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Mount Vernon council adopts 10-year Puget Sound Energy franchise ordinance
Summary
The Mount Vernon City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 3917, granting Puget Sound Energy a nonexclusive 10-year franchise to use city rights of way for electrical distribution, with standard relocation and notice provisions and a state law prohibition on franchise fees.
The Mount Vernon City Council on Aug. 27 voted to adopt Ordinance 3917, granting Puget Sound Energy a nonexclusive 10-year franchise to install and operate electrical distribution facilities in the city’s public rights of way. The ordinance formalizes an agreement about use of streets and rights of way by a utility provider and includes relocation and notice provisions that require Puget Sound Energy to relocate facilities at no cost to the city when necessary for a city public project. City Attorney Kevin Rogerson told the council that, “By state law, any adoption of a franchise agreement requires you to do a first reading, wait 5 days, and then you…
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