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SENATE BILL 6692
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Senators Goings, Hochstatter, Rossi and Fairley
Read first time 01/24/2000. Referred to Committee on Energy, Technology & Telecommunications.
AN ACT Relating to conditions for transferring electric service from an electrical company; amending RCW 80.28.110; and adding a new section to chapter 80.28 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 80.28 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Before any customer of an electrical company transfers electric service from an electrical company to another electric utility or a federal power marketing authority, the customer shall enter into a special contract with the electrical company that requires the customer to retain its obligations under the terms of a tariff rider that funds electric efficiency measures. For the provisions of this section to apply, the tariff rider must have been previously approved by the commission and be presently applicable. A special contract entered into under this section is subject to approval by the commission to ensure consistency with the terms of the tariff rider.
(2) Nothing in this section is to be construed as affecting any other authority of the commission under this chapter.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "electric utility" has the same meaning as that term is defined under RCW 19.29A.010.
Sec. 2. RCW 80.28.110 and 1990 c 132 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Every gas company, electrical company or water company, engaged in the sale and distribution of gas, electricity or water, shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish to all persons and corporations who may apply therefor and be reasonably entitled thereto, suitable facilities for furnishing and furnish all available gas, electricity and water as demanded, except that a water company shall not furnish water contrary to the provisions of water system plans approved under chapter 43.20 or 70.116 RCW. This section does not apply to electric service requested by a person or corporation when such electric service has previously been transferred from an electrical company to another electric utility or federal power marketing authority. Nothing in this section is to be construed to prohibit an electrical company from offering electric service to any person or corporation, provided that once electric service is offered and initiated, the provisions of this section apply to the person or corporation receiving such service. For the purposes of this section, "electric utility" has the same meaning as that term is defined under RCW 19.29A.010.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
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