The bill amends RCW 19.405.020 to extend the affected market customer provisions of the Washington Clean Energy Transformation Act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities. It introduces the term "affected market customer" to refer specifically to customers of a utility who become market customers after May 7, 2019, and modifies the definition of "market customer" to include nonresidential customers who either purchase electricity from entities other than their directly interconnected utility or generate their own electricity.

Additionally, the bill removes the specification that an affected market customer must be a customer of an investor-owned utility, thereby broadening the scope to include all utilities. This change aims to ensure that nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities are also subject to the same provisions and benefits under the Clean Energy Transformation Act, promoting equitable access to clean energy resources and initiatives across different types of utilities.

Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 19.405.020
Bill as Passed Legislature: 19.405.020
Session Law: 19.405.020