STATUTORY DEADLINES
Many types of dockets require Commission action within a certain time period. Listed below are the dockets and their time constraints for Commission action. Also listed are the pertinent rules (WAC) and statutory (RCW) citations for reference.
Docket Types | RCW | WAC | Deadline to Act |
TARIFFS AND PRICE LISTS
| Electric, Gas, Water | 80.28.060 | 480-80-121 | 30 days |
| After Suspension | 80.04.130 | | 10 months after effective date |
| Telecommunications | 80.36.110(1)(a) | 480-80-121(1)(a) | 30 days |
| After Suspension | 80.04.130 | | 10 months after effective date |
| Tariff - Rate Decrease | 80.36.110(2)(a) | 480-80-121(1)(b) | 10 days |
| Price List | 80.36.320(1)(b) | 480-80-205(1) | 10 days |
| Promotion | 80.36.110(2)(b) | 480-80-126
480-80-205(2) | Effective upon filing. |
| Common Carrier | 81.28.050 | | 30 days, generally |
| After Suspension | 81.04.130 | | 7 months after effective date |
| Solid Waste | 81.28.050 | | 45 days |
| After Suspension | 81.04.130 | | 10 months after effective date |
CONTRACTS
| Electric, Gas, Water | | 480-80-143 (4) | 30 days |
| Extension Contracts (Water) | | 480-110-435 | 30 days |
Telecommunications
Monopoly Services
Competitive Services | |
480-80-142 (7)
480-80-241 (4) | 30 days
10 days |
MAXIMUM RATE REVIEW
| Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site | 81.108.050 | | 30 days. Adjusted January of each year. |
REGISTRATION
| Telecommunications | 80.36.110 | | 30 days |
COMPETITIVE CLASSIFICATION
| Telecommunications | 80.36.310 | | 30 days |
| After Suspension | 80.36.310 | 480-121-061 | 6 months from date of filing |
ACCOUNTING PETITION
| Telecommunications | | 480-120-359 | None |
| Electric | | 480-100-203 (3) | None |
| Gas | | 480-90-203 (3) | None |
UTILITIES
| Budget of Expenditures | 80.04.310 | 480-140 | 90 days |
| Supplemental Budget | 80.04.310 | 480-140 | 30 days |
| Rulemaking | 34.05.335 | | 180 days after publication |
| Petition for Rulemaking | | 480-07-240 | 60 days |
| Declaratory Order | 34.05.240 | | 30 days |
| Formal Complaint | 80.04.110 | | 10 months |
| Adjudicatory Proceeding | | 480-07 | 30 days
90 days |
| Transfers of Property | 80.12
81.12 | 480-143 | None
None |
Affiliated Interest and Subsidiary Transactions Report
Gas
Electric
Water
Telecommunications
Solid Waste
Hazardous Liquid (Pipeline)
Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
80.16
80.16
80.16
80.16
81.16
81.16
81.16 |
480-90-264
480-100-264
480-110-575
480-120-395
480-70-079
480-73-210
480-92-055(3) |
None
None
None
None
None
None
None |
Securities
Gas
Electric
Water
Telecommunications
Hazardous Liquid (Pipeline) | 80.08.040
80.08.040
80.08.040
80.080.040
81.08.040 | 480-90-242
480-100-242
480-110-525
480-120-365
480-73-170 | None
None
None
None
None |
Transferring Cash
Gas
Electric
Water
Telecommunications
Solid Waste
Hazardous Liquid (Pipeline)
Low-Level Radioactive Waste | | 80-90-244
480-100-244
480-110-535
480-120-369
480-70-077
480-73-180
480-92-055(2) | None
None
None
None
None
None
None |
Essential Utilities Services
(applicable only to Gas and Electric) | | 480-90-262
480-100-262 | None
None |
| TELECOMMUNICATION ACT OF 1996 | 47 U.S.C. Section | Approve or Reject Within |
| Fully Negotiated Interconnection Agreement | § 252 (e)(4) | 90 days |
| Arbitrated Interconnection Agreement – A party may petition a State commission to arbitrate between the 135 th and 160th day after the ILEC receives request to negotiate. | § 252 (b)(4)(C)
§ 252 (e)(4) | Arbitrator’s Report within nine months from request to negotiate.
A Complaint Agreement must be filed within a reasonable time, then 30 days. |
| Adoption of previously approved agreements in part or in whole (“pick and choose”) | § 252 (i)
§ 252 (e)(4) | 90 days |
| Enforcement of Interconnection Agreements | WAC 480-09-530 + | Expedited process varies ± 90 days |
| SGAT Revisions | § 252(f)(3)(B) | 60 days pursuant to federal law. |
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