{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-54.44.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 54.44.010","heading":"Declaration of public purpose.","body":"It is declared to be in the public interest and for a public purpose that cities of the first class, public utility districts, joint operating agencies organized under chapter 43.52 RCW, regulated electrical companies and, rural electrical cooperatives including generation and transmission cooperatives be permitted to participate together in the development of nuclear and other thermal power facilities and transmission facilities as hereinafter provided as one means of achieving economies of scale and thereby promoting the economic development of the state and its natural resources to meet the future power needs of the state and all its inhabitants.","path":["Title 54","Chapter 54.44"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=54.44.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:32:15Z","sha256":"ee1b4b3ccb35513c42d404110e4b0f880e8cfce7aeb9b357c90b33387ea50a30","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-54.40.070","next":"us-wa/rcw-54.44.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}