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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.52.410 (2026)

Authority of city or district to contract for electric energy or falling waters

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Any city or district is authorized to enter into contracts or compacts with any operating agency or a publicly or privately owned public utility for the purchase and sale of electric energy or falling waters: PROVIDED, That no city or district may enter into a contract or compact with an operating agency to purchase electric energy, or to purchase or participate in a portion of an electrical generating project, that commits the city or district to pay an amount in excess of an express dollar amount or in excess of an express rate per unit of electrical energy received.
[ 1983 c 308 s 1; 1977 ex.s. c 184 s 9; 1965 c 8 s 43.52.410. Prior: 1953 c 281 s 17.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1983–1984 · leading case: Chem. Bank v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 666 P.2d 329 (Wash. 1983).
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Chem. Bank v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 666 P.2d 329 (Wash. 1983). · cites it 14× “" RCW 43.52.410. Thus, the various statutes clearly provide for Washington PUD's, cities and towns to purchase and sell electricity.”
Chem. Bank v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 691 P.2d 524 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 2× “They assert, first, that recent amendments to the statutes demonstrate legislative recognition of the municipalities' authority, citing RCW 43.52.410, which states that no city or district may enter into a contract "to purchase or participate in a portion of an electrical…”
Nucleonics All. v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 677 P.2d 108 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 2× “" RCW 43.52.410. By comparison, a joint operating agency is authorized to contract with any municipal corporation or public utility "for any term relating to the purchase, sale, interchange or wheeling of power".”
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