News

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
02/10/2022

Docket Number: TR-210227

LACEY, Wash. - The Utilities and Transportation Commission approved $40,000 from the Grade Crossing Protective Fund at the request of Tacoma Rail to install protective fencing along the Mountain Division Line. Tacoma Rail estimates a total project cost for… Read more

Topic(s): General, Rail