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Bob Ferguson

Kake Public Counsel

Kōmlele

Jikin Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) eo an Washington Attorney General's Office (Obiij eo an Attorney General eo an Washington) ej jutak ilo etan riwia ro ilo aelōñ eo, kōṃbani ko an dān im jarōm ilo jekjek ko mokta jān Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC, Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak), court ko an aelōñ, im kọñkōrej eo. Katōbar eo ad ej ñan lolorjake bwe kōṃbani ko rej lelak onean ko rej eman im ewōr unin joñan onean ko im kwalok jerbal ko rej kōjbarok im ebidodo loore. Kōṃbani ko rej iumin kakien rej koba kōṃbani ko ikijen wāwein tōbār doon, āinwōt Lumen Technologies (CenturyLink) im Frontier; kōṃbani in jarōm im kiāj, āinwōt Puget Sound Energy, Avista Utilities, im PacifiCorp; im kōṃbani in kiāj ko āinwōt Northwest Natural im Cascade Natural Gas.  Jikin Public Counsel ej bar bōk kunan, ak ewōr an melim in bōk kunan iumin kien eo, ilo dān, wāwein itotak, im inepāta ko kin lain in pipe mokta jān WUTC. Kumi eo ad ej kōmman jān jilu lawyer ro, emen rilale kien ko, juōn rijerbal ilo court, im ruo rijibāñ ilo court.

Kake Public Counsel eo

Kọñkōre emōj kwalok ñan Attorney General's Office (AGO, Obiij eo an Attorney General) ñan "kwalok im walok ñan armij ro ilo aeloñ eo an Washington" ilo jekjek ko iumin Title 80 im 81 Revised Code of Washington (RCW, Kakien ko rekāāl an Washington).  (RCW 80.01.100, 80.04.510, im 81.04.500.)  Jikin Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) ej kwalok kin riwia ro ilo bukwōn eo im peejnej jirik an aeloñ eo kin jarōm, kiāj, im wāwein tōbār doon im ej jerbal ilo Washington.  Public Counsel ejjab bōk kunan ilo ien ko ej koba ro aer jikin jarōm im dān, āinwōt Seattle City Light ak Snohomish Public Utility District, kinke ro ej aer jikin jarōm im dān ko ilo lọblej ejelọk aer kakien jān aelōñ eo. Public Counsel ewōr an melim in kwalok ñan lọblej kin wāwein itotak, lain in pipe ko, im inepāta ko ikijen dān mokta jān Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission (Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington), koba ippān inepāta ko im ej jelet kōjbarok an lọblej eman tata.

Ilo kautiej ñan jikin jarōm im dān, Public Counsel ri jibāñ ro ilo etan riwia ro ilo keij ko mokta jān an WUTC koba ippān onean jarōm im dān, kain koba im kajitōk ko, būrookraaṃ in kōjbarok jarōm, eman in jerbal, im kakien ko jōt. Ñe juōn kōṃbani in jarōm im dān ej bukōt onean ko ñan riwia, Public Counsel ej etaale kajitōk eo an kōṃbani im ikutkut an kamool im etaale onean ko rej oktak. Public Counsel enij kakwōn pepa ko rej eman ilo ian rikamool ro ej eman tata, lukkun bar lale rikamool an kumi ko jōt, im likit ilo pepa ilo etan riwia ro.

Public Counsel ej bōk kunan ilo WUTC im kōmman kakien ilo an ilik naan kin agency eo im kakien ko aer im kwalok naan in rōjañ ilo kakien ko. Public Counsel ej bar bōk kunan ilo kakien an jerbal ko rej aurōk im doulul in jibāñ ko emōj aer ejaak jān UTC ak jikin jarōm im dān, bukōt an lale kelet ko ñe ekkar, im māroñ in lelak tōl ñan kọñkōrej im ro jōt rej kōmman kakien.

Public Counsel ejjab bwe rijerbal ñan uaak jabdewōt naan ak kajitōk an kajojo armij. Jej rōjañ bwe aolep riwia ro rej aikuj jibāñ ko rej jenolọk (waanjoñak., juōn jerbal emōj an jenolọk ak naan in kwalok an juōn jab mōnōnō) ñan tōbār WUTC Consumer Protection and Communications Section (Jikin Kōjbarok im Kōnnaanōk Doon). Remāroñ in tōbār ir ilo telebon ilo 1-888-333-WUTC (9882), ilo email comments@utc.wa.gov ak ilo jeje ñan UTC ak P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504.

Citizen Advisory Committee

Ke Attorney General eo mokta lak Ken Eikenberry ekar kōmmane Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) ilo 1983, ekar bar kōmmane Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC, Committee in Rōjañ Doon) ñan koba ki ta ko rej aurōk ilo lọblej.  Ro uwaan CAC ej koba ippān peejnej jirikrik ko, ro ediik oneaer, rittolak im lale ilo ien aitok, ta ko pelakid, jerbal, im doulul in ekkat, im rej kwalok kōnan ko rej oktak ilo aelōñ eo.  CAC ej kwalok melele ko ñan Public Counsel im ej kwalok kin konan ko aer im inepāta ko. CAC ej ion e Public Counsel aolep lak in jilu allōñ ñan kōnnaan kake UTC inepāta ko rej jelet jikin ko emōj kwalok.

Ñe doulul eo am ej konan deḷọñ e jerbal eo an CAC, jouj im jilkinlak juōn email ñan utilities@atg.wa.gov.

Lọblej Enaan

Bellọk ñan Naan jān Lọblej

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington) ej bukōt naan jān lọblej ñe ej kōmman kelet ikijen onean, jerbal, im kanne kakien ko. Ainikiem emāroñ in kōmman oktak. Naan ko remāroñ in walok ilo armij, ilo juōn ien eoroñ, ilo juōn kwelak ebellọk, ilo jeje, ak ilo am kanne juōn pepa anḷain. Ilo elōñ ian keij ko an WUTC, aolep naan ilo jeje ak kenono rej koba ippān rekoot ñan keij eo.

Elmen aō kwalok aō naan

Naan ko an riwia ro ilo keij ko, kakobaba peejnej ko, kōmman kakien ko, kwelak ko rej bellọk im keij ko jōt rej kwalok aurōk in melele ko ñan Doulul eo ilo aer kōmman pepe ko.  Ilo am kwalok naan, kwōj aikuj in kobaiki UTC Docket Nōmba ilo ijo kwōj kwalok am naan ie. Kwe māroñ in kwalok am naan ilo am tōbār Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC, Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington):

  • Ilo jeje ilo: P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504-7250

Jouj im likit juōn address in rol lak im kōmmeḷeḷe in pepa eo;

  • Kin email ilo comments@utc.wa.gov;
  • Anḷain ilo am jiped ijin; ak
  • Ilo am kūrlọk nōmba eo ejelọk onean 1-888-333-WUTC (9882).

Ta eo Kwōj Ketmen ilo Ien Eoroñ an Lọblej

Doulul eo (juōn doulul eo jilu-uwaan emōj lelak jān Kabna im emōj an alikkar jān Washington State Senate (Senate eo an aelōñ in Washington)) remāroñ in itotak ñan jikin jerbal eo an Kōṃbani eo im ippān doon ilo lōmṇak ko an lọblej im lelak ḷōmṇak ilo Ien Eoroñ an Lọblej. Kwōjjab aikuj in lukkun jellā kake kakien in jarōm im dān ñan kwalok am naan, ak māroñ in kōmmeḷeḷe elmen an Kōṃbani eo im kajitōk ko nej jelet e eok. Naan ko ilo lọblej rej aurōk ñan ro uwaan Doulul eo kinke ri kōllā onean ro ewōr aer melele ko elap aer aurōk kin jerbal ko an kōṃbani eo.  Kwe māroñ in pād ilo juōn ien eoroñ ñan lale, ak kwe māroñ in kelet in lelak naan ilo ainikien maan mejan ro uwaan doulul eo. Kwōj aikuj in kōmmane unin kenono eo am iumin kalimur, im juōn rijerbal ej riboot enij rekoot ta eo kwōj ba.  Naan ko renij mōttan juōn rekoot in kamool. 

Melele in Keij ko ikijen Joñan Onean im Ien Eoroñ

Pepa in Melele ikijen Keij ko an Public Counsel

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC, Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington) enij jūkeejul Naan ko an Lọblej ilo ien Eoroñ ilo keij ko rej oktak. Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) ej kepojjak melele ikijen keij ñan riwia ak ro uwaan lọblej im rej konan bōk kunaer ilo ien eoroñ an lọblej. Jān wōt COVID-19 kakien ko, naan ko an lọblej ilo ien eoroñ enij bōk jikin wōt ilo anḷain, ilo ien in. Riwia im armij ro ilo lọblej remāroñ in pād im bōk kunaer ilo telebon ak ilo kaṃpiutōr ilo aer kōjerbale melele kein ijin.

Jibāñ Riwia Ro

Naan in Inepāta ko ikijen Jerbal ko (Wāwein Tōbār Doon, Kiāj, im Jarōm)Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC, Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington) ej kwalok onean ko im jerbal in māke lak ak an juōn kōṃbani in jarōm dān im wāwein itotak. Ej koba ippān kōṃbani ko āinwōt Avista, Puget Sound Energy, PacificCorp, Cascade Natural, im NW Natural Gas. WUT wāwein kōjbarok peejnej eo emāroñ in jibāñ kin jōlọk oneaan, naan in inepāta kin jerbal, kōjjeḷā kin kwin, im elaplọk. Jouj im lale bwe WUTC ejjab bōk naan in inepāta ikijen public utility districts (PUD, bukwōn ko ilo lọbej) ak kiāptōḷ eo. Ñe ej iwaj ñan eok ilo jerbal in dān im jarōm jān juōn bukwōn an lọblej ak kiāptōḷ eo, kwōnij aikuj in tōbār kōṃbani eo am ñan jibāñ. Ñan juōn laajrak in naan in inepāta ko UTC enij bōk, jouj im riit Ñāāt kwōn kūrlọk Doulul eo.

Naan in Inepāta ko ikijen Jerbal ko ejelọk Kakien

Jerbal ko āinwōt public utility districts (PUD, bukwōn ko lọblej), peejnej (co-ops), im jerbal ko ejelọk aer kakien jān WUTC, im Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) ejjab aikuj in koba ilo jekjek ko ewōr an inepāta kin jikin jerbal kain. PUD, jikin eo, ak co-op riwia ro rej aikuj kajju kūrlọk kōṃbani eo rej kōjerbale kin jabdewōt inepāta kin onean ak bwōd in jerbal.  

PUD ej peejnej ko ilo juōn bukwōn jān ro uwaan PUD im emōj kelet jān armij ro rej jokwe ilo bukwōn eo. Ñe ewōr am inepāta ikijen PUD, tōbār PUD Rā eo an Rijerbal.

Kōmbani in Jarōm ko an Kiāpitōl eo, āinwōt Seattle City Light, ej an im jerbal jān juōn city. Inepāta ko kin mwōn jerbal rōt kein rej aikuj kajju ñan rilolorjake an city eo, im ej kijoñ rilale city eo, ak kwe māroñ in kajju tōbāre jerbal eo ikijen dān ak jarōm.

Cooperatives ej an iumin ro uwaan. Ilo kadu, kajojo armij rej kōmman co-op ñe rej jōkwe nabōj in ijo ej lelak jarōm. Naan in inepāta ko rej aikuj kajju lak ñan co-op ko ak Jikin Jibāñ an Riwia Ro ilo Attorney General's Office (Obiij eo an Attorney General).

Lelak juōn Naan in Inepāta ippān UTC

  • Kūrlọk nōmba eo ejelọk onean 1-888-333-WUTC (9882);
  • Kwalok inepāta eo am aṇlain ijin;
  • Email ilo consumer@utc.wa.gov; ak
  • Jeiki UTC ilo P.O. Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504.

Jibāñ kin Onean Jarōm

Kōjbarok jarōm ej juōn wāwein ñan kadiklak onean jarōm. WUTC ej lewaj jibāñ kin elmen kōjbarok jarōm ilo mweo imōm. Elōñ kōṃbani in kiāj im jarōm ko rej lewaj būrookraaṃ in kōjbarok jarōm ñan riwia ro. Ilo elōñ keij ko, bōtab, kōjbarok jarōm ejab bwe ñan tōbār aikuj ko.

Elōñ armij ilo Washington rej ioone men ko rebin ikijen jāān im aikuj jōt jibāñ. Kōṃbani ko rej kijon wōr jaan ko ippeir ñan jibāñ kadiklak onean jarōm aolep allōñ ñan jōt riwia im rej tōbār jōt jaan ko. Tōbāre kōṃbani eo am ñe ej ben am kōllā onean jarōm ak kiāj. Kobalak, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (Būrookraaṃ eo an Diik Onean im Jibāñ ikijen Jarōm) an Washington ej lelak jibāñ ñan riwia jarōm ro rej tōbār joñan onean eo im men ko jōt remāroñ tōprak.  Energy Assistance Program peij eo aṇlain ej lewaj melele kin jibāñ oneaan pedped ion bukwōn-ñan-bukwōn, koba ippān kiāptōḷ, co-op, im kōṃbani ko jōt.

Kobalak,būrookraaṃ in lolorjake onean ko ñan kadiklak an onean jarōm ko laplọk ilo ien ṃōḷo ilo aer lelak onean ñan riwia ilo aolep allōñ ekkar ñan joñan an kōjerbale.

Jibāñ ikijen Telebon

Onean telebon emāroñ in ben riit im kwalok ilo ainikien. Tōl in ñan Onean Telebon ej jibāñ kōmmeḷeḷe aolep jerbal ko, jote jaan, onean ko jōt im tax ko kwōj māroñ in loe ilo onean telebon eo am.

Ej juōn Lifeline Program (Būrookraaṃ in Lifeline) ñan riwia ro remāroñ in tōprak. Ñan melele ko relaplak, jouj im etal ñan peij eo aṇlain an Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Doulul eo an Wāwein Tōbār Doon).

Melele ko rekadu ikijen Riwia Ro

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC, Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak) ej kwalok kain jibāñ ko jōt an peejnej ko ilo Kōjjellā ko ñan Riwia ro uak kajitōk ko ekutkut kajitōk koba ippān jarōm, kiāj, telebon, im kōṃbani in dān im ewōr an kakien jān WUTC.

Kobalak, Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Doulul eo an Wāwein Tōbār Doon) ej lelak melele ko aurōk im jibāñ ñan riwia. FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB, Rā eo an Riwai ro im Kien) ej kōmman im lelak kakien an riwia ro, koba ippān bellọk ñan ro ebin aer ṃakūtkūt. CGB ej mejen FCC ilo an duọjlak im lelọk jelālakjen, im bar ilo Jikin Riwia eo, im ej an eddo ñan uaake kajitōk ko an riwia ro im naan in inepāta ko.

FFC ewōr aer māroñ ion wāwein kōnnaan, intōnet, radio, satellite, kain alooj im kabbok channel, im an jerbal telebon. CGB ej bar kōjbarok jemdoon ippān aelōñ eo, bukwōn eo, im kien ko ilo jikin ko rej aurōk āinwōt ien kepojjak ñan jidimkij ko im kōmmane kain jerbal kāāl ko. Ñan melele ko relaplak, jiped ijin.

Tōbār Kij

Kajitōk an Public Counsel

Jouj im Lale: Jikin Public Counsel (Jibāñ Lọblej) eo an Washington State Attorney General's Office (Obiij eo an Attorney General an Washington) im ej kwalok riwia ro ilo aeloñ eo, kōṃbani ko an dān im jarōm ilo jekjek ko mokta jān Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (Jerbal in Dān Jarōm im Wāwein Itotak an Washington). Kōṃbani in telebon, jarōm, im kiāj ko im an ro rekar lelak jāān ñan e ak ewōr aer stock rej pād iumin kakien in aeloñ eo innem koba ippān Public Counsel; obiij eo ejelọk an melim ñan lolorjake inepāta ko ñan riwia ro rej pād ippān kōṃbani ko an lọblej (waanjoñak. Public Utility Districts (PUDs, bukwōn ko lọblej), peejnej ko, im kiāptōḷ ko āinwōt Seattle City Light).

Kobalak, Public Counsel ejjab pād rijerbal ñan uaak jabdewōt naan ak kajitōk an kajojo armij (waanjoñak. juōn jerbal ejenolọk ak inepāta kin onean). Riwia ro an kōṃbani ko im rekōnan kwalok naan in inepāta rej aikuj tōbār WUTC.

Kajitōk ko ikijen kakien in kōṃbani in jarōm im dān ak kunan Public Counsel ilo waanmalọk ko an UTC remāroñ in etal ñan:

Attorney General's Office
Public Counsel Unit
800 Fifth Ave. Suite 2000
Seattle, WA. 98104-3188

Telebon: (206) 464-7744
Fax: (206) 464-6451
Email: utility@atg.wa.gov
 

 

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