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19.27A.190 | Qualifying public agency duties—Energy benchmark—Performance rating—Reports. | (1) The requirements of this section apply to the department of enterprise services and other qualifying state agencies only to the extent that specific appropriations are provided to those agencies referencing chapter 423, Laws of 2009 or chapter number and this section. (2) By July 1, 2010, each qualifying public age... |
19.27A.200 | State energy performance standard—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 19.27A.210 , 19.27A.220 , 19.27A.230 , 19.27A.240 , and 19.27A.250 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agricultural structure" means a structure designed and constructed to house farm implements, hay, grain, poultry, livestock, or other horticultural ... |
19.27A.210 | State energy performance standard. | (1)(a) By November 1, 2020, the department must establish by rule a state energy performance standard for covered buildings. (b) In developing energy performance standards, the department shall seek to maximize reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector. The standard must include energy use intensi... |
19.27A.220 | State energy performance standard—Early adoption incentive program—Report to the legislature. | (1) The department must establish a state energy performance standard early adoption incentive program consistent with the requirements of this section. This early adoption incentive program may include incentive payments for early adoption of tier 2 covered building owner requirements as described in subsection (6) of... |
19.27A.230 | State energy performance standard—Limit on early adoption incentive payments. | (1) The department may not issue a certification for a tier 1 incentive application under RCW 19.27A.220 (8)(a) if doing so is likely to result in total incentive payments under RCW 19.27A.220 (8)(a) in excess of $75,000,000. (2) The department may not issue certification for a tier 2 incentive application under RCW 19... |
19.27A.240 | State energy performance standard—Early adoption incentive payment administration. | (1)(a) Each qualifying utility must administer incentive payments for the state energy performance standard early adoption incentive program established in RCW 19.27A.220 on behalf of its customers who are eligible building owners of covered commercial buildings, multifamily residential buildings, or other tier 2 cover... |
19.27A.245 | State energy performance standard—Joint legislative audit and review committee—Report.(Expires January 1, 2029.) | (1) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall review and report on the costs to state agencies to comply with the state energy performance standard established in this chapter. For this review and report, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall build off of the work done for the financial an... |
19.27A.250 | State energy management and benchmarking requirement. | (1)(a) By December 1, 2023, the department must adopt by rule a state energy management and benchmarking requirement for tier 2 covered buildings. The department shall include a small business economic impact statement pursuant to chapter 19.85 RCW as part of the rule making. (b) In establishing the requirements under ... |
19.27A.260 | Campus energy system decarbonization plan—Definitions—Report—Alternative compliance pathway. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Campus" means a collection of buildings served by a district heating, cooling, water reuse, or power system. (b) "Campus district energy system" means a district energy system that provides heating, ... |
19.27A.270 | New housing in existing buildings—Adoption of rule. | By January 1, 2024, the state building code council shall adopt by rule an amendment to the current energy code that waives the requirement for unchanged portions of an existing building used for residential purposes to meet the current energy code solely because of the addition of new dwelling units within the buildin... |
19.28.006 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter. (1) "Administrator" means a person designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter. (2) "Basic electrical work" means the work classified in (a) and (b) of this ... |
19.28.010 | Electrical wiring requirements—General—Exceptions. | (1) All wires and equipment, and installations thereof, that convey electric current and installations of equipment to be operated by electric current, in, on, or about buildings or structures, except for telephone, telegraph, radio, and television wires and equipment, and television antenna installations, signal stren... |
19.28.021 | Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Appeal. | Disputes arising under RCW 19.28.010 (3) regarding whether the city or town's electrical rules, regulations, or ordinances are equal to the rules adopted by the department shall be resolved by arbitration. The department shall appoint two members of the board to serve on the arbitration panel, and the city or town shal... |
19.28.031 | Rules, regulations, and standards. | (1) Prior to January 1st of each year, the director shall obtain an authentic copy of the national electrical code, latest revision. The department, after consulting with the board and receiving the board's recommendations, shall adopt reasonable rules in furtherance of safety to life and property. All rules shall be k... |
19.28.041 | License required—General or specialty licenses—Fees—Application—Bond or cash deposit. | (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, engage in, conduct, or carry on the business of installing or maintaining wires or equipment to convey electric current, or installing or maintaining equipment to be operated by electric curr... |
19.28.051 | Examinations—Fees. | It shall be the purpose and function of the board to establish, in addition to a general electrical contractors' license, such classifications of specialty electrical contractors' licenses as it deems appropriate with regard to individual sections pertaining to state adopted codes in this chapter. In addition, it shall... |
19.28.061 | Electrical contractors—Designee of firm to take master electrician or administrator's examination—Administrator's certificate—Fee—Certificate duration, denial, renewal, nontransferable—Master electrician or administrator's duties. | (1) Each applicant for an electrical contractor's license, other than an individual, shall designate a supervisory employee or member of the firm to take the required master electrician's or administrator's examination. Effective July 1, 1987, a supervisory employee designated as the electrical contractor's master elec... |
19.28.071 | Licensee's bond—Action on—Priorities—Cash deposit, payment from. | Any person, firm, or corporation sustaining any damage or injury by reason of the principal's breach of the conditions of the bond required under RCW 19.28.041 may bring an action against the surety named therein, joining in the action the principal named in the bond; the action shall be brought in the superior court o... |
19.28.081 | Actions—Local permits—Proof of licensure. | No person, firm or corporation engaging in, conducting or carrying on the business of installing wires or equipment to convey electric current, or installing apparatus to be operated by said current, shall be entitled to commence or maintain any suit or action in any court of this state pertaining to any such work or b... |
19.28.091 | Licensing—Exemptions. | (1) No license under the provision of this chapter shall be required from any utility or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity employed by a utility because of work in connection with the installation, repair, or maintenance of lines, wires, apparatus, or equipment owned by or under the control of... |
19.28.095 | Equipment repair specialty—Scope of work. | (1) The scope of work for the equipment repair specialty involves servicing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing utilization equipment or wiring, appliances, devices, or equipment as specified by rule of the department. (2) "Utilization equipment" means equipment that is: (a) Self-contained on a single skid or frame; ... |
19.28.101 | Inspections—Notice to repair and change—Disconnection—Entry—Concealment—Accessibility—Connection to utility—Permits, fees—Limitation—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency. | (1) The director shall cause an inspector to inspect all wiring, appliances, devices, and equipment to which this chapter applies except for basic electrical work as defined in this chapter. The department may not require an electrical work permit for class A basic electrical work unless deficiencies in the installatio... |
19.28.111 | Nonconforming installations—Disputes—Reference to board. | It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to install or maintain any electrical wiring, appliances, devices, or equipment not in accordance with this chapter. In cases where the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards prescribed in this chapter is... |
19.28.121 | Board—Request for ruling—Fee—Costs. | Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity desiring a decision of the board pursuant to RCW 19.28.111 shall, in writing, notify the director of such desire and shall accompany the notice with a certified check payable to the department in the sum of two hundred dollars. The notice shall specify the rul... |
19.28.131 | Specialty electrical contractor license—Written warning, penalty—Violations of RCW19.28.010through19.28.141and19.28.311through19.28.361—Schedule of penalties—Appeal. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
Until July 1, 2007, the department shall issue a written warning to any specialty contractor, performing the scope of work defined by rule for the pump and irrigation or domestic pump specialties, not having a valid electrical contractor license. The warning will state that t... |
19.28.141 | RCW19.28.101inapplicable in certain cities and towns, electricity supply agency service areas, and rights-of-way of state highways. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the provisions of RCW 19.28.101 shall not apply: (a) Within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town which has heretofore adopted and enforced or subsequently adopts and enforces an ordinance requiring an equal, higher or better standard of construc... |
19.28.311 | Electrical board. | There is hereby created an electrical board, consisting of fifteen members to be appointed by the governor with the advice of the director of labor and industries as herein provided. It shall be the purpose and function of the board to advise the director on all matters pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter inc... |
19.28.361 | Liability for injury or damage. | Nothing contained in this chapter will be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person for injury or damage to person or property caused by or resulting from any defect of any nature in any electrical or telecommunications work performed by said person or in any electrical or teleco... |
19.28.151 | RCW19.28.010through19.28.141and19.28.311through19.28.361inapplicable to telegraph or telephone companies exercising certain functions. | The provisions of RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361 shall not apply to the work of installing, maintaining or repairing any and all electrical wires, apparatus, installations or equipment used or to be used by a telegraph company or a telephone company in the exercise of its functions and ... |
19.28.161 | Certification—Apprentices and trainees—Supervision—Ratio of noncertified and certified workers—Trainee hours verification. | (1) No person may engage in the electrical construction trade without having a valid master journey level electrician certificate of competency, journey level electrician certificate of competency, master specialty electrician certificate of competency, or specialty electrician certificate of competency issued by the d... |
19.28.171 | Electrical trainee hours—Audit—Rules—Confidentiality. | The department may audit the records of an electrical contractor that has verified the hours of experience submitted by an electrical trainee to the department under RCW 19.28.161 (2) in the following circumstances: Excessive hours were reported; hours reported outside the normal course of the contractor's business; th... |
19.28.181 | Application for certificate of competency. | Any person desiring to be issued a certificate of competency as provided in this chapter shall deliver evidence in a form prescribed by the department affirming that said person has met the qualifications required under RCW 19.28.191 and 19.28.205 . An electrician from another jurisdiction applying for a certificate of... |
19.28.191 | Certificate of competency—Eligibility for examination—Rules. | (1) Upon receipt of the application, the department shall review the application and determine whether the applicant is eligible to take an examination for the master journey level electrician, journey level electrician, master specialty electrician, or specialty electrician certificate of competency. (a) To be eligibl... |
19.28.195 | Examination—Exception for lawful work experience and training school program completion.(Expires July 1, 2026.) | (1) Until July 1, 2026, notwithstanding RCW 19.28.161 (2)(a)(i) and 19.28.191 (1)(c)(i), the department shall permit: (a) A person issued an electrical training certificate to work to gain the experience required to qualify for the journey level electrician certification examination without registering in an apprentice... |
19.28.201 | Examination—Times—Certification of results—Contents—Fees. | The department, in coordination with the board, shall prepare an examination to be administered to applicants for master journey level electrician, journey level electrician, master specialty electrician, and specialty electrician certificates of competency. The department, with the consent of the board, may enter into... |
19.28.205 | In-class education requirements. | (1) An applicant for a journey level certificate of competency under RCW 19.28.191 (1)(c) or a specialty electrician certificate of competency under RCW 19.28.191 (1)(d) must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department completion of in-class education as follows: (a) Twenty-four hours of in-class education if two... |
19.28.211 | Certificate of competency—Issuance—Renewal—Continuing education—Fees—Effect.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2492-S.SL ) ***
(1) The department shall issue a certificate of competency to all applicants who have passed the examination provided in RCW 19.28.201 , met the in-class education requirements of RCW 19.28.205 if applicable, and who have complied with RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 and the ... |
19.28.221 | Persons engaged in trade or business on July 16, 1973. | No examination shall be required of any applicant for a certificate of competency who, on July 16, 1973, was engaged in a bona fide business or trade as a journey level electrician in the state of Washington. Applicants qualifying under this section shall be issued a certificate by the department upon making an applica... |
19.28.231 | Temporary permits. | The department is authorized to grant and issue temporary permits in lieu of certificates of competency whenever an electrician coming into the state of Washington from another state requests the department for a temporary permit to engage in the electrical construction trade as an electrician during the period of time... |
19.28.241 | Revocation of certificate of competency—Grounds—Procedure. | (1) The department may revoke any certificate of competency upon the following grounds: (a) The certificate was obtained through error or fraud; (b) The holder thereof is judged to be incompetent to work in the electrical construction trade as a journey level electrician or specialty electrician; (c) The holder thereof... |
19.28.251 | Powers and duties of director—Administration of RCW19.28.161through19.28.271by the department. | The director may promulgate rules, make specific decisions, orders, and rulings, including demands and findings, and take other necessary action for the implementation and enforcement of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 . In the administration of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 the department shall not enter any controv... |
19.28.271 | Violations of RCW19.28.161through19.28.271—Schedule of penalties—Appeal. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
(1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to employ an individual for purposes of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 who has not been issued a certificate of competency, a temporary permit, or a training certificate. It is unlawful for an... |
19.28.261 | Exemptions from RCW19.28.161through19.28.271. | (1) Nothing in RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 shall be construed to require that a person obtain a license or a certified electrician in order to do electrical work at his or her residence or farm or place of business or on other property owned by him or her unless: (a) The electrical work is on the construction of a ... |
19.28.265 | Licensing, certification, and inspection—Exemptions—Modifications—Industrial equipment defined. | (1) A person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity and a manufacturer's authorized engineers and factory-trained service technicians it employs are exempt from licensing requirements under RCW 19.28.041 , certification requirements under RCW 19.28.161 , and inspection requirements under this chapter for the ... |
19.28.281 | Electric vehicle infrastructure—Rule adoption. | The director shall adopt by rule standards for the installation of electric vehicle infrastructure, including all wires and equipment that convey electric current and any equipment to be operated by electric current, in, on, or about buildings or structures. The rules must be consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.... |
19.28.285 | Electric vehicle supply equipment installation—Certification.(Effective January 1, 2026.) | (1) In addition to department issued licenses and certifications required under this chapter and notwithstanding RCW 19.28.211 (4), installation of electric vehicle supply equipment on all public works as defined in RCW 39.04.010 must be performed by persons certified by the electric vehicle infrastructure training pro... |
19.28.291 | Violations of chapter—Issuance of subpoenas—Application. | (1) If he or she has reason to believe there has been a violation of this chapter, the director and the director's authorized representatives may issue subpoenas to enforce the production and examination of any information, whether written or electronic, necessary to enforce this chapter. The subpoena must describe the... |
19.28.301 | Application—Subchapter heading. | (1) RCW 19.28.311 through 19.28.381 apply throughout this chapter. (2) RCW 19.28.311 through 19.28.381 constitute the subchapter "provisions applicable to electrical installations and telecommunications installations."
[ 2000 c 238 s 1 .]
Severability — 2000 c 238: "If any provision of this act or its application to an... |
19.28.321 | Enforcement—State electrical inspectors—Qualifications—Salaries and expenses. | The director of labor and industries of the state of Washington and the officials of all incorporated cities and towns where electrical inspections are required by local ordinances shall have power and it shall be their duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter in their respective jurisdictions. The director of la... |
19.28.325 | Enforcement—Local authority—Penalties—Appeals. | This chapter shall not limit the authority or power of any city or town where electrical inspections are required by local ordinances to enact and enforce under authority given by law, any ordinance, rule, or regulation enforcing the same requirements of this chapter for having or possessing or displaying a license or ... |
19.28.331 | Inspection reports. | If any inspection made under this chapter requires any correction or change in the work inspected, a written report of the inspection shall be made by the inspector, in which report the corrections or changes required shall be plainly stated. A copy of the report shall be furnished to the person, firm, partnership, cor... |
19.28.341 | Revocation or suspension of license—Grounds—Appeal to board—Fee—Costs. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
(1) The department has the power, in case of serious noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter, to revoke or suspend for such a period as it determines, any electrical or telecommunications contractor license or electrical or telecommunications contractor administrato... |
19.28.351 | Electrical license fund. | All sums received from licenses, permit fees, or other sources, herein shall be paid to the state treasurer and placed in a special fund designated as the "electrical license fund," and paid out upon vouchers duly and regularly issued therefor and approved by the director of labor and industries or the director's desig... |
19.28.371 | Medical device—Installation, maintenance, or repair—Compliance with chapter—Limit of exemption. | (1) A medical device which is not in violation of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, Public Law No. 94-295, 90 Stat. 539, as amended from time to time, and as interpreted by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor, shall be deemed to be in compl... |
19.28.381 | Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties—Notice—Appeal—Hearing. | The department may deny renewal of a certificate or license issued under this chapter, if the applicant for renewal owes outstanding penalties for a final judgment under this chapter. The department shall notify the applicant of the denial by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address on the application.... |
19.28.400 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Board" means the electrical board under RCW 19.28.311 . (2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries. (3) "Director" means the director of the department or the director's designee. (4) ... |
19.28.410 | Telecommunications systems installations—Subject to this subchapter. | (1) All installations of wires and equipment defined as telecommunications systems are subject to the requirements of this subchapter. Installations shall be in conformity with approved methods of construction for safety to life and property. The national electrical code, approved standards of the telecommunications in... |
19.28.420 | Telecommunications contractor license—Application—Bond—Issuance of license. | (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, engage in, conduct, or carry on the business of installing or maintaining telecommunications systems without having a telecommunications contractor license. Electrical contractors licensed as... |
19.28.430 | Administrator's examination—Certificate—Administrator's requirements. | (1) Each applicant for a telecommunications contractor license shall designate a supervisory employee or member of the firm to take the administrator's examination. This person shall be designated as administrator under the contractor's license and must be a full-time supervisory employee of the applicant. No person ma... |
19.28.440 | Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates. | It is the purpose and function of the board to establish and administer written examinations for telecommunications administrators' certificates. Examinations shall be designed to reasonably ensure that telecommunications administrators' certificate holders are competent to engage in and supervise the work regulated un... |
19.28.450 | Local enforcement of subchapter—Enforcement of chapter. | (1) The director and the officials of all incorporated cities and towns where electrical inspections are required by local ordinances, allowed by RCW 19.28.141 , may require by local ordinance the enforcement of this subchapter in their respective jurisdictions. If an incorporated city or town elects to enforce this su... |
19.28.460 | Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Panel. | Disputes arising under this chapter regarding whether any city or town's telecommunications rules, regulations, or ordinances are equal to the rules adopted by the department shall be resolved by arbitration. The department shall appoint two members of the board to serve on the arbitration panel, and the city or town s... |
19.28.470 | Inspections—Report—Required repairs/changes—Accessibility of telecommunications systems. | (1) The director shall require permits and require an inspector to inspect all installations of telecommunications systems on the customer side of the network demarcation point for projects greater than ten outlets. However: (a) All projects penetrating fire barriers, passing through hazardous locations and all backbon... |
19.28.480 | Unlawful acts—Interpretation of chapter. | (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to install or maintain any telecommunications cabling and associated hardware in violation of this chapter. When the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards provided for in this chapter are in dispute ... |
19.28.490 | Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be assessed a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than ten thousand dollars per violation. The department, after consulting with the board and rece... |
19.28.501 | Insurance/financial responsibility. | (1) At the time of licensing and subsequent relicensing, the applicant shall furnish insurance or financial responsibility in the form of an assigned account in the amount of twenty thousand dollars for injury or damages to property, fifty thousand dollars for injury or damage including death to any one person, and one... |
19.28.511 | Individual certification not required. | Individual worker certification is not required for work under this subchapter. This subchapter does not preclude any person performing telecommunications work from obtaining a limited energy credit towards an electrical certificate of competency if they otherwise meet the certification requirements under this chapter ... |
19.28.521 | Limitation of action—Proof of valid license required. | No person, firm, or corporation engaging in or conducting or carrying on the business of telecommunications installation shall be entitled to commence or maintain any suit or action in any court of this state pertaining to any such work or business, without alleging and proving that such person, firm or corporation hel... |
19.28.531 | Unlawful installation/maintenance—Disputed interpretation—Board to determine methods. | It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity to install or maintain telecommunications equipment not in accordance with this subchapter. In cases where the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards under this subchapter are in dispute or in doubt, the ... |
19.28.541 | Entity desiring board decision—Process. | Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity desiring a decision of the board pursuant to RCW 19.28.531 shall, in writing, notify the director of such desire and shall accompany the notice with a certified check payable to the department in the sum of two hundred dollars. The notice shall specify the rul... |
19.28.551 | Director's authority—Adoption of rules. | (1) The director may adopt rules, make specific decisions, orders, and rulings, including demands and findings, and take other necessary action for the implementation and enforcement of this subchapter after consultation with the board and receiving the board's recommendations. In the administration of this subchapter ... |
19.28.910 | Effective date—1963 c 207. | This act shall take effect on July 1, 1963.
[ 1963 c 207 s 6 .] |
19.29.010 | Rules for use of electrical apparatus or construction. | It shall be unlawful from and after the passage of this chapter for any officer, agent, or employee of the state of Washington, or of any county, city, or other political subdivision thereof, or for any other person, firm or corporation, or its officers, agents or employees, to run, place, erect, maintain, or use any e... |
19.29.020 | Copy of chapter to be posted. | A copy of this chapter printed in a legible manner shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in all electric plants, stations and storerooms.
[ 1913 c 130 s 2 ; RRS s 5436.] [1954 SLC-RO-29.] |
19.29.030 | Time for compliance. | All wires, cables, poles, electric fixtures and appliances of every kind being used or operated at the time of the passage of this chapter, shall be changed, and made to conform to the provisions of this chapter, on or before the 1st day of July, 1940: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That the director of labor and industries of Wash... |
19.29.040 | Enforcement by director of labor and industries—Change of rules—Violation. | It shall be the duty of the director of labor and industries of Washington to enforce all the provisions and rules of this chapter and the director is hereby empowered upon hearing to amend, alter and change any and all rules herein contained, or any part thereof, and to supplement the same by additional rules and requ... |
19.29.050 | Violation of rules by public service company or political subdivision—Penalty. | Every public service company, county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, and all officers, agents and employees of any public service company, county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, shall obey, observe and comply with every order, rule, direction or requir... |
19.29.060 | Violation of rules by agent, employee or officer—Penalty. | Every officer, agent or employee of any public service company, the state of Washington, or any county, city, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington, who shall violate or fail to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any public service company, the state of Washington, or any c... |
19.29A.005 | Findings—Intent. | (1) The legislature finds that: (a) Electricity is a basic and fundamental need of all residents; and (b) Currently Washington's consumer-owned and investor-owned utilities offer consumers a high degree of reliability and service quality while providing some of the lowest rates in the country. (2) The legislature inten... |
19.29A.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Biomass generation" has the same meaning as "biomass energy" defined in RCW 19.285.030 . (2) "Bonneville power administration system mix" means a generation mix sold by the Bonneville power administration t... |
19.29A.020 | Disclosures to retail electric customers. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 19.29A.040 , each electric utility must provide its retail electric customers with the following disclosures in accordance with RCW 19.29A.030 : (1) An explanation of any applicable credit and deposit requirements, including the means by which credit may be established, the condition... |
19.29A.030 | Notice of disclosures to retail electric customers. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 19.29A.040 , an electric utility shall: (1) Provide notice to all of its retail electric customers that the disclosures required in RCW 19.29A.020 are available without charge upon request. Such notice shall be provided at the time service is established and either included as a prom... |
19.29A.040 | Exceptions for small utility—Voluntary compliance. | The provisions of RCW 19.29A.020 , 19.29A.030 , section 5, chapter 300, Laws of 1998, and RCW 19.29A.090 do not apply to a small utility. However, nothing in this section prohibits the governing body of a small utility from determining the utility should comply with any or all of the provisions of RCW 19.29A.020 , 19.2... |
19.29A.050 | Annual fuel mix information—Electricity product content label—Requirements. | (1) Each retail supplier shall provide to its existing and new retail electric customers its annual fuel mix information by generation category as required in RCW 19.29A.060 . (2) Disclosures required under subsection (1) of this section shall be provided through an electricity product content label presented in a unif... |
19.29A.060 | Fuel characteristics disclosure—Electricity product categories. | (1) Each retail supplier must disclose to its customers the fuel characteristics of each electricity product it offers to retail electric customers using information consistent with the retail supplier's source and disposition report. (2) The fuel characteristics disclosures required by this section must identify for e... |
19.29A.080 | Department—Rule-making authority—Receipt of gifts, grants, or endowments—Documentation of ownership or contractual rights. | (1) The department may adopt administrative rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to implement the provisions of this chapter. (2) The department may receive any lawful gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the department i... |
19.29A.090 | Voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources—Rates, terms, and conditions—Information maintenance. | (1) Beginning January 1, 2002, each electric utility must provide to its retail electricity [electric] customers a voluntary option to purchase qualified alternative energy resources in accordance with this section. (2) Each electric utility must include with its retail electric customer's regular billing statements, a... |
19.29A.100 | Electric utilities—Customer information—Sale or disclosure—Requirements—Exemptions—Application of consumer protection act. | (1) An electric utility may not sell private or proprietary customer information. (2) An electric utility may not disclose private or proprietary customer information with or to its affiliates, subsidiaries, or any other third party for the purposes of marketing services or product offerings to a retail electric custom... |
19.29A.110 | Persons—Customer information—Capture, obtain, or disclosure for commercial purpose—Requirements—Application of consumer protection act. | (1) A person may not capture or obtain private or proprietary customer information for a commercial purpose unless the person: (a) Informs the retail electric customer before capturing or obtaining private or proprietary customer information; and (b) Receives the retail electric customer's written or electronic permiss... |
19.29A.120 | Exemptions—Energy benchmark programs. | This chapter does not apply to energy benchmarking programs authorized by: (1) Federal law; (2) state law; or (3) local laws that are consistent with the personally identifying information requirements of RCW 19.27A.170 .
[ 2015 c 285 s 5 .] |
19.29A.130 | Finding—Intent. | (1) Consumer disclosure ensures that retail electric consumers purchasing electric energy receive basic information about the characteristics associated with their electric product in a form that facilitates consumer understanding of retail electric energy service and the development of new products responsive to consu... |
19.29A.140 | Sources and uses of electricity—Report to department. | (1) Each retail supplier must report to the department each year, based on actual and verified activity in the prior year, the following information on its sources and uses of electricity in Washington: (a) Electricity delivered to retail electric customers; (b) Purchases or receipts of electricity from declared resour... |
19.29A.150 | Renewable energy certificates. | (1) Any renewable energy certificate included in the source and disposition report must be created and retired within the certificate tracking system approved by the department and must represent renewable generation of a generating facility located in the region of the tracking system. (2) A renewable energy certifica... |
19.29A.160 | Department—Fuel characteristics estimate. | The department must develop and publish an estimate of the fuel characteristics of the generation sources reasonably available to serve Washington customers and not included as a declared resource of any retail supplier. The department may include or exclude any electricity source as it deems reasonable to accurately r... |
19.29A.170 | Wildfire mitigation plan—Review/revision. | (1) By October 31, 2024, and every three years thereafter, each consumer-owned utility must review, if appropriate revise, and adopt its wildfire mitigation plan. When reviewing or revising a wildfire mitigation plan, a consumer-owned utility must use the recommended format and elements pursuant to RCW 76.04.185 . (a) ... |
19.29A.900 | Construction—1998 c 300. | Nothing in chapter 300, Laws of 1998 shall be construed as conferring on any state agency jurisdiction, supervision, or control over any consumer-owned utility.
[ 1998 c 300 s 7 .] |
19.30.010 | Definitions—Exceptions from chapter. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agricultural employee" means any person who renders, or has rendered, personal services to, or under the direction of, an agricultural employer in connection with the employer's agricultural activity. (2) "... |
19.30.020 | License required—Duplicates. | No person shall act as a farm labor contractor until a license to do so has been issued to him or her by the director, and unless such license is in full force and effect and is in the contractor's possession. The director shall, by regulation, provide a means of issuing duplicate licenses in case of loss of the origin... |
19.30.030 | Applicants—Qualifications—Fee—Liability insurance—Farm labor contractor account. | (1) The director shall not issue to any person a license to act as a farm labor contractor until: (a) Such person has executed a written application on a form prescribed by the director, subscribed and sworn to by the applicant, and containing (i) a statement by the applicant of all facts required by the director conce... |
19.30.040 | Surety bond—Security. | (1) The director shall require the deposit of a surety bond by any person acting as a farm labor contractor under this chapter to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Such bond shall be in an amount specified by the director in accordance with such criteria as the director adopts by rule but shall not... |
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