80.54.010 – Definitions.

RCW 80.54.010 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) “Attachment” means any wire or cable for the transmission of intelligence by telecommunications or television, including cable television, light waves, or other phenomena, or for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power, and any […]

80.54.020 – Regulation of rates, terms, and conditions—Criteria.

RCW 80.54.020 Regulation of rates, terms, and conditions—Criteria. The commission shall have the authority to regulate in the public interest the rates, terms, and conditions for attachments by licensees or utilities. All rates, terms, and conditions made, demanded, or received by any utility for any attachment by a licensee or by a utility must be […]

80.54.030 – Commission order fixing rates, terms, or conditions.

RCW 80.54.030 Commission order fixing rates, terms, or conditions. Whenever the commission shall find, after hearing had upon complaint by a licensee or by a utility, that the rates, terms, or conditions demanded, exacted, charged, or collected by any utility in connection with attachments are unjust, unreasonable, or that the rates or charges are insufficient […]

80.54.040 – Criteria for just and reasonable rate.

RCW 80.54.040 Criteria for just and reasonable rate. A just and reasonable rate shall assure the utility the recovery of not less than all the additional costs of procuring and maintaining pole attachments, nor more than the actual capital and operating expenses, including just compensation, of the utility attributable to that portion of the pole, […]

80.54.050 – Exemptions from chapter.

RCW 80.54.050 Exemptions from chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any attachment by one or more electrical companies on the facilities of one or more other electrical companies. [ 1979 c 33 § 5.]

80.54.060 – Adoption of rules.

RCW 80.54.060 Adoption of rules. The commission shall adopt rules, regulations and procedures relative to the implementation of this chapter. [ 1979 c 33 § 6.]

80.54.070 – Uniform attachment rates within utility service area.

RCW 80.54.070 Uniform attachment rates within utility service area. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a utility as defined in RCW 80.54.010(3) and any utility not regulated by the utilities and transportation commission shall levy attachment rates which are uniform for all licensees within the utility service area. [ 1979 c 33 § 7.]