Rule Development

2011 Electrical Rule Development

WAC Rule Update

On November 17, 2010, the Governor signed Executive Order, 10-06 and recently extended it. With few exceptions, the extended Executive Order suspends non-critical rule development and adoption until December 31, 2012.

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:

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

More information about electrical laws and rules:


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