DOCKET UE-981054  Page 1
 BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

In the Matter of the Requested )
Waiver of Statutory Notice in ) DOCKET UE-981054
Connection with the Tariff )
Revisions Filed by  ) ORDER GRANTING LESS
Puget Sound Energy  ) THAN STATUTORY NOTICE
 )

  On August 5, 1998, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) filed with the Commission under 
its Advice No. 98033 revisions to its currently effective Tariff WN U-60, 
designated as Fifth Revised Sheet No. 80-r, Schedule 80 .

  The tariff sheet bears an inserted effective date of September 5, 1998.  This 
date recognizes statutory notice as required.  The company requests, however, 
that statutory notice be waived and that the revisions become effective August 
13, 1998.

  PSE proposes changes to its after hour reconnection procedures.  This filing 
is a replacement for PSE’s recently withdrawn filing in Docket UE-980918.  The 
refiling is identical to the original filing with the exception of a proposed 
limitation on after hour field collection of cash.  Since the changes proposed 
in this filing were already a subject of a prior Commission docket, the company 
requests a waiver of the statutory notice, requesting that the tariff filing be 
allowed to become effective August 13, 1998.

  Commission Staff believes the tariff revisions filed herein are fair, just, 
and reasonable, and waiver of statutory notice is not inconsistent with the 
public interest; it is deemed appropriate that the company be granted the 
waiver it is requesting with an effective date of August 13, 1998.

FINDINGS

  After careful examination of the tariff revisions filed herein by PSE, on 
August 5, 1998, and giving consideration to all relevant matters and for good 
cause shown, the Commission finds that the tariff revisions should become 
effective August 13, 1998.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the requested waiver of statutory notice 
in connection with the tariff revisions filed herein by Puget Sound Energy, on 
August 5, 1998, is hereby granted, and said tariff revisions shall become 
effective August 13, 1998.





  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 12th day of August, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


      
       CAROLE J. WASHBURN, Secretary