Summary: Petition for an exemption from WAC 480-70-351(2) requesting calculation of the commodity credit based on the most recent six months of actual cost and requested $.69 increase (increase from a charge of $1.00 to a charge of $1.69) per month for residential recycling customers. Also, tariff revisions to pass through the Whatcom County Solid Waste Excise Tax, which changed from a rate of $8.50 per ton to a 3.3 percent charge on solid waste collection activities. The company serves approximately 25,000 garbage and recycling customers in Whatcom County. The company’s last general rate case became effective July 1, 2014.