Legal Column Sept 26

Large-Load Policies for Public Power Utilities

Large-load requests are no longer an isolated issue for a handful of utilities. Data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other energy-intensive industries are looking across the Northwest for sites with reliable power, available land, and competitive rates. At the same time,...

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Large-load requests are no longer an isolated issue for a handful of utilities. Data centers, advanced manufacturing, and other energy-intensive industries are looking across the Northwest for sites with reliable power, available land, and competitive rates. At the same time,...

In February, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gases, marking a significant shift in federal climate policy. The endangerment finding, issued following the Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA,...