PUBLIC UTILITY DIST. NO. 1 v. STATE

Nos. 29121-9-III, 29123-5-III.

301 P.3d 472 (2013)

174 Wn. App. 793

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, a municipal corporation, Respondent/Cross Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Peter Goldmark, Commissioner of Public Lands, Respondent/Cross Appellant, and Conservation Northwest, a nonprofit corporation, Appellant, and Christine Davis, a single person, Trevor Kelpman, a single person, Dan Gebbers and Reba Gebbers, husband and wife, and William C. Weaver, custodian for Christopher C. Weaver, a minor, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

May 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Lawrence , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, Sarah Christine Johnson , Pacifica Law Group, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

P. Stephen Dijulio , Adrian Urquhart Winder , Michael D. Schechter , Foster Pepper PLLC, David Scott Mann , Gendler & Mann LLP, Seattle, WA, Michael D. Howe , Attorney at Law, Omak, WA, for Respondents.


KULIK, J.

¶ 1 More than 15 years ago, the Okanogan County Public Utility District No. 1(PUD) began the process required to construct a new transmission line and substation between Pateros and Twisp in the Methow Valley. Following a decade of environmental review and litigation, PUD obtained an environmental impact statement (EIS). Next, PUD needed to obtain easements over the proposed land. PUD negotiated with approximately...

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