Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 35.84.010 (2026)

Electric energy—Sale of—Purchase

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Every city or town owning its own electric power and light plant, shall have the right to sell and dispose of electric energy to any other city or town, public utility district, governmental agency, or municipal corporation, mutual association, or to any person, firm, or corporation, inside or outside its corporate limits, and to purchase electric energy therefrom.

[ 1965 c 7 s 35.84.010. Prior: 1933 c 51 s 1; RRS s 9209-1.]

Notes:

Reduced utility rates for low-income senior citizens and other low-income citizens: RCW 74.38.070.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1971–1971 · leading case: Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 v. Taxpayers, 479 P.2d 61 (Wash. 1971).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 v. Taxpayers, 479 P.2d 61 (Wash. 1971). · cites it 2× “The scheme embodied in these contracts is not merely to buy electricity or other products, or to sell them outside the respective city boundaries as authorized by RCW 35.84.010, but requires the direct expenditure and commingling of city money with privately-owned business…”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.