News

09/05/2024

Media contact: 360-664-1116 or media@utc.wa.gov
Docket numbers: UE-240006 and UG-240007 (Consolidated)

Virtual public comment hearing Sept. 19
 

LACEY, Wash. – The UTC invites the public to attend a virtual public comment hearing on Avista Corporation (Avista or Company)’s… Read more

Topic(s): Energy
09/04/2024

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UTC Commissioner Rendahl Appointed to FRI Advisory Board 

LACEY, Wash. – Commissioner Ann Rendahl of the Utilities and Transportation Commission has been appointed to the advisory board of the Financial… Read more

Topic(s): Energy, General, Telecom
08/07/2024

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UTC welcomes new Policy Director  

LACEY, Wash. – The Utilities and Transportation Commission announced the appointment of Jisong Wu, Ph.D as the new policy director, effective Aug. 1. 

Dr. Wu brings… Read more

Topic(s): General
06/18/2024

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Docket number: UE-160799

LACEY, Wash. – The Utilities and Transportation Commission invites public participation in a workshop to review and possibly update the 2017 Policy and Interpretive Statement, which outlines the commission’s… Read more

Topic(s): Auto Transportation and Buses, Energy, General, Transportation
06/10/2024

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UTC Pipeline Safety Program earns perfect score in website transparency review 

LACEY, Wash. — The Utilities and Transportation Commission Pipeline Safety Program gained a perfect score following an annual… Read more

Topic(s): General, Pipeline, Pipeline Safety
06/10/2024
Remembering the Bellingham pipeline tragedy Honoring the 25-year anniversary of the deadly Bellingham Whatcom Falls Park explosion

 

On this day 25 years ago, a pipeline carrying gasoline through Bellingham’s Whatcom Falls Park exploded. The explosion killed three young people,… Read more

Topic(s): Pipeline, Pipeline Safety
06/06/2024

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Docket Number: UE-230877

Public comment hearing June 20
 

Lacey, WASH. — The Utilities and Transportation Commission is holding a public comment hearing on June 20 to discuss PacifiCorp’s proposal to amend its electric service… Read more

Topic(s): Energy
05/21/2024

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Docket number: TR-240258 

UTC approves over $70,000 in safety upgrades for city of Marysville 

LACEY, Wash. — The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has approved $70,805 in funding from the… Read more

Topic(s): General, Rail