every reasonable
				effort to restore a disconnected service within twenty-four hours, or within
				four hours for customers who the utility has remotely disconnected, or other
				time mutually agreeable between the customer and the company, after the
				customer has paid, or at the time the utility has agreed to bill, any
				applicable reconnection charge, and:
(a) The
				causes for disconnection not related to a delinquent account are removed and
				the customer pays any delinquent tariffed charges, plus any required deposit;
				or
(b) The customer has entered
				into an agreed-upon payment arrangement for a delinquent account and pays any
				required deposit as defined in WAC
				480-100-113
				Residential service deposit requirements or WAC
				480-100-118
				Nonresidential service deposit requirements; or
(c) The customer has paid all tariffed
				amounts due on the account that is not a prior obligation and the customer has
				paid any required deposit as defined in WAC
				480-100-113
				Residential service deposit requirements or WAC
				480-100-118
				Nonresidential service deposit requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-138 - Payment arrangements

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(1) If an
				electric utility is delayed in billing a residential customer, the utility must
				offer payment arrangements that are equal to the length of time the bill was
				delayed, unless the utility determines the customer used service prior to
				applying for service as outlined in WAC
				480-100-128(2)(f),
				Disconnection of service.
(2) The
				utility must offer all residential customers the option of an equal-payments
				plan.
(a) An equal-payments plan allows the
				customer to pay the same amount each month based on historical usage. If
				historical information is not available, the utility must base the amount on
				projected usage;
(b) The utility
				may refuse to offer an equal-payments plan to customers who have been removed
				from the equal-payments plan for nonpayment within the past six months or have
				more than a two-month past-due balance on their current account. However, the
				utility may offer the equal-payments plan to any customer when the utility
				believes this would be in the best interest of all parties concerned;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-163 - Service entrance facilities

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(1)
				An electric utility may require customers to:
(a) Provide service entrance facilities at
				the easiest access point to the utility's distribution system; and
(b) Comply with reasonable requirements to
				keep those facilities free from tampering or interference.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-168 - Access to premises; identification

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(1)
				Authorized representatives of an electric utility have the right to enter a
				customer's property during reasonable hours to perform necessary functions such
				as meter reading, maintenance, repairs, testing, installation, or removal of
				the utility's property. Utilities must provide photo identification to utility
				representatives who are authorized to enter customers' premises. Customers have
				the right to see the utility-provided identification of electric utility
				representatives before allowing entry to the customer's property.
(2) When performing maintenance, repairs,
				testing, installation, or removal of the utility's property, the utility must
				restore the customer's property as close as reasonably practicable to the
				condition prior to the utility's action, unless otherwise defined in the
				utility's tariff or through a separate agreement with the customer.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-168, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-173 - Electric utility responsibility for complaints and disputes

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(1) When an
				electric utility receives a complaint from a customer or an applicant for
				service, the utility must acknowledge receipt of the complaint and:
(a) Upon request, identify the utility's
				contact to the complainant;
(b)
				Investigate the complaint promptly as required by the particular
				case;
(c) Report the results of the
				investigation to the complainant;
(d) Take corrective action, if warranted, as
				soon as possible under the circumstances;
(e) If the complainant is dissatisfied with
				the results or decision, inform the complainant that the decision may be
				appealed to a supervisor at the utility; and
(f) If the complainant is dissatisfied after
				speaking with the utility's supervisor, the supervisor must inform the
				complainant of the complainant's right to file a complaint with the commission
				and provide the commission's address and toll-free telephone number.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-178 - Billing requirements and payment date

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(1) Customer bills must:
(a) Be issued at intervals not to exceed two
				one-month billing cycles, unless the utility can show good cause for delaying
				the issuance of the bill. The utility must be able to show good cause if
				requested by the commission;
(b)
				Show the total amount due and payable;
(c) Show the date the bill becomes delinquent
				if not paid;
(d) Show the utility's
				business address, business hours, and a toll-free telephone number and an
				emergency telephone number by which a customer may contact the
				utility;
(e) Show the beginning and
				ending meter readings for the current billing period, the current monthly or
				bimonthly read date, as applicable, and the total amount of kilowatt hours used
				for the billing cycle, provided that the customer bill must provide the meter
				readings and read date for the final reading for the applicable monthly or
				bimonthly billing cycle; the bill need not include interval readings, although
				the utility must provide customers with access to their usage data in
				accordance with WAC
				480-100-153;
(f) Show the amount of kilowatt hours used
				for each billing rate, the applicable billing rates per kilowatt hour, the
				basic charge or minimum bill;
(g)
				Show the amount of any municipal tax surcharges or their respective percentage
				rates, if applicable;
(h) Clearly
				identify when a bill has been prorated. A prorated bill must be issued when
				service is provided for a fraction of the billing period. Unless otherwise
				specified in the utility's tariff, the charge must be prorated in the following
				manner:
(i) Flat-rate service must be
				prorated on the basis of the proportionate part of the period the service was
				rendered;
(ii) Metered service must
				be billed for the amount metered. The basic or minimum charge must be billed in
				full.
(i) Clearly
				identify when a bill is based on an estimation.
(i) The utility must detail its method(s) for
				estimating customer bills in its tariff;
(ii) The utility may not estimate for more
				than four consecutive months, unless the cause of the estimation is inclement
				weather, terrain, or a previous arrangement with the customer;
(j) Clearly identify determination
				of maximum demand. A utility providing service to any customer on a demand
				basis must detail in its filed tariff the method of applying charges and of
				ascertaining the demand.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-179 - Electronic information

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With the prior consent (as defined in subsection (2) of this
				  section) of the customer or applicant, a utility may provide the following by
				  electronic means, instead of in paper copy sent to the customer's mailing
				  address:
Bills;
Notices of tariff revisions; and
Bill inserts containing information required to be provided
				  to customers or applicants by statute, rule, or commission order.
The provision of this electronic information to a customer
				  will be considered compliant with any statute, rule, commission order, or
				  tariff provision that refers to the mailing of bills, notices of tariff
				  revisions or bill inserts when a customer has consented to receive the
				  information in electronic form as agreed to by the customer. The electronic
				  form must provide a link to the electronic information, or otherwise advise the
				  customer of the electronic location of such information.
(1)
Format of electronic
				communications.
All information provided in electronic form must meet
				the requirements for format, due dates, calculation of due dates, minimum time
				frames, and any other requirements specified in this chapter. Electronic
				information will be treated the same as documents that are mailed from a
				location within the state of Washington for the purposes of calculating due
				dates and minimum time frames.
(2)
Obtaining and documenting customer consent.
The utility must
				obtain prior written or electronic consent to provide bills, notices of tariff
				revisions and bill inserts in electronic form (customer consent). The customer
				consent must be obtained directly from the customer of record and comply with
				the following:
(a) The consent section on the
				document, screen, or web page may also offer the customer separate, individual
				opportunities to consent to:
(i) Paperless
				billing offered by the utility.
(ii) Automatic payment services offered by
				the utility, including one-time payment services or other automatic payment
				services.
(iii) Equal payment plan.
For electronic consent, the customer consent section must be
				  prominent on the web page and clearly distinguishable from any other content on
				  the screen or page. No information other than as provided in this section, may
				  be combined in the same customer consent section except utility contact
				  information. The consent section must not have consent boxes or spaces already
				  filled in. The customer must personally check each box or space giving his or
				  her consent to one or more services. Each service requires a separate,
				  affirmative consent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-188 - Payment locations

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(1) An electric
				utility must provide payment agencies in locally accessible locations where
				applicants and customers can make payments at no charge to the applicants and
				customers. Payment agencies must clearly post and maintain regular business
				hours.
(2) The utility and its
				payment agencies must provide receipts for any cash payments made by applicants
				or customers.
(3) The utility must
				provide written or electronic notice to the commission's consumer affairs
				section at least thirty days prior to the closing of any business office,
				customer service center, or payment agency. In the event that a payment agency
				is closed on less than thirty days' notice, written or electronic notification
				is required as soon as the utility becomes aware of the closure. At a minimum,
				the following information is required:
(a) The
				communities affected by the closing;
(b) The date of the closing;
(c) A listing of other methods and facility
				locations available for payment of cash or urgent payments; and
(d) A listing of other methods and locations
				for obtaining business office and customer service center services.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-193 - Posting of tariffs for public inspection and review

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Each electric utility offering service under tariff must make
				  available for public inspection and review all tariffs governing its provision
				  of service, as required by
				  RCW
				  80.28.050. To comply with this requirement, a
				  utility must fulfill the provisions of either subsection (1) or (2) of this
				  section.
(1)
Web, telephone, and
				mail access.
The utility must:
(a)
				Maintain a complete copy of its tariff or tariffs and all proposed tariff
				changes on an Internet web site accessible to the public using generally
				available browser software;
(b)
				Provide a toll-free telephone number by which customers and applicants can
				obtain assistance during normal business hours from a company agent qualified
				to assist the customer in locating, interpreting, and applying tariff
				provisions;
(c) Upon written or
				oral request by any customer or applicant, deliver at no charge a copy of any
				current, proposed or most recently canceled tariff page that relates to the
				customer's or applicant's service; and
(d) Include on each customer bill and notice
				the address of the tariff web site and the toll-free telephone
				number.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-195 - Notice of tariff changes other than increases in recurring charges and restrictions in access to services

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(1)
				This section applies to tariff changes for other than those that are subject to
				WAC 480-100-194.
(2) A utility that files a tariff change to
				increase any charge that a customer may incur without being quoted a rate or
				price (e.g., late payment fees, insufficient fund charges, or a one-time
				charge) must provide notice to each affected customer on or with the first bill
				after the change becomes effective.
(a) At a
				minimum, the notice must include the effective date, a clear description of
				changes to rates or services and a utility contact number where customers may
				seek additional information.
(b)
				Methods of notice permitted include a bill insert, bill message, printing on
				the billing envelope, a separate mailing to all affected customers or, if the
				utility has the capability and the customer has authorized, by
				e-mail.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-197 - Adjudicative proceedings where public testimony will be taken

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(1) For adjudicated
				proceedings, when scheduling a hearing to take testimony from the public, the
				timing, location, and amount of notice to the public or to customers will be
				addressed in the prehearing conference order.
(2) The notice must include all information
				contained in WAC
				480-100-194(4),
				except the public involvement information in WAC
				480-100-194(4)(j).
				A utility must include either of the following public involvement language:
(a) Commission-suggested language that is
				available from the commission's designated public affairs officer; or
(b) Utility-developed language that must
				include the commission's mailing address, toll-free number, docket number, and
				a brief explanation:
(i) How to participate
				in the commission's process by mailing or faxing a letter, or submitting an
				e-mail;
(ii) How to contact the
				commission for process questions; and
(iii) The date, time and location of the
				public hearing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-198 - Notice verification and assistance

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(1) Within ten days of making a filing
				requiring posting, publication, or customer notice under WAC
				480-100-194,
				480-100-195, or
				480-100-197, but no sooner than
				when the tariff is filed with the commission, a utility must file a statement
				with the commission's records center that the required notice has been posted,
				published, and/or mailed. The declaration must include:
(a) The methods used to post, publish, and/or
				give notice to customers;
(b) When
				and how the notice was posted, published, and/or issued to customers;
(c) How many customers are affected;
				and
(d) A copy of the
				notice.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part II - CONSUMER RULES › Section 480-100-199 - Other customer notice

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The commission may require notice to customers of tariff
				  changes other than those described in these rules when the commission
				  determines that additional customer education is needed.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.180. 02-11-081 (Docket No.
					 U-991301, General Order No. R-498), § 480-100-199, filed 5/14/02,
					 effective 6/17/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Section 480-100-203 - Accounting system requirements

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(1)
				Electric utilities in the state of Washington must use the uniform system of
				accounts applicable to major and nonmajor electric utilities as published by
				the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in
				Title
				18 of the Code of Federal
				Regulations, Part 101. Information about the Code of Federal Regulations
				regarding the version adopted and where to obtain it is set out in WAC
				480-100-999, Adoption by
				reference.
(2) Electric utilities
				having multistate operations must maintain records in such detail that the
				costs of property located and business done in the state of Washington can be
				readily ascertained in accordance with geographic boundaries.
(3) Any deviation from the uniform system of
				accounts, as prescribed by the FERC, will be accomplished only after due notice
				and order of this commission.
(4)
				This rule does not supersede any commission order regarding accounting
				treatments.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040,
					 80.04.160,
					 81.04.160 and
					 34.05.353. 02-18-033 (Docket No.
					 A-020379, General Order No. R-501), § 480-100-203, filed 8/26/02,
					 effective 9/26/02. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 80.01.040 and
					 80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
					 UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-203, filed 5/3/01,
					 effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-207 - Filing information

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(1)
Filing.
The commission records center will accept any filing under
				  WAC 480-100-242 (Issuing securities)
				  delivered in person, by mail, telefacsimile, or electronic mail message. The
				  commission records center will accept all other reports required in Part III in
				  person, by mail, or when procedures are in place, electronic mail message.
(2)
Commission may require
				  additional information.
The commission may require pertinent information
				  in addition to that specified by statute or in this chapter.
(3)
Information by reference.
When any information required to support a filing is on file with the
				  commission, it is sufficient to make specific reference to the information
				  indicating the proceeding, report, or other filing that contains the referenced
				  information.
(4)
When
				  information is unavailable.
If any required information is unavailable
				  at the time of the filing, the filing must include the reason why the
				  information is not available and state when it will be available.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, and
						81.04.160. 05-17-026 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-522), § 480-100-207, filed
						8/5/05, effective 9/5/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-207, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-209 - Additional reports

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Part III does not supersede any reporting requirement
					 specified in a commission order or limit the commission's ability to request
					 additional information.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-209, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-213 - Expenditures for political or legislative activities

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(1) The commission will not allow either
				  direct or indirect expenditures for political or legislative activities for
				  rate-making purposes.
(2) For
				  purposes of this rule, political or legislative activities include, but are not
				  limited to:
(a) Encouraging support or
				  opposition to ballot measures, legislation, candidates for a public office, or
				  current public office holders;
(b)
				  Soliciting support for or contributing to political action
				  committees;
(c) Gathering data for
				  mailing lists that are generated for the purposes of encouraging support for or
				  opposition to ballot measures, legislation, candidates for public office, or
				  current office holders, or encouraging support for or contributions to
				  political action committees;
(d)
				  Soliciting contributions or recruiting volunteers to assist in the activities
				  set forth in (a) through (c) of this subsection.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-223 - Advertising

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(1) The commission
				  will not allow expenses for promotional or political advertising for
				  rate-making purposes. The term "promotional advertising" means advertising to
				  encourage any person or business to select or use the service or additional
				  services of an electric utility, to select or install any appliance or
				  equipment designed to use the electric utility's service, or to influence
				  consumers' opinions of the electric utility.
The term "political advertising" means any advertising for
					 the purpose of influencing public opinion with respect to legislative,
					 administrative, or electoral matters, or with respect to any controversial
					 issue of public importance.
(2) As used in this section, the terms
				  "promotional advertising" and "political advertising" do not include:
(a) Advertising which informs customers how
				  to conserve energy or how to reduce peak demand for energy;
(b) Advertising required by law or by
				  regulation, including advertising under Part 1 of Title II, of the National
				  Energy Conservation Policy Act;
(c)
				  Advertising regarding service interruptions, safety measures, or emergency
				  conditions;
(d) Advertising
				  concerning employment opportunities with the electric utility;
(e) Advertising which promotes the use of
				  energy efficient appliances, equipment, or services;
(f) Announcements or explanations of existing
				  or proposed tariffs or rate schedules; and
(g) Notices of meetings or commission
				  hearings concerning electric utility rates and tariffs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-228 - Retention and preservation of records and reports

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(1) Each electric utility must retain all
				  records and reports for three years unless otherwise specified by the
				  publication referenced in subsection (2) of this section. No records may be
				  destroyed prior to the expiration of the time specified by the publication
				  referenced in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The commission adopts the publication,
Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records of Electric, Gas, and
				  Water Companies
, published by the National Association of Regulatory
				  Utility Commissioners as the standards for utility records retention.
				  Information about the
Regulations to Govern the Preservation of Records
				  of Electric, Gas, and Water Companies
regarding the version adopted
				  and where to obtain it is set out in WAC
				  480-100-999, Adoption by
				  reference.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040 and
						80.04.160. 01-11-004 (Docket No.
						UE-990473, General Order No. R-482), § 480-100-228, filed 5/3/01,
						effective 6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart A - General Rules › Section 480-100-238 - Integrated resource planning

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040 and
						80.04.160. 06-03-001 (Docket Nos.
						UE-030311 and UG-030312, General Order No. R-526), § 480-100-238, filed
						1/4/06, effective 2/4/06; 01-11-004 (Docket No. UE-990473, General Order No.
						R-482), § 480-100-238, filed 5/3/01, effective
						6/3/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart B - Financial Transaction Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-242 - Issuing securities

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For the purpose of this section:
"Securities" means stocks, stock certificates, other
					 evidence of interest or ownership, bonds, notes other than those notes exempted
					 from reporting under
					 RCW
					 80.08.043, or other evidence of indebtedness,
					 or any obligation or liability as guarantor subject to reporting under
					 RCW
					 80.08.130.
(1) Before an electric utility issues a
				  security, it must file with the commission:
(a) A description of the purposes for which
				  the issuance will be made, including a certification by an officer authorized
				  to do so, that the proceeds from any such financing is for one or more of the
				  purposes allowed by
				  RCW
				  80.08.030;
(b) A description of the proposed issuance,
				  including the terms of financing; and
(c) A statement as to why the transaction is
				  in the public interest.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart B - Financial Transaction Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-244 - Transferring cash or assuming obligations

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(1) At least five business days before an
				  electric utility whose corporate/issuer rating is not in one of the four
				  highest rating categories of either Standard & Poor's L.L.C. or Moody's
				  Investors Service, Inc., or its subsidiary transfers cash to any of its
				  affiliated interests or subsidiaries or assumes an obligation or liability of
				  any of its affiliated interests or any of its subsidiaries, the utility must
				  report to the commission an estimate of the amount to be transferred and the
				  terms of the transaction when the transaction will exceed thresholds described
				  in (a) or (b) of this subsection.
(a) The
				  utility must report if the cumulative transactions to a subsidiary or
				  affiliated interest for the prior twelve months exceed a threshold of two
				  percent, which is based on the utility's common shareholders equity.
(b) When the threshold in (a) of this
				  subsection has been reached, the utility must report each subsequent
				  transaction exceeding a threshold of one percent for the prior twelve-month
				  period, which is based on the utility's common shareholders equity.
A utility's common shareholder equity is determined
					 according to the latest annual report filed pursuant to WAC
					 480-100-252 (Federal Energy
					 Regulatory Commission (FERC) Form No. 1). Information about the FERC Form No. 1
					 regarding the version adopted and where to obtain it is set out in WAC
					 480-100-999 (Adoption by
					 reference).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart B - Financial Transaction Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-245 - Affiliated interests - Contracts or arrangements

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Prior to the effective date of any contract or arrangement
					 described in
					 RCW
					 80.16.020, each electric utility must file a
					 verified copy or a verified summary, if unwritten, of contracts or
					 arrangements, except transactions provided at tariff rates, with any affiliated
					 interest. Prior to the effective date of any modification or amendment, the
					 utility must file verified copies of the modifications or amendments to the
					 contracts or arrangements. If the contract or arrangement is unwritten, the
					 utility must file a verified summary of any modification or amendment. The
					 commission may institute an investigation and disapprove the contract or
					 arrangement if the commission finds the utility has failed to prove that it is
					 reasonable and consistent with the public interest.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-245, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart B - Financial Transaction Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-248 - Transfers of property

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Before selling, leasing, or assigning any of its property
					 or facilities which are necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to
					 the public, or before acquiring property or facilities of another public
					 utility, an electric utility must obtain from the commission an order
					 authorizing such transaction in accordance with chapters 80.12 RCW (Transfers
					 of property) and 480-143 WAC (Commission general -- Transfers of
					 property).
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, and
						81.04.160. 05-17-026 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-522), § 480-100-248, filed
						8/5/05, effective 9/5/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.160 and
						34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-100-248, filed
						2/28/05, effective 3/31/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Annual Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-257 - Commission basis report

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(1) Commission
				  basis reports are due within four months of the end of a utility's fiscal
				  year.
(2) The intent of the
				  commission basis report is to depict the electric operations of an electric
				  utility under normal temperature and power supply conditions during the
				  reporting period. The commission basis report must include:
(a) Booked results of electric operations and
				  rate base, and all the necessary adjustments as accepted by the commission in
				  the utility's most recent general rate case or subsequent orders;
(b) Results of operations adjusted for any
				  material out-of-period, nonoperating, nonrecurring, and extraordinary items or
				  any other item that materially distorts reporting period earnings and rate
				  base; and
(c) Booked revenues and
				  power supply expenses adjusted to reflect operations under normal temperature
				  and power supply conditions before the achieved return on rate base is
				  calculated.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-100 - Electric companies › Part III - FINANCIAL RECORDS AND REPORTING RULES › Subpart C - Annual Reporting Requirements › Section 480-100-262 - Securities report

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Each electric utility that has issued securities must file
					 with the commission an annual securities transaction report. The report is due
					 five months from the end of the utility's reporting period, whether a fiscal or
					 calendar year. At a minimum, the report must contain:
(1) A schedule of the securities issued
				  during the reporting period including a detailed description of the final
				  agreements;
(2) A description of
				  the use of proceeds stating the amounts used for each purpose allowed by
				  RCW
				  80.08.030;
(3) The level of expenses for each of the
				  securities transactions for the reporting period;
(4) A schedule of securities retired,
				  refunded, repurchased, or otherwise removed from the utility's capitalization;
				  and
(5) A schedule of securities
				  scheduled to mature in the fiscal or calendar year following the reporting
				  period.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160, and
						81.04.160. 05-17-026 (Docket No.
						A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-522), § 480-100-262, filed
						8/5/05, effective 9/5/05.