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Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-121 - Registration and competitive classification of telecommunications companies › Section 480-121-065 - Customer notice requirements - Petition for competitive classification of a service or a company

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(1) When a
			 telecommunications company petitions for competitive classification of a
			 telecommunications service(s), the company must provide notice to each affected
			 customer at least thirty days before the requested effective date.
(2) Each customer notice must include, at a
			 minimum:
(a) The date the notice is issued
			 and the proposed effective date of the competitive classification;
(b) The company name and address;
(c) A clear explanation of the proposal to
			 give customers the basis for understanding the proposal and the potential
			 impact of the change. The company may satisfy this requirement with its own
			 explanation or by using commission-developed language available from the
			 commission's designated public affairs officer;
(d) A description of how customers may
			 contact the company if they have specific questions or need additional
			 information about the proposal; and
(e) Public involvement language. A company
			 may choose from:
(i) Commission-suggested
			 language that is available from the commission's designated public affairs
			 officer; or
(ii) Company-developed
			 language that must include the commission's mailing address, toll-free number,
			 and docket number, if known, and a brief explanation of:
(A) How to participate in the commission's
			 process by mailing or faxing a letter, or submitting an e-mail; and
(B) How to contact the commission for process
			 questions or to be notified of the scheduled open meeting at which the proposal
			 will be considered by the commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-122 - Washington telephone assistance program › Section 480-122-010 - Definitions (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-03-017 (Docket No.
				  UT-003074, General Order No. R-492), § 480-122-010, filed 1/4/02,
				  effective 2/28/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 90-19-020 (Order R-328, Docket No.
				  UT-900462), § 480-122-010, filed 9/11/90, effective 10/12/90; 87-20-043
				  (Order R-277, Cause No. U-87-1102-R), § 480-122-010, filed
				  10/1/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-122 - Washington telephone assistance program › Section 480-122-020 - Washington telephone assistance program rate (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 05-03-031 (Docket No.
				  UT 040015, General Order No. R-516), § 480-122-020, filed 1/10/05,
				  effective 2/10/05; 02-03-017 (Docket No. UT-003074, General Order No. R-492),
				  § 480-122-020, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/28/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 98-18-106 (Order R-449, Docket No.
				  UT-971664), § 480-122-020, filed 9/2/98, effective 10/3/98; 90-19-020
				  (Order R-328, Docket No. UT-900462), § 480-122-020, filed 9/11/90,
				  effective 10/12/90; 87-20-043 (Order R-277, Cause No. U-87-1102-R), §
				  480-122-020, filed 10/1/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-122 - Washington telephone assistance program › Section 480-122-050 - Other charges (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 90-19-020 (Order R-328, Docket No.
				  UT-900462), § 480-122-050, filed 9/11/90, effective 10/12/90; 87-20-043
				  (Order R-277, Cause No. U-87-1102-R), § 480-122-050, filed
				  10/1/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-122 - Washington telephone assistance program › Section 480-122-080 - Accounting (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 02-03-017 (Docket No.
				  UT-003074, General Order No. R-492), § 480-122-080, filed 1/4/02,
				  effective 2/28/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 90-19-020 (Order R-328, Docket No.
				  UT-900462), § 480-122-080, filed 9/11/90, effective 10/12/90; 87-20-043
				  (Order R-277, Cause No. U-87-1102-R), § 480-122-080, filed
				  10/1/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-010 - Federal universal service contracts

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For purposes of schools and libraries receiving federal
				universal service funding under 47 C.F.R., Part 54 of the Federal
				Communications Commission rules, the following intra-state discounts shall
				apply:
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES DISCOUNT MATRIX HOW DISADVANTAGED?
DISCOUNT LEVEL
% of students eligible for national school lunch program
urban discount (%)
rural discount (%)
<1
20
25
1-19
40
50
20-34
50
60
35-49
60
70
50-74
80
80
75-100
90
90
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.36.080,
				  80.01.040 and the United States
				  Telecommunications Act of 1996, Section 254. 98-04-028 (Order R-448, Docket No.
				  UT-970317), § 480-123-010, filed 1/28/98, effective
				  2/28/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-030 - Contents of petition for eligible telecommunications carriers

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(1) Petitions for
			 designation as an ETC must contain:
(a) A
			 description of the area or areas for which designation is sought;
(b) A statement that the carrier will offer
			 the services supported by federal universal service support mechanisms
			 throughout the area for which it seeks designation, either using its own
			 facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale of another
			 carrier's services (including the services offered by another ETC);
(c) A description of how it will provide each
			 supported service;
(d) A
			 substantive plan of the investments to be made with initial federal support
			 during the first two years in which support is received and a substantive
			 description of how those expenditures will benefit customers;
(e) A statement that the carrier will
			 advertise the availability of services supported by federal universal service
			 mechanisms, including advertisement of applicable telephone assistance
			 programs, such as Lifeline, that is reasonably calculated to reach low-income
			 consumers not receiving discounts;
(f) For wireless petitioners, a map in .shp
			 format of proposed service areas (exchanges) with existing and planned
			 locations of cell sites and shading to indicate where the carrier provides and
			 plans to provide commercial mobile radio service signals;
(g) Information that demonstrates its ability
			 to remain functional in emergency situations including a description of how it
			 complies with WAC
			 480-120-411 or, for a wireless
			 carrier, information that demonstrates that, when commercial power is not
			 available, it has a reasonable amount of backup power (fixed, portable or other
			 backup power source) for its cell sites, and backup power for its switches as
			 prescribed in WAC
			 480-120-411(3)
			 for LEC central offices; and cell sites do not include any small cell facility
			 as defined in
			 RCW
			 80.36.375(2)(d) or any in
			 building wireless installation; and
(h) Information that demonstrates that it
			 will comply with the applicable consumer protection and service quality
			 standards of chapter 480-120 WAC or, for a wireless carrier, a commitment to
			 comply with the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA)
			 Consumer Code for Wireless Service. Information regarding the version of the
			 CTIA code adopted and where to obtain it is set forth in WAC
			 480-123-999.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-040 - Approval of petitions for eligible telecommunications carriers

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The commission will approve a petition for designation as an
				ETC if the petition meets the requirements of WAC
				480-123-030, the designation will
				advance some or all of the purposes of universal service found in 47 U.S.C.
				§ 254, and the designation is in the public interest.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, 80.36.600, and
				  80.36.610. 06-14-051 (Docket No.
				  UT-053021, General Order No. R-534), § 480-123-040, filed 6/28/06,
				  effective 7/29/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-050 - Revocation of eligible telecommunications carrier designation

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Subject to notice and an opportunity to be heard, the
				commission may decline to grant annual certification, and may revoke, suspend,
				or modify a designation granted previously if it determines that the ETC has
				failed to comply with the requirements of section 47 U.S.C. Sec. 214(e)(1) or
				any other conditions imposed by the commission.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, 80.36.600, and
				  80.36.610. 06-14-051 (Docket No.
				  UT-053021, General Order No. R-534), § 480-123-050, filed 6/28/06,
				  effective 7/29/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-060 - Annual certification of eligible telecommunications carriers

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(1) Each ETC
			 seeking certification of the ETC's use of federal high-cost funds pursuant to
			 47 C.F.R. Sec.
			 54.314 must request certification by July 1st
			 each year. The ETC must certify that all federal high-cost support provided to
			 the ETC within Washington state was used in the preceding calendar year and
			 will be used in the coming calendar year only for the provision, maintenance,
			 and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is intended. The
			 certification must be submitted by a company officer in the manner required by
			 RCW
			 5.50.050.
(2) The commission will certify an ETC's use
			 of federal high-cost universal service fund support, pursuant to
			 47 C.F.R. Sec.
			 54.314 only if the ETC complies with the
			 requirements in WAC
			 480-123-070, and the ETC
			 demonstrates that it will use federal high-cost funds only for the provision,
			 maintenance, and upgrading of facilities and services for which the support is
			 intended through the requirements of WAC
			 480-123-080.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, 80.36.600, and
				  80.36.610. 06-14-051 (Docket No.
				  UT-053021, General Order No. R-534), § 480-123-060, filed 6/28/06,
				  effective 7/29/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-070 - Annual certifications and reports

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Not later than July 1st of each year, every ETC that receives
				federal support from any category in the federal high-cost fund must certify or
				report as described in this section. The certifications and reports are for
				activity related to Washington state in the period January 1st through December
				31st of the previous year. A company officer must submit the certifications in
				the manner required by
				RCW
				5.50.050.
(1)
Report on use of federal funds and
			 benefits to customers.
(a) The report
			 must provide a substantive description of investments made and expenses paid
			 with support from the federal high-cost fund.
The report must include the company's gross capital
				expenditures and operating expenses made with federal high-cost support
				received by the ETC in the preceding calendar year along with a description of
				major projects and affected exchanges. A rate of return wireline ETC must also
				include a copy of its NECA-1 report for the preceding calendar year.
(b) Every ETC must provide a
			 substantive description of the benefits to consumers that resulted from the
			 investments and expenses reported pursuant to (a) of this subsection.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-080 - Annual plan for universal service support expenditures

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(1) Not later than
			 July 1st of each year, every ETC that receives federal support from any
			 category in the federal high-cost fund must report the planned use of federal
			 support related to Washington state that will be received during the coming
			 calendar year. The report must include the company's planned gross capital
			 expenditures and operating expenses made with federal high-cost support
			 received by the ETC for the coming calendar year along with a description of
			 major projects and affected exchanges.
(2) The report must include a substantive
			 plan of the investments and expenditures to be made with federal support and a
			 substantive description of how those investments and expenditures will benefit
			 customers.
(3) As part of the
			 initial ETC petition for federal high-cost support, and at least once every
			 three years thereafter, a wireless ETC must submit a map in .shp format that
			 shows the general location where it provides commercial mobile radio service
			 signals.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160, 80.36.600, and
				  80.36.610. 06-14-051 (Docket No.
				  UT-053021, General Order No. R-534), § 480-123-080, filed 6/28/06,
				  effective 7/29/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-100 - Prerequisites for requesting program support

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(1)
Wireline communications
			 providers.
A wireline communications provider may seek support for
			 telecommunications and broadband services from the program if the provider
			 satisfies all of the following requirements:
(a) The provider is a local exchange company
			 as defined in WAC
			 480-120-021 that
			 serves fewer than forty thousand access lines within the state;
(b) The provider is an incumbent local
			 exchange carrier as defined in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 251(h) or has been designated as
			 an incumbent local exchange carrier by the Federal Communications
			 Commission;
(c) The provider offers
			 basic residential and business exchange telecommunications services as set
			 forth in WAC
			 480-120-021 and
			 RCW
			 80.36.630;
(d) The provider has established a plan, as
			 described in WAC
			 480-123-110,
			 to provide, maintain, or enhance broadband service; and
(e) The provider has been designated by the
			 commission as an ETC for purposes of receiving federal universal service
			 support pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Part 54 Subpart D - Universal Service Support for
			 High Cost Areas, with respect to the service areas for which the provider is
			 seeking program support.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-140 - Commission compliance review of accounts and records

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Communications providers that receive program support are
				subject to compliance reviews and other investigations by the commission to
				ensure compliance with program rules and orders. Each provider shall retain all
				records required to demonstrate to the commission that the support the provider
				received was consistent with
				RCW
				80.36.650 and commission rules and orders.
				Providers shall retain all such documentation for at least five years from the
				distribution of program funds, and a provider shall make that documentation
				available to the commission upon request. Any eligible providers authorized to
				receive program support that fail to comply with public interest obligations
				under federal or Washington law or any other terms and conditions established
				by the commission may be subject to further action, including the commission's
				existing enforcement procedures and penalties, reductions in program support
				amounts, potential revocation of program eligibility designation, and
				suspension from, or disentitlement to future participation in the
				program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-150 - Advisory board

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(1)
Establishment.
The commission will establish an industry and
			 consumer advisory board to provide recommendations to the commission on the
			 implementation and management of the program.
(2)
Membership.
The commission
			 secretary is authorized to solicit nominations , approve membership on the
			 board, and determine and modify the number of seats on the board.
(a) The board will be comprised of members
			 representing the following interests:
(i) One
			 from incumbent local exchange companies serving fewer than forty thousand
			 access lines in Washington;
(ii)
			 One from incumbent local exchange companies serving more than forty thousand
			 access lines in Washington;
(iii)
			 One from competitive local exchange companies serving customers in
			 Washington;
(iv) One from wireless
			 communications providers offering service in Washington;
(v) One from the governor's state broadband
			 office;
(vi) One from the public
			 counsel unit of the office of the attorney general of Washington; and
(vii) One from the commission
			 staff.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-160 - Resolution of disputes

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An affected provider may petition the commission to resolve any
				disputed matter concerning the program including, but not necessarily limited
				to, the provider's eligibility to receive program support, the amount or timing
				of any distribution of support, and calculations of the provider's revenues and
				earnings levels. The commission may refer such requests to the advisory board
				as the initial point of review and consideration of the matter for which a
				provider seeks resolution. The commission will make the final determination on
				any petition.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-170 - Operation of the program

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The commission will authorize and process payments from the
				universal communications services account for providers that the commission
				determines have met the requirements of WAC
				480-123-100 through
				480-123-140.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-999 - Adoption by reference

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In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or
				portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for
				inspection at the commission branch of the Washington state library. The
				publications, effective dates, references within this chapter, and availability
				of the resources are as follows:
(1)
			 The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA) Consumer Code
			 for Wireless Service.
(a) The commission
			 adopts the version in effect on March 1, 2023.
(b) This publication is referenced in WAC
			 480-123-030 (contents of petition
			 for eligible telecommunications carriers).
(c) Copies of the CTIA Consumer Code for
			 Wireless Service are available at
https://www.ctia.org/the-wireless-industry/industry-commitments/consumer-code-for-wireless-service
.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-123 - Universal service › Section 480-123-999 - Adoption by reference

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In this chapter, the commission adopts by reference all or
				portions of regulations and standards identified below. They are available for
				inspection at the commission branch of the Washington state library. The
				publications, effective dates, references within this chapter, and availability
				of the resources are as follows:
(1)
			 The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA) Consumer Code
			 for Wireless Service.
(a) The commission
			 adopts the version copyrighted in 2023.
(b) This publication is referenced in WAC
			 480-123-030 (contents of petition for eligible telecommunications
			 carriers).
(c) Copies of the CTIA
			 Consumer Code for Wireless Service are available at
https://www.ctia.org/the-wireless-industry/industry-commitments/consumer-code-for-wireless-service
.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-010 - Definitions

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Commission
means Washington utilities and
				transportation commission.
Net utility plant in service
means plant in
				service less accumulated depreciation and amortization.
Public service company
means every gas company,
				electrical company, and water company subject to regulation under the
				provisions of
				Title
				80 RCW as to rates and service
				by the commission.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-010, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99; Order R-5, § 480-140-010, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-015 - Exemptions from rules

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(1) The
			 commission may grant an exemption of any rule in this chapter, if consistent
			 with the public interest, the purposes underlying regulation, and applicable
			 statutes.
(2) To request a rule
			 exemption, a person must file with the commission a written request identifying
			 the rule for which an exemption is sought and giving a full explanation of the
			 reason the exemption is requested.
(3) The commission will assign the request a
			 docket number, if needed, and schedule the request for consideration at one of
			 its regularly scheduled open meetings or, if appropriate under
			 chapter
			 34.05 RCW, in an
			 adjudication. The commission will notify the person requesting the exemption,
			 and other interested persons, of the date the commission will consider the
			 request.
(4) The commission will
			 enter an order granting or denying the request or setting it for hearing,
			 pursuant to chapter 480-07 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
				  Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-140-015, filed 11/24/03,
				  effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-015, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-020 - Who must file

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The following public service companies with annual gross
				operating revenues exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars must file
				budgets with the commission:
(1) Gas
			 companies; and
(2) Electrical
			 companies.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040(4),
				  80.04.160, and 80.40.320.
				  06-01-011 (Docket Nos. UT-051261 and UW-051287, General Order No. R-525),
				  § 480-140-020, filed 12/9/05, effective 1/9/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-020, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 92-02-083 (Order R-363, Docket No.
				  U-911075), § 480-140-020, filed 12/31/91, effective 1/31/92; 91-08-026
				  (Order R-341, Docket No. U-901099), § 480-140-020, filed 3/28/91,
				  effective 4/28/91. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.320. 87-01-001 (Order R-269,
				  Cause No. U-86-121), § 480-140-020, filed 12/5/86; Order R-5, §
				  480-140-020, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-030 - When to file

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The budget for the ensuing fiscal year must be filed with the
				commission within ten days after it is approved by the company, but no later
				than sixty days after the beginning of the company's fiscal
				year.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-030, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99; Order R-5, § 480-140-030, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-040 - What to file

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Budgets, in a format selected by the reporting company, must
				show amounts needed for construction, operation and maintenance during the
				ensuing year. The reporting company must provide the information by industry
				(water, gas, and electrical to the extent such information has been prepared.
				All major construction projects must be identified in the budget. Major
				construction projects will be determined for water, gas, and electrical
				companies, as all projects where the Washington-allocated share of the total
				project is greater than five-tenths of one percent of the company's latest
				year-end Washington-allocated net utility plant in service, but does not
				include any project of less than three million dollars on a total project
				basis. This determination for companies providing combined industry services
				will be done on an industry-specific basis.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-040, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 92-02-083 (Order R-363, Docket No.
				  U-911075), § 480-140-040, filed 12/31/91, effective 1/31/92; 91-08-026
				  (Order R-341, Docket No. U-901099), § 480-140-040, filed 3/28/91,
				  effective 4/28/91. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.320. 87-01-001 (Order R-269,
				  Cause No. U-86-121), § 480-140-040, filed 12/5/86. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 83-06-016 (Order R-195,
				  Cause No. U-83-02), § 480-140-040, filed 2/23/83; Order R-5, §
				  480-140-040, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-080 - Confidentiality provision

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The commission may, in its discretion, to the extent permitted
				by RCW
				80.04.095 and chapter 42.17 RCW, upon the
				request of any public service company, withhold from publication, any portion
				of any budget designated as confidential pursuant to WAC
				480-07-160.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 03-24-028 (General
				  Order R-510, Docket No. A-010648), § 480-140-080, filed 11/24/03,
				  effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.04.160,
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.300 through
				  80.04.330. 99-23-065 (Order No.
				  R-466, Docket No. A-990298), § 480-140-080, filed 11/15/99, effective
				  12/16/99; Order R-43, § 480-140-080, filed 4/5/73 and 4/18/73; Order R-5,
				  § 480-140-080, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-140 - Commission general - Budgets › Section 480-140-180 - Additional information

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The commission may, in its discretion, require any public
				service company to furnish information, data or detail as to any proposed
				expenditure.
Order R-5, § 480-140-180, filed 6/6/69, effective
				  10/9/69.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-100 - Application of rules

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The rules in this chapter apply to any public service company
				that meets the requirements for commission regulation or jurisdiction under
				RCW
				80.04.010. The rules do not apply to a local
				exchange company that serves less than two percent of the access lines in the
				state of Washington. Other local exchange companies should also refer to
				commission orders specifying the appropriate treatment of transfers of
				property.
The commission may waive or modify the application of any rule
				to a public service company upon written request or upon the commission's own
				motion, except when such provisions are fixed by statute. The waiver or
				modification must be approved by the commission in writing. Violations of these
				rules will be subject to the penalty provisions of chapter 80.04 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-100, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-110 - Filing

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Any filing under this chapter must be made at the commission by
				mail or in person or as the commission otherwise may provide.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-110, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-120 - Transfers of property

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A public service company may not complete a transfer of
				property necessary or useful to perform its public duties unless the company
				first applies for, and obtains, commission approval. Transfers include sale,
				lease, assignment of all or part of a public service company's property, and
				merger or consolidation of a public service company's property with another
				public service company. Certain telephone utility leases are exempt under WAC
				480-143-200. Applications must
				describe transfers in detail and must include the public service company's
				current financial statements and copies of all transfer
				instruments.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-120, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-130 - Purchase of property

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A public service company may not acquire any franchise,
				property, facility, capital stock, or bonds of another public service company
				unless it first applies for, and obtains, commission approval. Applications
				must describe the proposed acquisitions in detail and include the public
				service company's current financial statements and copies of all transfer
				instruments.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-130, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-140 - General contents

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Applicants must state all facts that support each application.
				Each application must be dated and signed by the applicant, the applicant's
				authorized representative, or the applicant's attorney. Whoever signs the
				application must certify that the information it includes is true and correct
				to the best of the signer's information and belief under penalty of perjury as
				set forth in
				RCW
				9A.72.085.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-140, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-150 - Statement required for nonpublic service company purchases

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If a company other than a public service company proposes to
				acquire franchises, property, or facilities from a public service company, the
				commission may require a sworn statement from the purchaser that includes any
				resulting changes in rates, services, or equipment that may affect the public
				interest.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-150, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-160 - Public hearing

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The commission will examine all applications for transfers and
				accompanying exhibits. The commission may set an application for hearing and
				require all parties to the transaction to appear and give
				testimony.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-160, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-170 - Application in the public interest

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If, upon the examination of any application and accompanying
				exhibits, or upon a hearing concerning the same, the commission finds the
				proposed transaction is not consistent with the public interest, it shall deny
				the application.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-170, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-180 - Disposal and determination of necessary or useful property

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A public service company must not dispose of any property
				necessary or useful to perform its public duties unless it first applies for,
				and obtains, written authority from the commission.
Necessary or useful includes all property except items
				that:
(1) Are substituted with or
			 replaced by items of equal or greater value or usefulness;
(2) Are surplus and unneeded assets for which
			 full value is received;
(3) Are
			 obsolete; or
(4) Are excluded from
			 the public service company's rate base by commission order, or otherwise.
The public service company must file an application for
				commission determination that the property is not necessary or useful, prior to
				disposing of such property, if the property to be disposed of has a market
				value that exceeds the greater of .1% of the public service company's rate base
				(for the applicable utility service) last established by commission order, or
				$20,000.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-180, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-190 - Annual filing of property transferred without authorization

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Every public service company must file with the commission by
				March 1 of each year a detailed list of all items transferred without
				commission approval during the previous calendar year, except items whose fair
				market value is less than the greater of .01% of the public service company's
				last rate base (for the applicable utility service) established by commission
				order or two thousand dollars. The public service company must attach an
				affidavit by a responsible officer qualified to state that none of the items
				was necessary or useful to perform the public service company's public duties
				and that the public service company received fair market value for each
				item.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-190, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-200 - Certain telephone leases are exempt

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A telephone utility may lease its properties to another
				telephone utility without prior commission approval if:
(1) The properties are not essential to the
			 lessor's provision of telephone service;
(2) The properties are used to transmit
			 interexchange messages between subscribers of different utilities;
(3) The lease expedites economical
			 interexchange telephone service; and
(4) A copy of the lease agreement is kept in
			 the lessor's office.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-200, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-143 - Commission general - Transfers of property › Section 480-143-210 - Transfer customer notice requirements

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(1) Whenever a public service company files
			 an application to merge or consolidate any of its franchises, property or
			 facilities with any other company, it must provide notice to customers. This
			 notice must be provided thirty days before the commission's open meeting date
			 when the application is scheduled for action.
(2) A draft customer notice must be submitted
			 to the commission for review at least one week prior to the public service
			 company's planned printing date for distribution.
(3) The public service company must provide a
			 final copy of the notice to the commission.
(4) Content of notice. The notice to
			 customers must contain, at a minimum, the following:
COMPANY NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER
DATE
IMPORTANT NOTICE
(Company Name)
has asked the Washington Utilities
				and Transportation Commission for authorization to transfer ownership and
				operation of
(name of company being sold)
to
(name of
				company buying).
This transfer is contingent upon approval by the
				Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
(Give background information about the new owner, for
				example, how many years in business, etc.)
If you have questions about this request and how it will affect
				you, please call
(company name & office phone number).
If you
				have questions about the approval process, you may contact the Washington
				Utilities and Transportation Commission at the following address:
Secretary
Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
P.O. Box 47250
Olympia, WA 98504-7250 1-800-562-6150 (toll-free)
If you would like to comment on this proposal, it is important
				for you to do so now. Comments must be submitted in writing or presented at the
				commission's open meeting to be considered as part of the formal record. The
				commission encourages your written comments, either in favor or opposition,
				regarding this proposal. All open meetings are held in Olympia, WA. If you
				would like to be added to the commission's mailing list to be notified of the
				open meeting date please call the toll-free number listed above and leave your
				name and complete mailing address.
Sincerely,
Company Name/Representative
(5) The commission may require additional
			 notice to the public as it determines necessary.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and
				  80.04.160. 99-08-055 (Order R-461,
				  Docket No. A-980084), § 480-143-210, filed 4/1/99, effective
				  5/2/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-010 - Form and size of tariffs

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(1) All
			 tariffs and supplements thereto must be in book, pamphlet or loose leaf form
			 and printed or typed on hard calendered paper with not smaller than 8 point
			 type, except that 6 point bold face type may be used for reference marks and
			 except as provided in WAC
			 480-149-030(1)(b).
(2) The size must be 8 by 11 inches or 8-1/2
			 by 11 inches except railroad local passenger tariffs which may be 4 by 9
			 inches.
(3) A margin of not less
			 than five-eighths of an inch must be left for binding.
Order R-16, § 480-149-010, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-020 - Changes to be indicated

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(1) All printed
			 or typewritten tariffs and supplements must indicate all changes in rates,
			 fares, charges, rules, regulations or classifications by use of the following
			 symbols in connection with such changes:
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or (A) to denote increases
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or (C) to denote changes in wording which result in
							 neither reductions nor increases in charges.
(2)
			 Explanations of all symbols used must be provided in the tariff or supplement
			 in which used and the symbols designated in subsection (1) must not be used for
			 any other purpose.
(3) When a
			 change of the same character is made in all or in substantially all rates,
			 fares or charges in a tariff or supplement or a page thereof, that fact and the
			 nature of such changes may be indicated in distinctive type at the top of the
			 title page of such issue or at the top of each page respectively in the
			 following manner "All rates, fares or charges in this issue are increases," or
			 "All rates, fares or charges on this page are reductions except as otherwise
			 provided in connection with the rates, fares or charges." Under this paragraph
			 of the rule a bold face dot, "," must be used to symbolize a rate, fare or
			 charge in which no change has been made. This symbol must not be used for any
			 other purpose.
(4) When a tariff or
			 supplement canceling a previous issue omits points of origin or destination,
			 rates, fares, charges, rules, regulations or routes which were contained in
			 such previous issue, the new tariff or supplement shall indicate the omissions
			 and if such omissions effect changes in charges or services that fact shall be
			 indicated by the use of the uniform symbols prescribed in subsection (1) of
			 this rule.
Order R-16, § 480-149-020, filed 2/3/70; Public Service
				  Commission Cause No. T-9494, filed
				  4/5/61.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-030 - Title page to all tariffs

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(1) The
			 title page of every tariff or supplement must show not less than thirty days'
			 notice, or bear plain notation to the number and date of the permission or rule
			 or decision of the commission under which it is effective on less than such
			 statutory notice. The title page of every tariff, and the title page of every
			 supplement shall show at least the following:
(a) Name of company issuing tariff and the
			 number of its certificate, permit or license, if any, as the case may be; or
			 name of bureau or agency filing tariff under powers of attorney.
(b) An identifying tariff number; also
			 supplement number if the filing is a supplement. If tariffs or supplements are
			 canceled thereby the numbers of such tariffs or supplements shall be named. If
			 the number of canceled publications is so large as to render it impracticable
			 to thus enter them on the title page they must be shown immediately following
			 the table of contents provided specific reference thereto is entered on title
			 page directly under the tariff or supplement number.
(c) Type of service covered by the
			 tariff.
(d) The territory from and
			 to which the tariff or supplement applies or location of dock or
			 warehouse.
(e) On tariffs which
			 have interstate application, a clear statement indicating the Washington
			 intrastate application or nonapplication of the tariff, or reference to a page
			 or item where such statement will be found.
(f) Reference by name and number to the
			 classification, exceptions thereto and rules circulars, if any, governing the
			 tariff or supplement. In the alternative reference may be shown on the title
			 page to an item or page of the tariff where governing publications are named. A
			 tariff is not governed by a classification, classification exceptions or rules
			 circular except when and to what extent stated on or in the tariff.
(g) Date of issue and date effective. When a
			 tariff or supplement is made to expire on a given date the term "Expires on
(date)
unless sooner canceled, changed or extended,"
			 must be used.
(h) On every tariff
			 or supplement in which the rates, fares, charges, rules or regulations are made
			 effective on less than statutory notice the notation "Issued on less than
			 statutory notice under authority of
(show authority)
" must be shown.
(i)
			 Name, title and street address of tariff publishing officer by whom the tariff
			 or supplement is issued.