# RCW 19.405.030: RCW 19.405.030: Coal-fired resources—Depreciation schedule—Penalties > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S030 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 19.405.030 - **Heading:** RCW 19.405.030: Coal-fired resources—Depreciation schedule—Penalties - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 19 / Chapter 405 / Section 030 ## Text (1)(a) On or before December 31, 2025, each electric utility must eliminate coal-fired resources from its allocation of electricity. This does not include costs associated with decommissioning and remediation of these facilities. (b) The commission shall allow in electric rates all decommissioning and remediation costs prudently incurred by an investor-owned utility for a coal-fired resource. (c) Electricity purchased from the Bonneville power administration under a long-term power purchase agreement or exchange agreement, including any portion of the federal system supplied by unspecified electricity, is exempt from the compliance requirements of (a) of this subsection, except for any portion of the federal system supplied by a transaction to procure electricity where, at the time the Bonneville power administration entered into the transaction, the source of the electricity was known to be from a coal-fired generating unit. (2) The commission must accelerate depreciation schedules for any coal-fired resource to a date no later than December 31, 2025. The commission may accelerate the depreciation schedule for any qualified transmission line owned by an investor-owned utility when the commission finds the qualified transmission line is no longer used and useful and there is no reasonable likelihood that the qualified transmission line will be utilized in the future. The adjusted depreciation schedule must require such a qualified transmission line to be fully depreciated on or before December 31, 2025. (3) The commission must allow in rates, directly or indirectly, amounts on an investor-owned utility's books of account that the commission finds represent prudently incurred undepreciated investment in a fossil fuel generating resource that has been retired from service when: (a) The retirement is due to ordinary wear and tear, casualties, acts of God, acts of governmental authority, inability to procure or use fuel, termination or expiration of any ownership, or a operation agreement affecting such a fossil fuel generating resource; or (b) The commission finds that the retirement is in the public interest. (4) An electric utility that fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section must pay the administrative penalty established under RCW 19.405.090 (1), except as otherwise provided in this chapter. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 19.405.010 RCW 19.405.010: Findings—Intent—2019 c 288.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S010.md) - [RCW 19.405.020 RCW 19.405.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S020.md) - [RCW 19.405.030 RCW 19.405.030: Coal-fired resources—Depreciation schedule—Penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S030.md) - [RCW 19.405.040 RCW 19.405.040: Greenhouse gas neutrality—Responsibilities for electric utilities—Energy transformation project criteria—Penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S040.md) - [RCW 19.405.050 RCW 19.405.050: Clean energy implementation—Hydroelectric facilities—Special contracts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S050.md) - [RCW 19.405.060 RCW 19.405.060: Clean energy implementation plan—Compliance criteria—Incremental cost of compliance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S060.md) - [RCW 19.405.080 RCW 19.405.080: Report to legislature.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S080.md) - [RCW 19.405.090 RCW 19.405.090: Compliance, enforcement, and penalties—Alternatives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S090.md) - [RCW 19.405.100 RCW 19.405.100: Rule making.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S100.md) - [RCW 19.405.110 RCW 19.405.110: Relationship to the energy independence act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S110.md) - [RCW 19.405.120 RCW 19.405.120: Energy assistance for low-income households.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S120.md) - [RCW 19.405.130 RCW 19.405.130: Stakeholder work group.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S130.md) - [RCW 19.405.140 RCW 19.405.140: Department of health—Cumulative impact analysis.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S140.md) - [RCW 19.405.160 RCW 19.405.160: Declaratory order.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S160.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C405_S030. 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