AGENDA
COMMISSION
Please direct any questions to Kippi Walker at (360)
664-1139 or kwalker@wutc.wa.gov.
(January 1, 2007 - June 30, 2007)
Additional rule-making activity not on the agenda may be undertaken to meet conditions not now anticipated.
Dates that are in "bold" print, indicate that filing has occurred. All other dates are projected. The commission maintains a schedule of rule-making activity that is updated several times per month. See <www.wutc.wa.gov>.
| WAC CHAPTER |
TITLE | AGENCY CONTACT |
PROPOSED TIMELINE | DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE CHANGES | ||
| CR-101 | CR-102 | CR-103 HEARING | ||||
| Chapters 480-108, 480-100 WAC |
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) standard compliance rule making | Dick Byers Policy (360) 664-1209 |
6/7/06 | 3/7/07 | 5/9/07 | Examine whether new or modified regulations are needed to govern aspects of investor-owned electric utility operations for which new federal standards are included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. These new federal standards address: (1) Net-metering, (2) fuel sources, (3) fossil fuel generation efficiency, (4) smart metering, and (5) interconnection. |
| Chapters 480-80, 480-120, 480-121 WAC |
Price list elimination rule making | Tom Wilson Telecom Section (360) 664-1282 |
5/3/06 | 7/25/06 Supp. CR-102 10/13/06 |
12/13/06 | Consider changes to rules relating to price lists in light of SSB 6473, which eliminates the requirement that telecommunications companies file price lists. |
| Chapter 480-93 WAC |
Pipeline safety rules | Ilyne Lawson Pipeline Safety (360) 664-1302 |
7/19/06 | 2/7/07 | 4/11/07 | Review of rules in chapter 480-93 WAC, Gas safety rules. |
| Chapter 480-75 WAC |
Hazardous liquids safety rules | Ilyne Lawson Pipeline Safety (360) 664-1302 |
7/19/06 | 12/6/06 | 2/7/07 | Review of rules in chapter 480-75 WAC, Hazardous liquid safety rules. |
| WAC 480-120-071 | Telecom line extension rule making | Wilford Saunders (360) 664-1245 |
3/1/07 | To be determined | To be determined | Consider standards for line extensions to unserved areas. |
| Chapter 480-15 WAC |
Household goods rules | Steve King (360) 664-1115 |
3/15/07 | 9/12/07 | 11/7/07 | Review of rules in chapter 480-15 WAC. |
| WAC 480-62-155 | Repeal train speed rule | Vicki Elliott (360) 664-1100 |
2/15/07 | To be determined | To be determined | An expedited rule making to repeal WAC 480-62-155 which has been rendered meaningless by the passage of ESSB 6679 (chapter 70, Laws of 2006). |
| Chapters 480-93 and 480-75 WAC | Gas and hazardous liquid pipelines procedural rules | Alan Rathbun (360) 664-1254 |
5/1/07 | To be determined | To be determined | Consider rules establishing procedures for enforcing pipeline safety rules. |
| Chapters 480-93 and 480-75 WAC | Gas and hazardous liquid pipelines corrosion control rules | Alan Rathbun (360) 664-1254 |
5/1/07 | To be determined | To be determined | Consider rules related to protecting pipelines from internal corrosion. |
| Chapter 480-100 WAC | Renewable resource rules | Nicolas Garcia (360) 664-1346 |
1/07 | 6/07 | 11/07 | Consider changes to electric and gas rules related to certain conservation standards as a result of I-937 which requires that utilities obtain a certain proportion of their electricity needs from renewable resources. |
David W. Danner
Executive Director