The energy sector is competitive and constantly changing with advances in science and technology. These factors make it imperative for you to receive current and comprehensive advice across a broad spectrum of transactional, regulatory, and government relations issues. Foster Pepper’s Energy and Utility Practice is fully integrated and incorporates the skills of attorneys throughout the firm to address the challenges and opportunities in the energy sector.

Foster Pepper’s Energy and Utility group is a convergence of specialists from practice groups such as real estate, land use, environmental, business, finance, and municipal, as well as those who dedicate their practice to the energy sector. This provides our clients with the contacts and skills necessary to meet their goals and objectives. Our attorneys include former regulators, Department of Justice attorneys, Washington State Assistant Attorneys General and lead counsels to utility and government executives. Foster Pepper attorneys represent gas and wind developers and are involved in a variety of large and small power generation projects, solid waste disposal facilities and gas production facilities. In protecting our client’s interests, we count many victories before state utilities commissions throughout the West, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Bonneville Power Administration. Our clients rely on us to negotiate and prepare agreements for interconnection, construction, operation and maintenance, transportation, power purchase and sale, licensing and telecommunications.