LACEY, Wash. - To protect personal safety and underground utility infrastructure, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission reminds residents to follow the law and call 811 before they dig this spring.
Gov. Jay Inslee… Read more
News
04/04/2022
Gov. Inslee Proclaims April as Safe Digging Month
Topic(s): Consumer, Pipeline, Pipeline Safety
03/30/2022
Docket Number: U-200281
Private electric and natural gas utilities cannot charge late fees or deposits
LACEY, Wash. - State regulators extended protections for energy customers who continue to experience financial hardship in the wake of COVID-19. … Read more
Topic(s): Consumer, Energy, General
03/24/2022
Docket number: UG-210755
Editor’s note: This news release reflects the position of staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) and NOT the views of the three-member commission. It discusses an agreement that the commissioners have not yet reviewed. Any positions… Read more
Topic(s): Consumer, Energy, General
03/17/2022
Docket Numbers: TR-210764, TR-210765, TR-210767, TR-210768, TR-210769, TR-210770, TR-210772
LACEY, Wash. – State regulators approved $96,348 in grant funding for safety upgrades at railroad crossings in Walla Walla County.
The Utilities and Transportation Commission authorized… Read more
Topic(s): Consumer, General, Rail
03/11/2022
Complaint investigations result in $56,447 in customer credits
LACEY, Wash. - In 2021, consumer protection staff at the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission intervened in nearly 2,500 potential customer energy utility disconnections and closed hundreds of customer… Read more
Topic(s): Auto Transportation and Buses, Garbage and Recycling, Moving, Telephone, Charter and Excursion Buses, Consumer, Energy, General, Household Goods Carriers, Solid Waste Carriers, Telecom, Transportation, Water
03/07/2022
Docket Number: U-210595
Utilities will offer financial support to enhance public participation
Lacey, Wash. – State regulators recently approved an agreement outlining how the state’s five investor-owned energy utilities will provide more than $1.2 million in funding to… Read more
Topic(s): Consumer, Energy, General
03/04/2022
Bill: SGA 9245
LACEY, Wash. - Today, the Washington state Senate confirmed Ann Rendahl as commissioner of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for a second six-year term ending Jan. 1, 2027.
Gov. Inslee reappointed Rendahl to serve a second… Read more
Topic(s): General
02/17/2022
Docket Numbers: TE-210904 and TE-190152
Update: Since the time of this news release, staff indicated they reached a settlement with the company, and the commission suspended the procedural schedule. Parties have until April 12 to submit the settlement statement.… Read more
Topic(s): Charter and Excursion Buses, General, Transportation