Draft 6560 Report

Follow the links below to download sections of the Draft 6560 Report.  You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these PDF files.  If you don't currently have the Acrobat Reader installed on your machine, it is available for free downloading at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html.

Section 0.  Introduction.
Section 1.  Washington’s Electricity Landscape.
Section 2.  Trends Affecting Electric Service Costs.
Section 3.  Strategies to Minimize Electric Service Costs.
Section 4.  Electricity Rates and Equity: Potential for Cost-shifting.
Section 5.  Utility Service Territory Agreements in Washington.
Section 6.  Consumer Protection Policies and Procedures.
Section 7.  Service Quality.
Section 8.  Reliability and Strategies to Ensure High System Reliability.
Section 9.  Conservation, Renewable Resources and Low Income Energy Services.

Appendix A: Washington Electricity Rate 1993-1997
Appendix B: Briefing Paper by the Department of Revenue on Electricity Tax Issues.
Appendix C: Utility Service Reliability Statistics

You may also download a self-extracting ZIP file containing each of the ten sections.  Click on the link below and save the file under the filename "6560DRFT.EXE" to your hard drive.  Make sure to remember which directory you save the file to.  Using File Manager, Windows Explorer or the "Run" command under the Windows "Start" menu, go to that directory and run the 6560DRFT.EXE file by double clicking on it.  This will extract the PDF files and place them in the same directory as the 6560DRFT.EXE file.  You may then open the PDF files by double clicking on them or using the File-Open command in Acrobat Reader.

Self-Extracting ZIP File Containing Entire Draft Report (1.6 MB)

These documents are drafts and staff will continue to work through November on additional research, analyses and writing, including section summaries and an overall executive summary.  We invite you to provide written comments regarding the content and analysis in the draft report.  We will post all comments we receive at http://www.cted.wa.gov/energy/archive//6560/comments so that staff and other stakeholders can easily review them.  Please submit electronic comments by Monday, November 30th, to wepg@ep.cted.wa.gov.

If you would like to receive the draft report in an alternative format, please call Karen Dunn, CTED at (360) 956-2096 or Chris Vernon, UTC at (360) 664-1205.