SB 5113 - DIGEST

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     Provides that if, within the thirty days following a water company's filing for a proposed change in rates or charges, ten percent or more of the water company's customers request a formal hearing on the proposed changes, the commission shall set the matter for hearing as provided for in RCW 80.04.130.  The commission may, in its discretion, suspend the proposed changes pending the hearing or may issue an order approving an interim change.