Wash. Rev. Code » Title 54 · Chapter 54.48
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Wash. Rev. Code § 54.48.020 (2025)

Legislative declaration of policy

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The legislature hereby declares that the duplication of the electric lines and service of public utilities and cooperatives is uneconomical, may create unnecessary hazards to the public safety, discourages investment in permanent underground facilities, and is unattractive, and thus is contrary to the public interest and further declares that it is in the public interest for public utilities and cooperatives to enter into agreements for the purpose of avoiding or eliminating such duplication.
[ 1969 c 102 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Tanner Elec. Coop. v. Puget Sound Power & Light, 911 P.2d 1301 (Wash. 1996).
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Tanner Elec. Coop. v. Puget Sound Power & Light, 911 P.2d 1301 (Wash. 1996). · cites it 6× “RCW 54.48.020 sets forth the purpose of this legislation and of the agreements it promotes: The legislature hereby declares that the duplication of the electric lines and service of public utilities and cooperatives is uneconomical, may create unnecessary hazards to the public…”
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