Representative Transactions

• Representation of municipal irrigation districts in litigation against investor-owned utilities regarding provision of electrical distribution services.

• Representation of Washington State public utility districts, several cities in the Pacific Northwest, and California wholesale water suppliers in water rights and hydroelectric permit and licensing proceedings before the FERC and various state agencies.

• Representation of California municipal utility in obtaining rights to sell power in investor-owned utility’s service territory.

• Representation of Washington State University in the University’s proposed development of a cogeneration facility designed to serve the steam and power needs of the University’s Pullman, Washington campus and provide additional capacity for wholesale power sales by a third party owner of the project.

• Representation of two Washington State PUDs and two electric coops on a 200 MW wind project.

• Representation of the municipal electric utilities for the cities of Seattle and Tacoma in energy litigation relating to transmission contracts.

• Representation of rural electric associations and cooperatives.

• Representation of large California public transportation authority in electricity procurement matters and rate disputes before the FERC and California PUC.

• Representation of California municipal utility in negotiation of natural gas procurement and electricity procurement contracts.

• Representation of municipal irrigation district in acquisition of electric distribution facilities of investor-owned utility through condemnation.

• Advice to a California Local Area Formation Commission (LAFCO) on the valuation methodology that a court will apply in determining the compensation to be paid by a municipal utility to an investor-owned utility for facilities acquired by the municipal utility through condemnation.

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