Partner Laura Zagar was quoted in “Federal Highway Guidance No Power Line Project Panacea,” an article in Law360,* regarding the guidance released by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration.

"There will definitely need to be coordination between the DOT and DOE to herd the cats on this," said Perkins Coie LLP energy development partner Laura Zagar. "Which in this case, the cats would include the state DOTs — the owners of these rights-of-way — and the state [public utility commissions], who are largely the agencies that determine the routing."

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