Electrical Program Proposes 4.34% Increase on Fees

L&I held a public hearing at 9 a.m. on April 10, 2012 to receive information and comments about proposed changes to the electrical fees in chapter 296-46B WAC.

View the Proposed Rule Making (107 KB PDF)

View the Information Packet (111 KB PDF)

 

2012 Electrical Rule Development

Instructions for Submitting a Change Proposal for WAC 296-46B – Accepting Proposals from 12:01 a.m. May 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. May 31, 2012.

The Department develops rules to aid stakeholders and the department in clarification or enforcement of the intent of the electrical statute.  Any stakeholder in the electrical industry may make proposals for additions and/or revisions to the Washington Administrative Code WAC 296‑46B Electrical Safety Standards, Administration, and Installation electrical rules.

The department is responsible for and has final authority for developing all rules. The department will act as the correlating body during the rule development process and may at any time promote rule change as necessary to accommodate statutory change, department policies or procedures, or industry benefit.

The form shown below a must be used to submit rule proposals for the 2012, revision cycle:

Stakeholder proposals must be received from 12:01 a.m. May 1, 2012 through 11:59 p.m. May 31, 2012. Any proposal received before or after these dates will be rejected. All proposals must be made electronically in MS Word format using this form supplied by the department.

The submitter may submit a proposal(s) by:

• Sending the proposal(s) as an email attachment to ElectricalWAC@lni.wa.gov; or
• Mailing a compact disc containing the proposal(s) to: Chief Electrical Inspector, P.O. Box 44460, Olympia, WA, 98504-4460 – must be received by the closing date.

Proposed revisions should include the relevant existing text and should use legislative format (i.e. Use underscore (underlining) to denote wording to be inserted (i.e. inserted wording) and strike-through to denote wording to be deleted (i.e. deleted wording)).

Proposals not submitted according to these instructions will be rejected.

All proposals require:

• Evidence of a specific problem, and
• Substantiation showing that the proposal meets all of the following requirements:
• Will provide a solution for the problem,
• Has positive or minimal negative economic impacts (Include an economic analysis of the total estimated cost/saving to the electrical industry and the Department including a breakdown of the estimate that clearly shows the impacts considered), and
• Has no significant opposition (Document anticipated support or opposition).

Even though we have not adopted the 2011 NEC, we will continue to accept 2011 NEC-based continuing education course applications and allow approved courses to apply towards Washington certificate renewal.

The current electrical rules are available at:

Electrical WAC Rule 296-46B (F500-039-222) with new fee pages effective 10-1-2010 at: 2010 Fee Replacement Pages (331 KB PDF)

More information about electrical laws and rules:

• Scroll down the Trades & Licensing Rules Under Development page (listed alphabetically) to find Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation.
• Go to the Find a Rule page for information on department laws and rules.
• Join the Electrical listserv to get email notices with important dates and other information regarding rule changes.