CH& announces that Ryan D. White and Jennifer K. Faubion have been named principals of the firm. The new principals have growing practices in Real Estate and Litigation/Commercial Bankruptcies, respectively, which are both expanding practice areas at the firm.

CH& is proud to support the ongoing efforts of our client King County, in their sale of the four-acre Convention Place Station site to the Washington State Convention Center

Getting up early to attend KCSARC’s Be Loud Breakfast tomorrow! CH& is thrilled to support such an amazing organization!

CH& welcomes corporate attorney, Eugenie Rivers to the firm.

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) aimed at overcoming market barriers faced by emerging energy storage technologies as well as new technologies that allow aggregation and coordinated dispatch of small distributed energy resources. While the NOPR is limited to ISO and RTO markets, energy market participants in the Pacific Northwest would nonetheless be well advised to pay attention to the NOPR. This is true because the Energy Imbalance Market is expanding into the Northwest, which will effectively expand the footprint of the California ISO into this region. In addition, regulators in this region are likely to look to FERC for guidance on these emerging issues even if not strictly applicable in non-RTO regions.

CH& is excited to welcome attorney Lindsey M. Pflugrath to the firm. Lindsey has devoted her career to understanding the risks faced by design and construction professionals. Her clients include owners, owner’s representatives, international multi-disciplinary design firms, as well as local engineering and architecture firms.

CH& is pleased to announce the return of prominent Seattle real estate attorney, Ryan McFarland. Ryan’s practice is concentrated on complex commercial real estate transactions and development projects both nationally and throughout the Northwest.

Microsoft is leading the charge against the traditional utility model, which, like many large high-tech companies, has adopted a corporate sustainability policy that mandates aggressive reductions in the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and, ultimately, use of 100% renewable energy. Microsoft’s sustainability policy has run head-long into the heavy dependence of its major electricity supplier, Puget Sound Energy, and the collision has produced cracks in Washington’s utility regulatory model that may presage a fundamental rethinking of Washington’s utility business model.