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UTC outlines updated EVSE policy statement: forecasting, rate recovery, reliability and equity to be released for public comment
Summary
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission described planned updates to its 2017 EVSE policy statement including new forecasting guidance, a multi-tiered ROE incentive up to 2%, make-ready programs, reliability standards, and equity and public-engagement expectations; sections will be released for public comment through April 2026.
Aaron Cain of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission presented the commission's draft updates to its 2017 EVSE policy statement (docket 160799), which the commission said are intended as nonbinding guidance for regulated utilities.
Key elements Cain highlighted include updated guidance on forecasting and modeling (top-down and bottom-up approaches and scenario bands), clarified content and cadence for transportation electrification plans, parameters for a potential up-to-2% return-on-equity bump tied to qualifying metrics (structured as tiered increments), make-ready and interconnection guidance, rate-design discussion (time-of-use and demand-charge ratchets), reliability-related managed-charging and uptime expectations (90%+ uptime targets for contracted stations), and equity-focused outreach and data-protection considerations.
Cain said the UTC aims to post background and forecasting sections for public comment within a week, release rate-design and rate-recovery sections in mid-to-late February, and publish a final statement in early- to mid-April 2026, subject to feedback. He asked council members to identify subject-matter expertise as sections are released for targeted consultation.
