Supplemental Petitions for Judicial Review
EFSEC and the Assistant Attorney General declared that the Administrative Record was complete on October 25, 2025, triggering a 21-day timeline and deadline for the submittal of Supplemental Petitions for Judicial Review to the Thurston County Superior Court.
TCC also submitted a separate Objection to EFSEC’s Adoption of Resolution 357 and incorporated it into the Supplemental Petition for Judicial Review.
The Supplemental Petitions for Judicial Review can be downloaded here:
Tri- Cities CARES (November 14, 2025 pdf files)
TCC SPFR
Benton County (November 14, 2025 pdf file)
Benton County SPFR
Yakama Nation (November 14, 2025 pdf file)
Yakama Nation SPFR
Resolution 357
Friends of the Gorge and TCC, and the Yakama Nation, also filed public comment objections to the Proposed Revision to Resolution 357.
These objections can be downloaded here:
TCC Objection and Motion to Reconsider November 14, 2025
Yakama Nation Letter November 14, 2025
Policy 16-01
Friends of the Gorge and TCC filed a lawsuit objecting to EFSEC’s adoption of Policy 16-01 on August 15, 2025. That lawsuit can be downloaded here:
FOTG TCC Petition for Judicial Review August 15, 2025.
FOTG TCC CRP Comment Letter on Policy 16-01 November 16, 2025
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. The three cases were consolidated by Judge Lanice into one single case:
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
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