UTC Case Docket Details
Docket Number 180924
| Docket Number | TG-180924 |
|---|---|
| Advice | |
| Company | Waste Management of Washington, Inc. |
| DBA |
Waste Management of Seattle
Waste Management - South Sound |
| Filing Type | Tariff Revision |
| Industry (Code) | Solid Waste (227) |
| Status | Closed |
| Lead Staff | Young, Mike (UTC) |
| Filed Date | 11/13/2018 |
| Effective Date | 01/01/2019 |
| Summary | Petition for an exemption by Waste Management of Washington’s South Sound/Seattle business unit from WAC 480-70-351(2) requesting calculation of the commodity credit based on the most recent six months of actual cost; request to retain up to 50 percent of the revenue received for the sale of recyclable commodities in accordance with the 2018-2019 King County Revenue Sharing Plan; and requested $2.20 increase (decrease from a credit of $1.42 to a charge of $0.78) per month for residential recycling customers. Also, tariff revisions that would generate approximately $190,000 (2.1 percent) additional annual revenue to recover the increased cost of disposal fees set by the King County Council, which will increase from $134.59 per ton to $140.82 per ton at all King County transfer stations. In addition, the King County Board of Health is increasing the Local Hazardous Waste Management Plan fee by 5.4 percent, or $0.04 per month for single family customers. The company serves approximately 17,700 garbage and recycling customers in King County. The company’s last general rate case became effective June 1, 2014. |
Event History
- 02/28/2019 -- Allowed (Commissioner Rendahl moved, that in Docket TG-180924, that the commission dismiss the Complaint and Order dated December 28, 2018 which suspended the tariff pages Waste Management of Washington, d/b/a Waste Management - South Sound and Waste Management – Seattle filed on November 13, 2018, and allow the rates as revised on February 11, 2019, to go into effect March 1, 2019. Commissioner Balasbas seconded the motion. The motion carried (3:0))
- 02/28/2019 -- Open Meeting
- 12/28/2018 -- Suspended (Commissioner Rendahl moved that the commission issue an order in Docket TG-180924, suspending the tariff pages filed on November 13, 2018, by Waste Management of Washington, Inc., d/b/a Waste Management - South Sound and Waste Management - Seattle, related to the commodity adjustment revenue sharing issue and allow the pass-through and hazardous waste fee to go into effect on January 1, 2019, by operation of law. Chairman Danner seconded the motion. The motion carried (2:1))
- 12/28/2018 -- Open Meeting
- 11/14/2018 -- Open