Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 80.36.080 (2026)
Rates, services, and facilities
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All rates, tolls, contracts and charges, rules and regulations of telecommunications companies, for messages, conversations, services rendered and equipment and facilities supplied, whether such message, conversation or service to be performed be over one company or line or over or by two or more companies or lines, shall be fair, just, reasonable and sufficient, and the service so to be rendered any person, firm or corporation by any telecommunications company shall be rendered and performed in a prompt, expeditious and efficient manner and the facilities, instrumentalities and equipment furnished by it shall be safe, kept in good condition and repair, and its appliances, instrumentalities and service shall be modern, adequate, sufficient and efficient.
[ 1985 c 450 s 22; 1961 c 14 s 80.36.080. Prior: 1911 c 117 s 35, part; RRS s 10371, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1965–2025 · leading case: Jewell v. Washington Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 585 P.2d 1167 (Wash. 1978).
Jewell v. Washington Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 585 P.2d 1167 (Wash. 1978). “RCW 80.36.080. The commission is directed to "[r]egulate in the public interest .”
Washington Indep. Tel. Ass'n v. Telecomm. Ratepayers Ass'n for Cost-based & Equitable Rates, 880 P.2d 50 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “B WITA next asserts that the CCF was enacted pursuant to the authority of RCW 80.36.080, which provides as follows: Rates, services, and facilities.”
US West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 949 P.2d 1337 (Wash. 1997). “RCW 80.36.080 provides that all rates shall be fair, just, reasonable and sufficient.”
Allen v. Gen. Tel. Co. of Nw., Inc., 578 P.2d 1333 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). “RCW 80.36.080. Also, No telephone . . . company shall charge .”
Washington Indep. Tel. Ass'n v. Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 64 P.3d 606 (Wash. 2003). “, the customers of interexchange carriers who pay the long distance charges.”
US West Commc'ns, Inc. v. WASH. Utils. & TRANSP., 949 P.2d 1321 (Wash. 1997). “RCW 80.36.080. The Commission has the power to "ascertain and by order fix the proper and adequate rates of depreciation or retirement of the several classes of property of each public service company.”
US West Commc'ns, Inc. v. Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 134 Wash. 2d 48 (Wash. 1997). “RCW 80.36.080. The Commission has the power to “ascertain and by order fix the proper and adequate rates of depreciation or retirement of the several classes of property of each public service company.”
Centurylink Comm. Llc, V. Wa Utils. & Transp. Comm'n (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “After a review of pre-filed testimony and a two-day evidentiary hearing, the Commission found that, in part, CenturyLink violated RCW 80.36.080 and imposed a total penalty of more than $1.”
Washington Indep. Tel. Ass'n v. Washington Utils. & Transp. Comm'n, 148 Wash. 2d 887 (Wash. 2003). “, the customers of interexchange carriers who pay the long distance charges. This practice was not unlawful, and indeed the Commission approved it.”
US West v. Utils. & Transp. Com'n, 949 P.2d 1337 (Wash. 1998). “RCW 80.36.080 provides that all rates shall be fair, just, reasonable and sufficient.”
Judd v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 116 Wash. App. 761 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “See RCW 80.36.080, .140. In 1989, in response to the legislature’s mandate, the WUTC promulgated WAC 480-120-141.”
Judd v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 66 P.3d 1102 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “See RCW 80.36.080, RCW 80.36.140. In 1989, in response to the Legislature's mandate, the WUTC promulgated WAC 480-120-141.”
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