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Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-060 - Conservation reporting requirements

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Each utility shall submit an annual conservation report to the
				department by June 1st using a form provided by the department. The
				conservation report must show the utility's progress in the preceding year in
				meeting the conservation targets established in
				RCW
				   19.285.040 and must include the
				following:
(1) The total electricity
			 savings and expenditures for conservation by the following sectors:
			 Residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, distribution system, and
			 production system. A utility may report results achieved through nonutility
			 programs, as identified in WAC
			 194-37-080(5),
			 by program, if the results are not included in the reported results by customer
			 sector. Reports submitted in odd-numbered years must include an estimate of
			 savings and expenditures in the prior year. Reports submitted in even-numbered
			 years must include the amount of savings and expenditures in the prior two
			 years. All savings must be documented pursuant to WAC
			 194-37-080.
(2)
A brief description of the methodology used to establish the
				utility's ten-year potential and biennial target to capture cost-effective
				conservationx.
(3) In
			 even-numbered years the report must include the utility's ten-year conservation
			 potential and biennial targets established pursuant to WAC
			 194-37-070.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-060, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-080 - Documentation of conservation savings

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(1) Each utility must document its
			 acquisition of conservation savings relative to its biennial target.
(2) Each utility must record conservation
			 savings as the total first-year electricity savings in megawatt-hours or
			 kilowatt-hours.
(3)
(a) Each utility must maintain and apply
			 measurement and verification protocols to determine the amount of energy
			 savings resulting from conservation measures and to verify the acquisition or
			 installation of the conservation measures being recorded or claimed.
(b) A utility may comply with this
			 requirement using the measurement and verification protocols adopted by the RTF
			 or by BPA in its energy efficiency implementation manual. If a utility uses
			 other measurement and verification protocols, the measurement and verification
			 protocols must be consistent with recognized industry practices, and the
			 utility must document the methodologies, assumptions, and factual inputs used
			 in its measurement and verification of energy savings.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-085 - Documentation of conservation savings from high-efficiency cogeneration

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(1) A utility may
			 count as conservation savings a portion of the electricity output of a
			 high-efficiency cogeneration facility that commences operation in its service
			 territory.
(2) The high-efficiency
			 cogeneration facility must be owned by a retail electric customer and used by
			 that customer to meet its heat and electricity needs. Heat and electricity
			 output provided to anyone other than the facility owner may not be considered
			 in determining conservation savings.
(3) The useful thermal energy output of the
			 cogeneration facility must be no less than thirty-three percent of the total
			 energy output of the cogeneration facility under normal operating
			 conditions.
(4) The reduction in
			 customer load due to high-efficiency cogeneration must be determined by
			 multiplying the annual electricity output of the cogeneration facility by a
			 fraction equal to one minus the ratio of:
(a)
			 The heat rate (in British thermal units per megawatt hour) of the cogeneration
			 facility; and
(b) The heat rate (in
			 British thermal units per megawatt hour) of a combined cycle natural gas-fired
			 combustion turbine. The heat rate of the cogeneration facility must be based on
			 the additional fuel requirements attributable to electricity production and
			 excluding the fuel that would be required to produce all other useful energy
			 outputs of the project without cogeneration. The heat rate of the combustion
			 turbine must be based on a facility using best commercial available technology
			 on a new and clean basis.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-090 - Additional documentation of efficiency from distribution system loss reduction improvements, including peak demand management and voltage regulation (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-090, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-100 - Additional documentation of improved efficiency from production facilities (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-100, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-110 - Renewable resource energy reporting

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Each utility must submit a renewable resource energy report to
				the department by June 1st of each year using a form provided by the
				department. The report must reflect the actions that the utility took by the
				previous January 1st to meet the renewable requirements of chapter 19.285 RCW
				for that year. For example, a utility must report by June 1, 2015, the actions
				it took by January 1, 2015, to meet requirements applicable to the 2015 target
				year.
(1)
Reporting requirements
			 applicable to all utilities.
Each utility must report the following
			 information:
(a)The compliance method:
(i) Renewable energy target using renewable
			 resources and RECs -
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(2)(a);
(ii) Incremental cost -
			 RCW
			    19.285.050; or
(iii) No-growth cost -
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(2)(d).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-120 - Documentation of use of eligible renewable resources and RECs for compliance

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A utility using an eligible renewable resource or REC for
				compliance with a requirement of chapter 19.285 RCW must document that use by
				following the procedures in this section.
(1)
Documentation of energy from
			 eligible renewable resources.
Each utility using an eligible renewable
			 resource for compliance must document the following for each resource:
(a) The electricity was generated by a
			 generating facility that is an eligible renewable resource;
(b) The electricity was generated during the
			 target year;
(c) If the utility
			 sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred the electricity to any person other
			 than its retail customer, the utility retained ownership of the nonpower
			 attributes; and
(d) The utility
			 retired, consistent with the requirements of subsection (2) of this section,
			 any RECs representing the nonpower attributes associated with the electricity
			 or, if no RECs have been created, the utility has committed to use the nonpower
			 attributes exclusively for the compliance purpose stated in its
			 documentation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-130 - Documentation of incremental hydropower

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(1)
Projects owned by qualifying
			 utilities.
Each utility using electricity produced as a result of a
			 hydro-power efficiency improvement, as defined in
			 RCW
			 19.285.-030 (12)(b), to meet a renewable
			 energy target must provide documentation that:
(a) The hydroelectric generation project is
			 owned by a qualifying utility and is located in the Pacific
			 Northwest;
(b) The hydropower
			 efficiency improvement was completed after March 31, 1999; and
(c) The additional generation does not result
			 in new water diversions or impoundments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-135 - Documentation of multifuel biomass energy, qualified biomass energy, and incremental biomass energy

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(1)
Multifuel biomass energy.
A utility using biomass energy produced
			 by a multifuel generating facility, where the biomass energy fuel provides less
			 than ninety-eight percent of the total heat input, must document the eligible
			 renewable energy using RECs created by WREGIS pursuant to the multifuel
			 generating unit procedures of WREGIS.
(2)
Qualified biomass energy.
A
			 utility using qualified biomass energy must document the eligible renewable
			 energy using RECs created by WREGIS and must document:
(a) Information about the facility generating
			 electricity from biomass energy:
(i)
			 Ownership of the biomass energy facility;
(ii) Date of commercial operation of the
			 biomass energy facility; and
(iii)
			 Specific type of biomass used for generation by the biomass energy
			 facility.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-136 - Documentation of apprentice labor and distributed generation multipliers

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(1)
Apprentice labor credit
. A utility claiming an additional credit
			 for the electricity output from an eligible renewable resource per
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(2)(h)(i) must
			 document that the facility commenced operation after December 31, 2005, and
			 must provide written documentation from the Washington state apprenticeship and
			 training council within the department of labor and industries that the
			 facility qualified for the apprentice labor credit.
(2)
Distributed generation
			 credit.
A utility claiming an additional credit for distributed
			 generation pursuant to
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(2)(b) must meet
			 the following requirements:
(a)The utility
			 may claim a distributed generation credit only if the generating facility is
			 registered in WREGIS and the utility retires all RECs associated with its
			 distributed generation claim.
(b)
			 In determining whether a generating facility has a generating capacity of not
			 more than five megawatts, the capacity of the generating facility will be based
			 on its name-plate rating measured in alternating current.
(c)In determining whether a generating
			 facility is eligible for the distributed generation credit, the generating
			 capacity of the generating facility will be based on the aggregate generating
			 capacity of the generating facility and all other generating facilities in the
			 same integrated cluster. An integrated cluster of generating facilities
			 consists of all generating facilities that:
(i) Are located on the same or contiguous
			 property. In determining whether properties are contiguous, interruptions in
			 contiguity caused by easements, public thoroughfares, transportation rights of
			 way, or utility rights of way must be disregarded; and
(ii) Have any of the following elements in
			 common:
(A)Ownership. Each person with more
			 than five percent beneficial ownership, other than tax equity owners, will be
			 considered an owner for purposes of determining common ownership of generating
			 facilities;
(B)Operational control;
			 or
(C)Interconnection. Generating
			 facilities have common interconnection if they have the same point of common
			 coupling with the area electric power system.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-140 - Documentation of renewable resource financial path for no-load growth utilities

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For each year that a utility meets the renewable energy
				financial cost cap, associated with no load growth, identified in
				RCW
				   19.285.040(2)(d), the
				utility must document the following by January 1:
(1) That it used a consistent methodology
			 from year to year to weather-adjust its retail load;
(2) That the average of weather-adjusted
			 loads over the three previous years did not increase over the weather-adjusted
			 load in the year immediately prior to the three-year period;
(3) That it invested at least one-percent of
			 its total annual revenue requirement in each target year on eligible renewable
			 resources, RECs, or a combination of both;
(4) That it executed contracts, dated no
			 later than January 1 of the target year, for power purchases of sufficient
			 eligible renewable resources and/or RECs;
(5) The quantity of megawatt-hours for each
			 target year for which the utility:
(a)
			 Commenced or renewed ownership of nonrenewable resources, other than coal
			 transition power, after December 7, 2006; or
(b) Made electricity purchases from
			 nonrenewable energy resources, other than coal transition power, incremental to
			 its annual electricity purchases made or contracted for before December 7,
			 2006.
Sources of power for daily spot market purchases are not
				included in this calculation;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-150 - Financial documentation of annual revenue requirement

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(1) For purposes of the report filed pursuant
			 to RCW
			    19.285.070, a utility shall document its
			 annual revenue requirement.
(2) A
			 utility that uses a different basis for the determination of its annual revenue
			 requirement for purposes of calculating what it expects to recover or actually
			 recovers through retail electricity sales in the state of Washington in that
			 year may use that number in the calculation of the cost cap and must provide
			 documentation to support this alternative approach.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-150, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-160 - Documentation of financial cost cap - Current information and timeline

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By January 1 of the first target year that a utility fulfills
				its renewable energy requirements under
				RCW
				   19.285.050, the utility shall select one of
				the following methodologies for documenting the incremental cost of all
				eligible renewable resources acquired thereafter by that utility:
(1) Annual update methodology. In each year
			 that a utility fulfills its renewable energy requirements by complying with the
			 cost cap identified in
			 RCW
			    19.285.050 it must document its calculations
			 no later than January 1 of the target year. The utility will use the most
			 current information available to the utility within twelve months prior to the
			 initial documentation of the cost cap pursuant to WAC
			 194-37-170 through
			 194-37-190. The utility will
			 update this documentation in its June 1 report submitted pursuant to
			 RCW
			    19.285.070. These annual updates of costs,
			 based on the most current information available, apply to both the eligible
			 renewable resource and the substitute resource.
(2) Permanent one-time methodology. For each
			 new investment in an eligible renewable resource, a utility shall perform a
			 one-time calculation of the levelized incremental cost pursuant to WAC
			 194-37-170 through
			 194-37-190. The levelized
			 incremental cost shall be a single annual value expressed in real,
			 constant-year dollars. The levelized incremental cost for each eligible
			 renewable resource project or purchase, calculated through this one-time
			 analysis in the year of acquisition, shall be allowed to inflate utilizing the
			 Producer Price Index over the life of the eligible renewable resource after the
			 initial calculation. The utility will include a determination of incremental
			 cost for each new investment in an eligible renewable resource and
			 inflation-adjusted incremental costs for previous eligible renewable resource
			 investments in its June 1 report submitted pursuant to
			 RCW
			    19.285.070, beginning in the year the utility
			 complies with the cost cap identified in
			 RCW
			    19.285.050.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-160, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-170 - Documentation for financial path - Levelization of costs

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(1) Each utility must document its
			 calculation of the levelized annual incremental cost of eligible renewable
			 resources. Utilities are encouraged, but not obligated, to use the following
			 methodology:
Step 1:
Calculate the net present value of the
				cost of the utility's eligible renewable resource and substitute resource over
				an equivalent contract length or facility life.
Step 2:
Calculate equal nominal values over the
				appropriate contract length or facility life that have a net present value
				equal to those calculated in Step 1, using the same discount rate.
Step 3:
Calculate the annual difference between
				the levelized delivered cost for the eligible renewable resource and the
				substitute resource to determine the levelized incremental cost of the eligible
				renewable resource.
A utility that uses the annual update methodology must document
				the basis for any change to the levelization methodology used in a prior June 1
				report to levelize the costs of an eligible renewable resource and its
				associated substitute resource.
(2) Regardless of the methodology chosen to
			 levelize costs, utilities must document the basis for their chosen method for
			 levelizing costs.
(3) Utilities
			 must document the basis for the discount rate used in its levelized cost
			 calculations.
(4) Utilities must
			 document how the discount rate used to perform the levelized cost calculations
			 is consistent with the inflationary assumptions incorporated into the delivered
			 cost projections for the eligible renewable resource and substitute
			 resource.
(5) Utilities must
			 document how the method and assumptions used to levelize delivered costs for
			 the eligible renewable resource are consistent with those used to levelize the
			 delivered cost of the associated substitute resource.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-170, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-180 - Documentation of financial path - Delivered cost

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(1) The delivered cost of a resource includes
			 all direct and indirect costs associated with that resource being delivered to
			 the distribution system of a utility over the contract length or facility life
			 of the delivered resource. Direct and indirect costs may include operating and
			 capital expenses related to the delivered resource.
(2) Using the Uniform System of Accounts of
			 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as an illustration, the
			 reported resource costs are expected to generally fall within, but not
			 necessarily be limited to, the following cost accounts:
Operating Expenses
Accounts 500-557:
Production Expense
Account 565:
Wholesale Wheeling Expense
Accounts 920-935:
Administrative and General Expense
Account 408.1:
Taxes Other than Federal Income Taxes
Capital Expenses
Accounts 403-407:
Depreciation and Amortization Expense
Accounts 427-431:
Interest-Related Expenses
(3) A
			 utility may include actual costs in order to equitably compare the costs of
			 eligible renewable resources and substitute resources. This may include the
			 actual costs of transmission, firming, shaping, integration, and project
			 specific development costs.
(4)
			 Utilities are encouraged to use the FERC system of accounts to document the
			 delivered cost of resources. Regardless of the accounting convention used,
			 utilities must document the delivered cost estimates for eligible renewable
			 resources and their associated substitute resources in a manner consistent with
			 generally accepted accounting standards.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-180, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-200 - Financial documentation path using renewable energy credits

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A utility may elect to invest in RECs to meet any portion of,
				or the entirety of, each annual renewable resource target in
				RCW
				   19.285.040(2) or
				19.285.050(1). If
				the cost of the RECs and the incremental cost of acquired renewable resources,
				as documented according to WAC
				194-37-150 through
				194-37-190, for any one year
				meets or exceeds four percent of the utility's annual revenue requirement, the
				utility shall document that the utility achieved the four percent cost cap
				alternative compliance path in
				RCW
				   19.285.050(1). The
				documentation must include copies of its WREGIS RECs, copies of purchase
				contracts, and its annual revenue requirement.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-200, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-37 - Energy independence › Section 194-37-210 - Renewable energy credit tracking system

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(1) WREGIS is the renewable energy credit
			 tracking system for purposes of verification of RECs under chapter 19.285
			 RCW.
(2) Upon request by a utility,
			 the department may approve a special purpose renewable energy credit tracking
			 system for the generation of any specific generating facility acquired through
			 ownership or contract by a utility prior to January 1, 2015, if the utility
			 certifies that it would be impractical or financially burdensome to track the
			 generation of the facility using WREGIS. The approval of a special purpose
			 tracking system may include limitations or conditions on the transfer of RECs.
			 All references to WREGIS in this chapter include such approved special purpose
			 tracking systems.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     19.285.080(2). 08-07-079,
				  §
										194-37-210, filed 3/18/08,
				  effective 4/18/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-010 - Purpose and scope

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The purpose of this chapter is to implement the requirements of
				chapter 19.405 RCW, Clean Energy Transformation Act, and chapter 19.280
				RCW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-022 - 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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-030 - Definitions

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Unless specifically provided otherwise, the terms defined in
				RCW
				   19.405.020 have the same meaning in this
				chapter.
"100% Clean electricity standard" means the standard
				established in
				RCW
				   19.405.050(1) and any
				requirements necessary for compliance with that standard.
"BPA" means the Bonneville Power Administration.
"CEIP" means a clean energy implementation plan prepared in
				compliance with
				RCW
				   19.405.060.
"Energy assistance need" means the amount of assistance
				necessary to achieve an energy burden equal to six percent for utility
				customers.
"GHG neutral compliance period" means each of the periods
				identified in
				RCW
				   19.405.040(1)(a).
"GHG neutral standard" means the standard established in
				RCW
				   19.405.040(1) and any
				requirements necessary for compliance with that standard.
"Indicator" means an attribute, either quantitative or
				qualitative, of a condition, resource, program or related distribution
				investment that is tracked for the purpose of evaluating change over
				time.
"Interim performance period" means either of the following
				periods:
(a) From January 1, 2022, until December 31, 2025; and
(b) From January 1, 2026, until December 31, 2029.
"Interim target" means a target established in compliance with
				RCW
				   19.405.060(2)(a)(i). An
				interim target may cover an interim performance period or a GHG neutral
				compliance period.
"Low-income" means household incomes that do not exceed the
				higher of eighty percent of area median income or two hundred percent of
				federal poverty level, adjusted for household size.
"REC" means renewable energy credit.
"Retail revenue requirement" means that portion of a utility's
				annual budget approved by its governing body that is intended to be recovered
				through retail electricity sales in the state of Washington in the applicable
				year. It includes revenues from any retail rate or charge that is necessary to
				receive electric service from the utility and does not include the effect of
				taxes imposed directly on retail customers.
"Verification protocol" means a procedure or method used,
				consistent with industry standards, to establish with reasonable certainty that
				a conservation, energy efficiency, or demand response measure was installed and
				is in service. Industry standards include a range of appropriate protocols
				reflecting a balance of cost and accuracy, such as tracking installation of
				measures through incentive payments and the use of on-site inspection of
				measures installed as part of a customer-specific project.
"WREGIS" means the Western Renewable Energy Generation
				Information System.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-050 - Submission of clean energy implementation plan

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(1) Each utility must submit by January 1,
			 2022, and every four years thereafter, a CEIP for resources to be acquired and
			 other actions to be undertaken during the next interim performance period or
			 GHG neutral compliance period to comply with the GHG neutral standard and the
			 100% electricity clean standard. The CEIP must be submitted using a form
			 provided by commerce.
(2) Each
			 utility must submit with its CEIP a summary of the public input process
			 conducted in compliance with WAC 194-40-220 and a description of how public
			 comments were reflected in the specific actions under WAC 194-40-200(4),
			 including the development of one or more indicators and other elements of the
			 CEIP and the utility's supporting integrated resource plan or resource plans,
			 as applicable.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-060 - Reporting fuel mix and greenhouse gas emission

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(1) Each consumer-owned utility and each
			 investor-owned utility must submit by July 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, a
			 fuel mix source and disposition report for the previous calendar year,
			 consistent with
			 RCW
			    19.29A.140, using a form provided by
			 commerce.
(2) Each utility must
			 submit by July 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, a greenhouse gas content
			 calculation for the previous calendar year.
(a) The greenhouse gas content calculation
			 must be based on the quantities and fuel sources, including unspecified
			 sources, of electricity identified in the source and disposition report
			 required under subsection (1) of this section and must include all generating
			 resources providing service to retail customers of that utility in Washington
			 state, regardless of the location of the generating resource.
(b) The greenhouse gas content calculation
			 must comply with the calculation requirements established by the department of
			 ecology in chapter 173-444 WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-100 - Social cost of greenhouse gas emissions

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(1) The social cost of greenhouse gas
			 emissions to be included by utilities in resource planning, evaluation, and
			 selection, in compliance with
			 RCW
			    19.280.030(3), is equal to
			 the cost per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, using the 2.5
			 percent discount rate, listed in table 2, technical support document: Technical
			 update of the social cost of carbon for regulatory impact analysis under
			 Executive Order No. 12866, published by the interagency working group on social
			 cost of greenhouse gases of the United States government, August 2016, referred
			 to in this rule as the "technical support document."
(2) The social cost values for intermediate
			 years are calculated by linear interpolation and provided in Appendix A of the
			 technical support document. Social cost values for years after 2050 must be
			 determined by applying an escalation factor of 1.3 percent, consistent with
			 Table 3 of the technical support document. Social cost values must be adjusted
			 for inflation, using the implicit price deflator for gross domestic product
			 published by the United States Department of Commerce, from the 2007 dollars to
			 the base year used for other cost and benefit values in the utility's
			 analysis.
(3) As a convenience and
			 illustration, the cost values established in subsection (1) of this section and
			 adjusted as provided for in subsection (2) of this section for inflation to
			 2018 dollars are restated here:
Year in Which Emissions Occur or Are Avoided
Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide (in 2007 dollars per
						metric ton)
Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide (in 2018 dollars per
						metric ton)
2010
$50
$60
2015
$56
$67
2020
$62
$74
2025
$68
$81
2030
$73
$87
2035
$78
$93
2040
$84
$100
2045
$89
$106
2050
$95
$113
(4) The
			 social cost values established in this rule are minimum values. A utility may
			 apply a greater value if it has a reasonable basis to do so.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-110 - Methodologies to incorporate social cost of greenhouse gas emissions

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(1)
(a) Each utility must incorporate the social
			 cost of greenhouse gas emissions as a cost adder for all relevant inputs when
			 evaluating and selecting conservation policies, programs, and targets;
			 developing integrated resource plans and clean energy action plans; and
			 evaluating and selecting intermediate term and long-term resource
			 options.
(b) The greenhouse gas
			 emissions cost adder may be adjusted to account for any explicit tax or fee on
			 greenhouse gas emissions that is known or assumed in the resource
			 analysis.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-200 - Clean energy implementation plan

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(1)
Specific actions.
Each
			 utility must identify in each CEIP the specific actions the utility will take
			 during the next interim performance period or GHG neutral compliance period to
			 demonstrate progress toward meeting the standards under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(1) and
			 19.405.050(1) and the interim targets under subsection (2) of this section and the specific
			 targets under subsection (3) of this section. Specific actions must be
			 consistent with the requirements of
			 RCW
			    19.405.060(2)(a)(iv).
(2)
Interim target.
The CEIP
			 must establish an interim target for the percentage of retail load to be served
			 using renewable and nonemitting resources during the period covered by the
			 CEIP. The interim target must demonstrate progress toward meeting the standards
			 under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(1) and
			 19.405.050(1),
			 if the utility is not already meeting the relevant standard.
(3)
Specific targets.
The CEIP
			 must establish specific targets, for the interim performance period or GHG
			 neutral compliance period covered by the CEIP, for each of the following
			 categories of resources:
(a)
Energy
			 efficiency.
(i) The CEIP must
			 establish a target for the amount, expressed in megawatt-hours of first-year
			 savings, of energy efficiency resources expected to be acquired during the
			 period. The energy efficiency target must comply with WAC
			 194-40-330(1).
(ii) A utility may
			 update its CEIP to incorporate a revised energy efficiency target to match a
			 biennial conservation target established by the utility under
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(1)(b) and WAC
			 194-37-070.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-210 - Resource adequacy standard

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(1)
			 Each utility that is required to prepare an integrated resource plan under
			 RCW
			    19.280.030(1) must
			 establish by January 1, 2022, a standard for resource adequacy to be used in
			 resource planning, including assessing the need for and contributions of
			 generating resources, storage resources, demand response resources, and
			 conservation resources. The resource adequacy standard must be consistent with
			 prudent utility practices and relevant regulatory requirements and must include
			 reasonable and nondiscriminatory:
(a) Measures
			 of adequacy, such as peak load standards and loss of load probability or loss
			 of load expectation;
(b) Methods of
			 measurement, such as probabilistic assessments of resource adequacy;
			 and
(c) Measures of resource
			 contribution to resource adequacy, such as effective load carrying capability
			 applicable to all resources available to the utility including, but not limited
			 to, renewable, storage, hybrid, and demand response resources.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-220 - Public input for planning

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(1)
			 Each utility must provide reasonable opportunities for its customers and
			 interested stakeholders to provide input to the utility during the development
			 of, and prior to the adoption of, plans identifying actions to comply with
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(8) and other
			 requirements of
			 RCW
			    19.405.040 and
			 19.405.050.
			 A utility may use a single coordinated public input process in the development
			 of its clean energy implementation plan, its integrated resource plan or
			 resource plan, as applicable, and its clean energy action plan or 10-year
			 action plan, as applicable.
(2) In
			 assessing whether a public input opportunity is reasonable, the utility must
			 consider barriers to public participation due to language, cultural, economic,
			 technological, or other factors consistent with community needs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-230 - Compliance using two percent incremental cost of compliance

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(1) For any period
			 in which a utility relies on
			 RCW
			    19.405.060(4)(a) to meet an
			 interim target during an interim performance period or as the basis for
			 compliance with the standard under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(1) or
			 19.405.050(1),
			 the utility must:
(a) Document, as provided
			 in this section, incremental costs that are directly attributable to actions
			 necessary to comply with the requirements of
			 RCW
			    19.405.040 and
			 19.405.050;
			 and
(b) Demonstrate that the
			 average annual incremental costs identified under (a) of this subsection are at
			 least equal to an annual threshold amount that would result from a two percent
			 revenue increase at the beginning of each year of the period, divided by the
			 number of years in the period. For a period consisting of four years, the
			 mathematical formula for the annual threshold amount is:
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Where
RR
indicates retail revenue requirement
				and the numerical subscript indicates the year of the period. Example
				calculation of annual threshold amount:
Year
Retail
Revenue
Requirement
Annual Amount from Revenue Increase Equal to 2% of
						  Prior Year Revenue Requirement
Number of Years in Effect
Threshold Amount over Four Years
Sum of Threshold Amounts
Annual Threshold Amount
0
$100
1
$105
$2.00
4
$8.00
$21.00
$5.30
2
$110
$2.10
3
$6.30
3
$115
$2.20
2
$4.40
4
$120
$2.30
1
$2.30
Annual Threshold Amount as a Percentage of Average
						  Retail Revenue Requirement
4.7%
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-300 - Documentation concerning coal-fired resources

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(1) Each utility must publish by June 1,
			 2027, and each year thereafter, an attestation by a properly authorized
			 representative of the utility certifying that the utility's allocation of
			 electricity for Washington retail electric load in the prior calendar year did
			 not include any electricity generated at a coal-fired resource. The utility
			 must provide additional documentation as the auditor may require.
(2) A transaction to purchase electricity,
			 where the source is unknown at the time of purchase, for a term not to exceed
			 thirty-one days, is not a coal-fired resource for the purposes of this
			 rule.
(3) A utility must not engage
			 in a series or combination of short-term transactions for unspecified
			 electricity for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions on use of coal-fired
			 resources under
			 RCW
			    19.405.030(1).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-310 - Documentation of nonemitting electric generation

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(1) Any utility using nonemitting electric
			 generation to comply with a requirement under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040 or
			 19.405.050 must demonstrate that it owns the nonpower attributes of that electricity and
			 that it has committed to use the nonpower attributes exclusively for the stated
			 compliance purpose.
(2) A utility
			 may demonstrate ownership of nonpower attributes using contractual records or
			 attestations of ownership and transfer by properly authorized representatives
			 of the generating facility, all intermediate owners of the nonemitting electric
			 generation, and a properly authorized representative of the utility.
(3) A utility may demonstrate ownership of
			 the non-power attributes of the nuclear portion of BPA's electricity product by
			 relying on a representation of a properly authorized representative of BPA
			 stating the nonemitting percentage of its electricity product and verifying
			 that BPA did not separate the nonpower attributes associated with the nuclear
			 generation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-330 - Methodologies for energy efficiency and demand response resources

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(1)
Energy
			 efficiency resources.
(a)
Assessment of potential:
(i) Any
			 utility that is a qualifying utility under chapter 19.285 RCW must assess the
			 amount of energy efficiency and conservation that is available using the
			 conservation methodology established in
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(1) and the rules
			 implementing that subsection. The analysis must include the social cost of
			 greenhouse gas emissions as specified in WAC 194-40-110.
(ii) Any utility that is not a qualifying
			 utility under chapter 19.285 RCW must establish the amount of energy efficiency
			 and conservation that is available using either of the following methods:
(A) Use the conservation methodology
			 established in
			 RCW
			    19.285.040(1) and the rules
			 implementing that subsection; or
(B) Establish the reasonable utility-level
			 proportion of a conservation potential assessment prepared at a regional or
			 multi-utility level using a methodology that:
(I) Evaluates resource alternatives on a
			 total resource cost basis, in which all costs and all benefits of conservation
			 measures are included regardless of who pays the costs or receives the
			 benefits; and
(II) Includes the
			 social cost of greenhouse gas emissions as specified in WAC
			 194-40-110.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-340 - Acquisition of new resources other than renewable resources and energy storage

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A utility that acquires a new fossil fuel generating resource
				or new nonemitting electric generation must document through its integrated
				resource plan and any other analysis relied on in making its decision that the
				resource acquisition is consistent with meeting the utility's targets under
				RCW
				   19.405.040 or the standard in
				RCW
				   19.405.050 at the lowest reasonable cost,
				considering risk. For the purposes of this chapter, a resource that commenced
				operation on or before May 7, 2019, is not a new resource.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-350 - Use of alternative compliance options by utilities using two percent incremental cost threshold

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(1)
			 Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a utility may not use any
			 alternative compliance option under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(1)(b) in any GHG
			 neutral compliance period if it relies on
			 RCW
			    19.405.060(4)(a) as the
			 basis for compliance with the standard under
			 RCW
			    19.405.040(1) or
			 19.405.050(1).
(2) A utility relying on
			 RCW
			    19.405.060(4)(a) may use an
			 alternative compliance option if:
(a) The
			 utility demonstrates that no renewable resources or nonemitting electric
			 generation was reasonably available; or
(b) The utility uses renewable resources and
			 nonemitting electric generation in an amount equal to at least eighty percent
			 of its annual retail electric load during the period.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-360 - Temporary exemption, demonstration of plan to achieve full compliance

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(1) A utility must
			 notify commerce at least thirty days prior to consideration of action by the
			 governing body to authorize a temporary exemption under
			 RCW
			    19.405.090(5)(a). The notice
			 must provide all information that the governing body will rely on in making a
			 decision whether to authorize a temporary exemption.
(2) If the governing body of a utility
			 authorizes a temporary exemption under
			 RCW
			    19.405.090(5)(a), the
			 governing body must notify commerce within thirty days of the action. The
			 governing body's notice must include a plan to take specific actions to achieve
			 full compliance with RCW 19.405.-040(1).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-370 - Accounting for electricity from storage resources

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(1) The eligibility of renewable or
			 nonemitting electricity to demonstrate compliance with CETA is not affected by
			 the use of storage resources.
(2)
			 Except for storage resources located on the customer side of a retail meter,
			 any electrical consumption or loss resulting from the charging, holding, and
			 discharging of storage resources is not considered retail electric load as
			 defined in
			 RCW
			    19.405.020(36).
(3) Any consumption or loss resulting from
			 the charging, holding, and discharging of storage resources located on the
			 customer side of a retail meter is considered retail electric load for the
			 purpose of compliance with CETA.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 194 - Commerce, Department of (Energy) › Chapter 194-40 - Clean Energy Transformation Act › Section 194-40-400 - Documentation and retirement of renewable energy credits

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(1) The Western Renewable Energy Generation
			 Information System is the renewable energy credit tracking system for purposes
			 of verification of RECs under chapter 19.405 RCW.
(2)
(a)
			 Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, each utility must verify and
			 document by the retirement of RECs all electricity from renewable resources
			 used to meet a target in an interim performance period or to comply with the
			 requirements of
			 RCW
			    19.405.040 or
			 19.405.050.
(b) A utility is not required to comply with
			 (a) of this subsection for electricity from renewable resources used to meet a
			 target in an interim performance period if:
(i) The energy source for the generating
			 facility is water;
(ii) The
			 generating facility is not registered in WREGIS or the WREGIS account holder
			 for the generating facility verifies that no RECs have been created for the
			 electricity used to meet CETA requirements; and
(iii) The utility owned the generating
			 facility or purchased the electricity directly from the owner of the facility
			 or, in the case of federal generating facilities, from BPA.