Listed $7,328 in meals, travel or seminars from 7 sources
The statement lists 8 items; the largest source is National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners ($3,120). These are the kinds of gifts the F-1 asks for: meals over $100, and travel or seminar costs paid by an organization, which the $100 gift limit doesn't cover.
What to check
- Who the sources are, and whether any has business before the official's agency or body.
- For state officials: whether a source also appears on lobbyist reports.
- 2024-03-08 Critical Consumer Issues Forum/Edison Electric Institute · Participation in CCIF San Diego Summit on Electricity Rate Design · $564
- 2024-04-26 Western Interstate Energy Board · Attendance at Spring CREPC-WIRAB Spring Meeting (to participate in regional market/transmission meetings) · $1,239
- 2024-10-18 National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) · Participation in NARUC Natural Gas Planning Task Force in Atlanta, GA · $1,033
- 2024-07-16 Ryder Rudd Consulting/Paul Kjellander Consulting · Dinner meeting during summer conference of National Regulatory Utility Commissioners summer meeting (est value $100) · $100
- 2024-10-24 Western Interstate Energy Board · Attendance at fall meeting of CREPC-WIRAB (participating in regional market and transmission discussions) · $1,122
- 2024-11-13 California Independent System Operator · Lunch meeting during Annual Conference of National Utility and Regulatory Commissioners (est. value $50) · $50
- 2024-11-14 Ryder Rudd Consulting / Paul Kjellander Consulting · Dinner meeting during Annual Meeting of National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (est value $100) · $100
- 2024-11-21 National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners · Participation in meetings with local energy officials in Vientiane, Laos to assist in transition to independent energy regulation · $3,120
Rule: Meals, travel and seminars accepted
“(l) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and amount, at which food and beverage in excess of $100 was accepted under RCW 42.52.150 (7); (m) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and amount, at which items specified in RCW 42.52.150 (1)(c) (iv) and (vi) were accepted;”RCW 29B.55.030(1)(l), (m) ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works