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Bellevue · BEV-CP-2023 · Pages 75-98

Utilities

This chapter governs Bellevue's water, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste and non-city-managed utilities including electricity, natural gas and telecommunications. It establishes policies for reliable, sustainable and equitable service delivery, coordination with regional providers, utility extension to annexation areas and the undergrounding and aesthetic integration of utility infrastructure. The chapter also addresses electrification, grid resilience and decarbonization partnerships with Puget Sound Energy.

Utilities Economy Environment Governance
Goals (1 total)
  • UT-Goal: To develop and maintain all utilities at the appropriate levels of service to accommodate the city's projected growth, encourage predictability and implement new technology to improve utility services and their reliability
Stronger Policy Language (59 policies)
  • UT-32: Require wastewater connections for all new development, including single family plats, unless otherwise allowed by state or county regulations.
  • UT-40: Provide a water supply that meets all federal and state drinking water quality standards.
  • UT-68: Require the undergrounding of new permanent electrical distribution lines in coordination with the city and other utilities.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (34 policies)
  • UT-4: Encourage public-private partnerships to take advantage of the city's fiber optic network to facilitate innovation, service delivery and competition for broadband deployment...
  • UT-59: Facilitate and encourage conservation of resources.
  • UT-67: Encourage the public to conserve electrical energy through public education.

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