BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of Amending 
Washington Utilities and 
Transportation Commission 
Tariff No.  15-A, Relating to 
Intrastate Transportation of 
Household Goods,
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		DOCKET TV-010761
		
		ORDER DIRECTING INCREASED MAXIMUM 
		RATES 

BACKGROUND

1 RCW 81.80.150 assigns responsibilities to the Washington Utilities and 
Transportation Commission  (Commission) relating to tariffs applying on 
transportation of property (household goods) in intrastate  commerce.  Among 
these duties are:

 C Compiling tariffs containing rates, charges, classifications, rules, and 
regulations to be used by  all common carriers;
 C Selling and distributing copies of the compiled tariffs; 
 C Amending and altering compiled tariffs after notice and hearing, by issuing 
and distributing  revised pages or supplements to the tariffs; and
 C Reissuing tariffs when appropriate.

2 WAC 480-15-490(2)(b)(ii) requires the Commission to adjust the maximum rates 
and charges each  June 1, through 2005, by an index calculated using the 
first-quarter Implicit Price Deflator (IPD) of the  Gross Domestic Product.  
The calculated index shows the maximum rates should increase by 2.3  percent.  

3 The Commissioners, having reviewed the recommendations and being fully 
advised in the matter,  believe that increasing the maximum rates in Tariff 
15-A is in the public interest. 

O R D E R

4 IT IS ORDERED That Commission Tariff 15-A shall be revised and republished to 
reflect a 2.3  percent increase to the maximum rates.  The effective date of 
the increased rates shall be
June 1, 2001.

DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 30th day of May, 2001

 WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION



        CAROLE  J. WASHBURN, Secretary