Water Conservation
 Temperatures are rising, but don’t let your water bill rise
with it! Keep your bill cool with these helpful tips:
- Water lawns in the early morning or late
evening so the water doesn't evaporate in the midday heat.
- Shorten your shower. Trimming two minutes off
your shower can save up to 1,750 gallons of water per person in your household
each year.
- Use the dishwasher. Handwashing can use up to
27 gallons of water compared to just 3 gallons per wash with an energy
efficient dishwasher.
- Get a rain barrel and collect water from your
water spout. Reuse that water in your garden instead of using a hose.
For more information on how to save water, click here.
Advanced meters
Utility companies around the state are beginning to replace
standard analog meters, and older one-way
communicating meters with new digital meters. These meters retrieve
customer usage data through two-way communication between the customer’s meter
and the utility company.
The advantages include automated customer outage detection,
energy consumption alerts, and faster service reconnection.
The commission issued a formal policy statement in April
that requires companies to offer residential customers the ability to opt-out
of advanced smart
meter installation. Customers who
wish to opt-out from advanced meter installation must contact their utility company.
To learn more at the UTC’s meter opt-out policy, click here.
 In May, UTC Executive Director Steve King retired after 35 years of public service and Mark Johnson was appointed to fulfill this important role.
Johnson joined the commission as the director of administrative services in June 2017. Prior to that, he worked at the state Department of Agriculture where he spent almost 25 years as its chief financial officer.
He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from Central Washington University.
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