Media Contact: (360) 664-1116 or media@utc.wa.gov
Docket Numbers: A-220421 and A-230001
Public invited to PEAR External Advisory Group meeting
The group helps advise UTC’s pro-equity anti-racism (PEAR) efforts
LACEY, Wash. – The Utilities and Transportation Commission will host a virtual PEAR (pro-equity anti-racism) External Advisory Group meeting on May 30.
Attendees will have the opportunity to review the agency’s PEAR plan and metrics, finalize group norms and develop a feedback process.
Interested persons can become a member of the advisory group by emailing pear@utc.wa.gov.
WHO
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
WHAT
Virtual-only advisory group meeting
WHEN and WHERE
1 - 2:30 p.m. on Tues., May 30, 2023
Attend online via Zoom (recommended), or by calling 253-215-8782 with Meeting ID: 889 9201 2116; Passcode: 772281
Free translation services are available. To request translation services, please contact the commission at least one business day before the meeting by calling 360-664-1140, or by emailing paige.doyle@utc.wa.gov.
Accommodations can be requested by contacting the UTC at least one business day before the meeting at 1-888-333-9882 or consumer@utc.wa.gov.
BACKGROUND
In March 2022, Gov. Jay Inslee signed Executive Order 22-04, requiring all Washington state agencies to implement a pro-equity anti-racism strategy called the PEAR Plan & Playbook under the guidance of the Office of Equity. In September, the UTC published its PEAR Agency Commitment and PEAR Strategic Action Plan.
In November 2022, the UTC held a PEAR External Advisory Group informational meeting, inviting members of the public, external partners, and utilities to participate on the group. The workgroup’s purpose is to advise the UTC in decision-making as it implements its PEAR Strategic Action Plan. For more information, please visit www.utc.wa.gov/pear or email pear@utc.wa.gov.
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, 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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