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Wash. Rev. Code § 54.24.080 (2026)

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(1) The commission of each district which shall have revenue obligations outstanding shall have the power and shall be required to establish, maintain, and collect rates or charges for electric energy and water and other services, facilities, and commodities sold, furnished, or supplied by the district. The rates and charges shall be fair and, except as authorized by RCW 74.38.070 and by subsections (2) and (3) of this section, nondiscriminatory, and shall be adequate to provide revenues sufficient for the payment of the principal of and interest on such revenue obligations for which the payment has not otherwise been provided and all payments which the district is obligated to set aside in any special fund or funds created for such purpose, and for the proper operation and maintenance of the public utility and all necessary repairs, replacements, and renewals thereof.
(2) The commission of a district may waive connection charges for properties purchased by low-income persons from organizations exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code as amended prior to the July 23, 1995. Waivers of connection charges for the same class of electric or gas utility service must be uniformly applied to all qualified property. Nothing in this subsection (2) authorizes the impairment of a contract.
(3) In establishing rates or charges for water service, commissioners may in their discretion consider the achievement of water conservation goals and the discouragement of wasteful water use practices.
[ 1995 c 140 s 3; 1991 c 347 s 21; 1959 c 218 s 9; 1941 c 182 s 7; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 11611-7.]

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Purposes—1991 c 347: See note following RCW 90.42.005.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2021 · leading case: Blocktree Props., LLC v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. Wash., Mun. Corp., 380 F. Supp. 3d 1102 (E.D. Wash. 2019).
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Blocktree Props., LLC v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. Wash., Mun. Corp., 380 F. Supp. 3d 1102 (E.D. Wash. 2019). · cites it 16× “*1115 Wash. Rev. Code § 54.24.080 (1). Blocktree presented six different arguments as to why RS-17 violates Washington's utility laws.”
Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 965 P.2d 1148 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 12× “040, and RCW 54.24.080 when it held that the PUD could charge the cost of relocating its facilities to the developer, even though the County required Sundquist to make the road improvements before its plat applications would be approved.”
Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 v. Broadview Television Co., 586 P.2d 851 (Wash. 1978). · cites it 5× “It is first suggested that the rates are reviewable under RCW 54.24.080, which provides: The commission of each district which shall have revenue obligations outstanding shall have the power and shall be required to establish, maintain, and collect rates or charges for electric…”
Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 997 P.2d 915 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 4× “The power to impose relocation costs on Sundquist may also be fairly implied from the PUD’s rate-making and facility maintenance authority, which derives from RCW 54.24.080 and RCW 54.16.040. In relevant part, these statutes provide as follows: 54.”
Hillis Homes, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 714 P.2d 1163 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 2× “) The other is RCW 54.24.080, which provides in part: The commission of each [public utility] district which shall have revenue obligations outstanding shall have the power and shall be required to establish, maintain, and collect rates or charges for .”
Blocktree Props. LLC v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. Washington (E.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 2× “They claim that this property 20 interest arises from language in RCW 54.24.080, which states that PUD rates must 21 1 be “fair” and “nondiscriminatory,” and “from the requirement that Grant’s 2 Commission may not change those rates except at a properly-noticed public 3 meeting…”
Spectrum Glass Co. v. PUD of Snohomish Cnty., 119 P.3d 854 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “NOTES [1] See RCW 54.24.080. [2] Clerk's Papers (CP) at 120.”
Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. PUD, 997 P.2d 915 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 4× “The power to impose relocation costs on Sundquist may also be fairly implied from the PUD's rate-making and facility maintenance authority, which derives from RCW 54.24.080 and RCW 54.16.040. In relevant part, these statutes provide as follows: 54.”
Cytline, LLC v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 (9th Cir. 2021). “Although Wash. Rev. Code § 54.24.080 does not create a property interest in non-arbitrary rates, see Snohomish Cnty.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 54.24.080(1) — 2 cases
Blocktree Props., LLC v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. Wash., Mun. Corp., 380 F. Supp. 3d 1102 (E.D. Wash. 2019). “*1115 Wash. Rev. Code § 54.24.080 (1). Blocktree presented six different arguments as to why RS-17 violates Washington's utility laws.”
Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 965 P.2d 1148 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “040, and RCW 54.24.080 when it held that the PUD could charge the cost of relocating its facilities to the developer, even though the County required Sundquist to make the road improvements before its plat applications would be approved.”
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