§ 54-28-010

RCW 54.28.010Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) 'Operating property' means all of the property utilized by a public utility district in the operation of a plant or system for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale;(2) 'Taxing districts' means counties, cities, towns, school districts, and road districts;(3) 'Distributes to consumers' means the sale of electric energy to ultimate consumers thereof, and does not include sales of electric energy for resale by the purchaser;(4) 'Wholesale value' means all costs of a public utility district associated with the generation and transmission of energy from its own generation and transmission system to the point or points of inter-connection with a distribution system owned and used by a district to distribute such energy to consumers, or in the event a distribution system owned by a district is not used to distribute such energy, then the term means the gross revenues derived by a district from the sale of such energy to consumers;(5) 'Thermal electric generating facility' means a steam-powered electrical energy producing facility utilizing nuclear or fossil fuels;(6) 'Placed in operation' means

ale of such energy to consumers;(5) 'Thermal electric generating facility' means a steam-powered electrical energy producing facility utilizing nuclear or fossil fuels;(6) 'Placed in operation' means delivery of energy into a transmission or distribution system for use or sale in such a manner as to establish a value accruing to the power plant operator, except operation incidental to testing or start-up adjustments;(7) 'Impacted area' for a thermal electric generating facility on a federal reservation means that area in the state lying within thirty-five statute miles of the most commonly used entrance of the federal reservation and which is south of the southern boundary of township fifteen north.[ 1977 ex.s. c 366 s 1; 1967 ex.s. c 26 s 22; 1959 c 274 s 1; 1957 c 278 s 7. Prior: (i) 1941 c 245 s 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 11616-1, part. (ii) 1949 c 227 s 1(f); Rem. Supp. 1949 s 11616-2(f).]NOTES:Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 26: See note following RCW 82.01.050.