Petitions for Judicial Review
Petitions for Judicial Review were submitted by the Tri-Cities CARES, Benton County, and the Yakama Nation before the December 2, 2024 deadline.
These submittals trigger the process to take the issues to the Washington Supreme Court. The three petitions were submitted to Thurston County Superior Court.
As of December 7, 2024, each Petition has been give a separate judge and trial date.
Based on previous EFSEC cases, it will take one to two years to get a final answer from the Washington Supreme Court.
The Petitions for Judicial Review can be downloaded here:
Tri- Cities CARES (pdf file) A summary of the TCC petition is here.
Benton County (pdf file)
Yakama Nation (pdf file)
The Tri-Cities Herald has done several well written articles summarizing the problems each of the parties have with the way EFSEC and the Governor made their decision to approve the project.
December 2, 2024
3 lawsuits claim Inslee, regulators sidestepped state law to approve Eastern WA wind farm
A current and up-to-date listing of media coverage is available on the In the News page.
