Okeson v. City of Seattle

Filing Date: 2004
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
State Law—Utilities Laws
Description: Challenge to Seattle municipal utility's contracts with public and private entities to offset the utility's greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Okeson v. City of Seattle
    Docket number(s): 77888-4
    Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    01/18/2007 Opinion Opinion issued reversing trial court's order granting summary judgment to Seattle. The Washington Supreme Court held that the municipal utility "lacked authority to use ratepayer money for the [greenhouse gas] offset contracts because they are neither proprietary in nature nor sufficiently related to the purpose of supplying electricity."