SUNDQUIST HOMES, INC. v. PUD

No. 67715-8.

997 P.2d 915 (2000)

140 Wash.2d 403

SUNDQUIST HOMES, INC., a Washington corporation; Echelbarger Development, Inc., a Washington corporation; Simmie Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Phoenix Development, a Washington corporation; Alfred Mus; and Donald Saunders, Petitioners, v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1, a Washington municipality, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Rowley, Kirkland, James J. Klauser, Seattle, for Petitioner.

James Deno, Everett, for Respondent.

Stephen Overstreet, Olympia, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Building Industry Association of Washington.

Richard Stephens, Bellevue, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Washington Association of Realtors.


ALEXANDER, J.

The principal issue before us is whether a public utility district may charge a real estate developer for costs the district incurs in relocating electrical transmission facilities, when the relocation is a necessary condition of the developer's project. We answer that question in the affirmative and, thus, affirm the Court of Appeals.

Sundquist Homes, Inc.1 purchases large tracts of undeveloped land in Snohomish...

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