{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-80.28.450","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 80.28.450","heading":"Thermal energy networks.","body":"(1) Any gas company and any electrical company may deploy a thermal energy network within their service territories, in accordance with RCW 80.28.460. If a gas company or electrical company intends to deploy a thermal energy network, the company must submit the project for review and validation of costs assessments to the commission, in the case of an investor-owned gas company or electrical company, or to the governing body of the utility, in the case of a consumer-owned gas company or electrical company.\n(2) For an investor-owned gas company or investor-owned electrical company, if the commission validates the costs assessments selection of a thermal energy network, the company may propose to recover the costs of building and operating the project from ratepayers in a rate case filing before the commission. The commission's validation of the utility's costs assessment of a thermal energy network resource does not constitute a prudency finding by the commission or a finding that the resource is used and useful for rate-making purposes.\n(3) Companies exempt from commission oversight under RCW 80.04.550 are not subject to regulation by the commission under this chapter.","path":["Title 80","Chapter 80.28"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=80.28.450","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:17:59Z","sha256":"45cbb98634dfa1a81284c5351f1cea7e92957caa1bcb4b7f3e17301804ec71f9","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-80.28.445","next":"us-wa/rcw-80.28.460"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}