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BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


In the Matter of the Requested )
Waiver of Statutory Notice in ) DOCKET UE-980414
Connection with the Tariff )
Revisions Filed by ) ORDER GRANTING LESS
PUGET SOUND ENERGY. ) THAN STATUTORY NOTICE
 )


  On March 12, 1998, Puget Sound Energy filed with the Commission under its 
Advice No. 98014 revisions to its currently effective Tariff WN U-60, 
designated as First Revised Sheet No. 120-a - Electricity Conservation Service 
Rider (Continued) and First Revised Sheet No. 120-b - Electricity Conservation 
Service Rider (Continued).

  The tariff sheets bear an inserted effective date of April 12, 1998.  This 
date recognizes statutory notice as required.  The company requests, however, 
that statutory notice be waived and that the revisions become effective April 
1, 1998.

  The purpose of this filing is to make revisions to Schedule 120 so that it is 
synchronized with changes made in Schedules 50, 51, and 52, which were filed on 
February 27, 1998, in Docket UE-980261, with an effective date of April 1, 1998.

  The reason for requesting LSN is to make the effective date coincident with 
the effective date of the tariffs included in Docket No. UE-980261.

  Since 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 April 1, 1998.

FINDINGS

  After careful examination of the tariff revisions filed herein by Puget Sound 
Energy, March 12, 1998, and giving consideration to all relevant matters and 
for good cause shown, the Commission finds that the tariff revisions should 
become effective April 1, 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, 
March 12, 1998, is hereby granted, and said tariff revisions shall become 
effective April 1, 1998.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 25th day of March, 1998.

  WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION




      ANNE LEVINSON, Chair




      RICHARD HEMSTAD, Commissioner




      WILLIAM R. GILLIS, Commissioner