(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).
[Statutory Authority: RCW
19.405.100 and
19.405.060. WSR 21-02-039, ยง 194-40-300, filed 12/29/20, effective 1/29/21.]