BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

                                      )
In the Matter of the Request of        ) DOCKET UW-971845
Northwest Water Systems, Inc. for     )
Removal from Commission Regulation.      ) 
                                         )  ORDER APPROVING
                 )   REQUEST
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On December 29, 1997, Northwest Water Systems, Inc., 
(Company) requested to be removed from Commission regulation under the 
provisions of RCW 80.04.010.

According to billing data submitted before the request, 
the Company meets the statutory thresholds necessary to request that the 
Company be removed from Commission regulation.  It currently serves 64 
customers with average annual revenue per customer of $267.24.

The Commission can remove the Company from regulation 
under the provisions of RCW 80.04.010.  The Company meets the statutory 
thresholds established for removal from regulation. The proposal to remove the 
Company from regulation will not be inconsistent with the public interest and 
should, therefore, be approved.

It is therefore ordered that Northwest Water Systems, 
Inc., be removed from regulation by this Commission as of the effective date of 
this order.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective on this 28th day of January, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

      

PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary