DOCKET UE-980105 Page 1
 


BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND )
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, )
   )
  Complainant, ) DOCKET UE-980105
   )
 vs.  )
   ) ORDER DISMISSING
Puget Sound Energy, Inc., ) COMPLAINT AND ORDER
   ) SUSPENDING TARIFF
   ) REVISIONS AND GRANTING
  Respondent. ) TARIFF REVISIONS
 )


  On January 22, 1998, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., (PSE/Company) filed with the 
Commission under its Advice No. 
98-03, revisions to its currently effective Tariff WN U-60, designated as:

   Second Revision of Sheet Nos. P-7, P-7a, P-24, 
P-24a, P-25, P-25a, P-26, P-26a, P-29, P-29a, P-31, P-31a, P-43, P-43a, P-46, 
P-46a, P-48, P-49, P-49a, and P-80.

  The Commission, on February 25, 1998, entered a Complaint and Order 
Suspending Tariff Revisions pending completion of an investigation concerning 
the changes and the reasonableness and justness thereof. 

  Subsequent to the suspension, the Company provided requested support 
documentation and information showing the proposed tariff changes to be fair, 
just, and resonable for the pilot program to which they apply.  Commission 
Staff has reviewed the information provided and submitted a recommendation to 
accept the tariff revisions as filed.

FINDINGS

  1. Puget Sound Energy, Inc., is an investor-owned electric company and as 
such is a public service company subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

  2. The revisions presently under suspension herein are considered reasonable. 

  3. Dismissal of the Complaint and Order Suspending Tariff Revisions in this 
docket is in the public interest.  The revisions to the respondent's Tariff WN 
U-60 are effective as of March 12, 1998.

O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION THEREFORE ORDERS That the Complaint and Order Suspending 
Tariff Revisions in this docket, dated 
February 25, 1998, is hereby dismissed, and the revisions filed on January 22, 
1998, shall become effective March 12, 1998.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 11th day of March, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      ANNE LEVINSON, Chair
       


      RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner



      WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner