Washington Code 80.04.330 – Effect of unauthorized expenditure — Emergencies
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Any public service company may make or contract for any rejected item of expenditure, but in such case the same shall not be allowed as an operating expense, or as to items of construction, as a part of the fair value of the company’s property used and useful in serving the public: PROVIDED, That such items of construction may at any time thereafter be so allowed in whole or in part upon proof that they are used and useful. Any company may upon the happening of any emergency caused by fire, flood, explosion, storm, earthquake, riot, or insurrection, or for the immediate preservation or restoration to condition of usefulness of any of its property, the usefulness of which has been destroyed by accident, make the necessary expenditure therefor free from the operation of RCW 80.04.300 through 80.04.330.
Terms Used In Washington Code 80.04.330
- Commission: means the utilities and transportation commission. See Washington Code 80.04.010
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Public service company: includes every gas company, electrical company, telecommunications company, wastewater company, and water company. See Washington Code 80.04.010
Any finding and order entered by the commission shall be in effect until vacated and set aside in proper proceedings for review thereof.
[ 1961 c 14 § 80.04.330. Prior: 1959 c 248 § 14; prior: 1933 c 165 § 10, part; RRS § 10458-4, part.]