Media Contact: (360) 664-1116 or media@utc.wa.gov
Docket Number: TP-220513
MEDIA ADVISORY: Public invited to comment on Puget Sound Pilots' proposed rate increase
LACEY, Wash. – The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission is holding a public comment hearing on March 30 to discuss Puget Sound Pilots' proposed rate increase.
WHO
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WHAT
Virtual-only public comment hearing
WHEN and WHERE
1:30-4:00 p.m. on Thurs., March 30, 2023
Attend online via Zoom (recommended), or by calling 253-215-8782 with meeting ID number 862 2068 8322 and passcode 911822.
Translation services are available at no cost to you. If possible, please inform the commission at least one business day before the meeting by calling 360-664-1140, or by emailing paige.doyle@utc.wa.gov.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to attend the meeting, please contact the UTC at least one business day before the meeting by calling 888-333-9882 or emailing consumer@utc.wa.gov.
BACKGROUND
The state legislature granted the commission authority to regulate rates charged by pilotage companies in 2018. The first tariff to increase rates was filed with the commission in 2019. Puget Sound Pilots recently filed a tariff to increase rates to cover operating costs.
The UTC regulates the rates and services of investor-owned electric utilities, telecommunications, natural gas, and water companies, garbage-collection haulers, household-goods movers, charter-bus companies, commercial ferries, pipeline companies, pilotage companies, and a low-level radioactive waste repository. The commission does not regulate broadband or internet services, including those provided by regulated telecommunications companies.
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