WAC 296-17A-1301
Classification 1301.
1301-00 Electric light and power plants operated by cities,
towns, or counties
Applies to establishments, operated by a city, town, or
county, engaged in generating and distributing electricity to
their residents. These may be hydroelectric, fossil fuel
steam or turbo-generator plants. This classification includes
the regular installation, maintenance and repair of power
plant machinery and equipment, the extension and maintenance
of lines (including poles, towers and underground lines), the
installation and maintenance of circuit breakers and
transformers on poles, pole-to-house hook-ups (service
connections), meter installation and meter readers when done
by employees of an employer having operations subject to this
classification. Machinery and equipment may include, but not
be limited to, boilers, turbines, generators, cables,
transformers, switchgears, circuit breakers, control panels,
substations, poles, lines, relays, computers, cranes,
forklifts, vehicles and garages, warehouse equipment, meters
and hand tools. Clerical office and administrative personnel
are to be reported separately in classification 5305 for a
city or town, or 5306 for a county.
This classification excludes contractors engaged in
underground line construction maintenance or repair who are to
be reported separately in classification 0107; contractors
engaged in overhead line, pole and tower construction,
maintenance or repair, who are to be reported separately in
classification 0509; contractors engaged in wiring within
buildings who are to be reported separately in classification
0601; contractors engaged in the installation of machinery or
equipment who are to be reported separately in classification
0601 or 0603 as applicable; and the construction of any
buildings which is to be reported separately in the applicable
construction classification.
1301-01 Electric light and power cooperatives
Applies to establishments, in the form of cooperatives,
engaged in generating and distributing electricity to their
customers. A cooperative is formed by, and owned jointly by,
those who make use of the service being provided. The power
may be generated by a hydroelectric, fossil fuel steam or
turbo-generator plant. This classification is appropriate
whether a cooperative owns a power plant or is distributing
power purchased from another utility company. Work
contemplated by this classification includes the regular
installation, maintenance and repair of power plant machinery
and equipment, the extension and maintenance of lines
(including poles, towers and underground lines), the
installation and maintenance of circuit breakers and
transformers on poles, pole-to-house hook-ups (service
connections), meter installation and meter readers when done
by employees of an employer having operations subject to this
classification. Machinery and equipment may include, but not
be limited to, boilers, turbines, generators, cables,
transformers, switchgears, circuit breakers, control panels,
substations, poles, lines, relays, computers, cranes,
forklifts, vehicles and garages, warehouse equipment, meters
and hand tools. Clerical office and administrative personnel
are to be reported separately as appropriate for the ownership
of the cooperative; 5305 for cities and towns; 5306 for
counties; or 4904 and 6303 for nonmunicipal.
This classification excludes contractors engaged in
underground line construction maintenance or repair who are to
be reported separately in classification 0107; contractors
engaged in overhead line, pole and tower construction,
maintenance or repair, who are to be reported separately in
classification 0509; contractors engaged in wiring within
buildings who are to be reported separately in classification
0601; contractors engaged in the installation of machinery or
equipment who are to be reported separately in classification
0601 or 0603 as applicable; and the construction of any
buildings which is to be reported separately in the applicable
construction classification.
1301-02 Electric light and power plants operated by public
utility districts
Applies to establishments, in the form of a public
utility district (P.U.D.), engaged in generating and
distributing electric power to a part of a county. This
classification applies whether a P.U.D. owns a power plant or
is distributing power purchased from another utility. Work
contemplated by this classification includes the regular
installation, maintenance and repair of power plant machinery
and equipment, the extension and maintenance of lines
(including poles, towers and underground lines), the
installation and maintenance of circuit breakers and
transformers on poles, pole-to-house hook-ups (service
connections), meter installation and meter readers when done
by employees of an employer having operations subject to this
classification. Machinery and equipment may include, but not
be limited to, boilers, turbines, generators, cables,
transformers, switchgears, circuit breakers, control panels,
substations, poles, lines, relays, computers, cranes,
forklifts, vehicles and garages, warehouse equipment, meters
and hand tools. Clerical office and administrative personnel
are to be reported separately in 5306.
This classification excludes contractors engaged in
underground line construction maintenance or repair who are to
be reported separately in classification 0107; contractors
engaged in overhead line, pole and tower construction,
maintenance or repair, who are to be reported separately in
classification 0509; contractors engaged in wiring within
buildings who are to be reported separately in classification
0601; contractors engaged in the installation of machinery or
equipment who are to be reported separately in classification
0601 or 0603 as applicable; and the construction of any
buildings which is to be reported separately in the applicable
construction classification.
1301-05 Steam heat power plants
Applies to establishments engaged in the operation of a
steam heat power plant. These businesses use coal, oil,
natural gases or electric power to produce steam which is
distributed through a network of under or overground pipes to
customers (the plant must be very near the purchaser). The
initial process of producing the steam is the same as the
process used in a steam powered electric generating plant, but
the steam is channeled out to the purchaser instead of being
used to turn turbines. The purchasers use the steam for
heating buildings, operating saunas, as a heat source for
cooking or processing in food processing plants, breweries or
restaurants, producing the heat needed for wood drying kilns,
or to convert back to hot water. Work contemplated by this
classification includes, but is not limited to, the regular
installation, maintenance or repair of plant machinery and
equipment, the extension and maintenance of over or
underground pipes, main-to-user hook-ups, meter installation
and meter readers. Clerical office and administrative
personnel are to be reported separately as appropriate for the
ownership of the steam plant; 5305 for cities and towns; 5306
for counties; or 4904 and 6303 for nonmunicipal.
This classification excludes contractors engaged in over
or underground pipeline construction, maintenance or repair,
main-to-house line extensions and hook-ups, who are to be
reported separately in classification 0107; contractors
engaged in the installation or contract maintenance of
machinery or equipment who are to be reported separately in
classification 0603; and the construction of any buildings
which is to be reported separately in the applicable
construction classification.
[07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-1301, filed 12/8/06,
effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-539, filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99;
98-18-042, § 296-17-539, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98;
96-12-039, § 296-17-539, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96;
85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-539, filed 11/27/85,
effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-539, filed
2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
296-17-539, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 73-22, §
296-17-539, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]