Non-discrimination and interconnection obligations

Mason County PUD No. 3 received authorization to provide wholesale telecommunications service from the Washington State Legislature in 2000. Senate Bill 6675 became law, providing wholesale telecommunications authority (in addition to excess capacity authority) to rural Public Utility Districts.

Under Washington State RCW 54. A public utility district providing wholesale telecommunications services shall ensure rates, terms, and conditions for such services are not unduly or unreasonably discriminatory or preferential.

Rates, terms and conditions are discriminatory or preferential when a public utility district offering rates, terms, and conditions to an entity for wholesale telecommunications services does not offer substantially similar rates, terms, and conditions to all other entities seeking substantially similar services. All services shall be offered an open access non-discriminatory basis.