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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 480. Utilities and Transportation Commission |
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Chapter 480-107. Electric companies—Purchases of electricity from qualifying facilities and independent power producers and purchases of electrical savings from conservation suppliers. |
Section 480-107-105. Rates for sales to qualifying facilities.
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- (1) General rules:(a) Rates must be just and reasonable, and in the public interest; and(b) Rates must not discriminate between qualifying facilities and other customers served by the utility.(2) Rates for sales that are based on accurate data and consistent system-wide costing principles will not be considered to discriminate against any qualifying facilities if those rates apply to the utility's other customers with similar load or other cost-related characteristics.(3) Additional services to be provided to qualifying facilities:(a) Upon request by a qualifying facility, each utility will provide:(i) Supplementary power;(ii) Back-up power;(iii) Maintenance power; and(iv) Interruptible power.(b) The commission may waive any requirement of (a) of this subsection if, after notice in the area served by the utility and after opportunity for public comment, the utility demonstrates and the commission finds that compliance with such requirement will:(i) Impair the utility's ability to render adequate service to its customers; or(ii) Place an undue burden on the utility.(4) The rate for sale of back-up power or maintenance power:(a) May not be based on an assumption that forced outages or other reductions in electric output by all qualifying facilities on a utility's system will occur simultaneously, or during the system peak, or both unless such an assumption is supported by factual data; and(b) Must take into account the extent to which scheduled outages of the qualifying facilities can be coordinated with scheduled outages of the utility's facilities.