Washington Administrative Code
Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission
Chapter 480-107 - Electric companies-Purchases of resources
Section 480-107-017 - RFP filing and approval
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) For required and targeted RFPs under WAC 480-107-009(2), a utility must file the RFPs and accompanying documentation with the commission no later than one hundred twenty days after the utility files its final IRP.
(2) The utility must provide information on its public website detailing the commission approval process required in subsection (1) of this section, including a link to the RFP filed with the commission, and a description of the subsequent public comment period and, if applicable, the independent evaluator selection and commission approval process.
(3) Within forty-five days after the utility files an RFP, interested persons may submit written comments to the commission on the RFP.
(4) The commission will approve, approve with conditions, or suspend the filed RFP, including the procedures and criteria the utility will use to evaluate and rank bids in accordance with WAC 480-107-035, within seventy-five days after the utility files its RFP.
(5) A utility must solicit bids for a resource need within thirty days of a commission order approving an RFP unless the commission establishes a different deadline.
