Professional Biography
Pam Anderson

Pamela J. Anderson Partner

  • Bellevue

    D +1.425.635.1417

    F +1.425.635.2400

    Bellevue

    10885 N.E. Fourth Street, Suite 700

    Bellevue, WA 98004-5579

    +1.425.635.1417

    PJAnderson@perkinscoie.com

  • Washington, D.C.

    T +1.202.654.6200

    F +1.202.654.6211

    Washington, D.C.

    700 13th Street, NW, Suite 800

    Washington, DC 20005-3960

    +1.202.654.6200

    PJAnderson@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Pam Anderson has more than 25 years of experience in regulatory proceedings, litigation, and policy in the energy industry. Pam's practice has recently evolved to focus on energy issues involving climate change. She represents natural gas and electric utilities, rural cooperatives and municipalities, hydropower producers, oil and gas producers, pipeline and storage companies, renewable energy developers and large consumers of energy resources throughout the country. She has represented clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as well as various state utility commissions.

Pam counsels clients on utility rate and prudency issues, climate change, policy matters and rulemakings, affiliate transactions, Presidential Permits, electric reliability, Dodd-Frank compliance, energy efficiency and conservation rules as well as investigations and enforcement proceedings. She also advises companies on drafting and negotiating energy transactions, including power purchase agreements, natural gas and pipeline capacity procurement, biomethane and renewable natural gas agreements, infrastructure agreements and the purchases and sales of environmental attributes.

Chambers 2023-bl2024 Lawyer of the Year

Ranked by Chambers & Best Lawyers

Named “Energy Regulatory Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America, 2024
Ranked by Chambers USA Three Years in a Row

Professional Recognition

  • Ranked in Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyers" for Energy and Natural Resources  Band 1 in Washington, 2021 – 2023
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: CleanTech Law; Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law; Oil and Gas Law, 2013 – 2024
  • Named Best Lawyers' Seattle, "Energy Law Lawyer of the Year," 2017; "Energy Regulatory Law Lawyer of the Year," 2021, 2024

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association
  • Energy Bar Association, Past President, Western Chapter
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Washington Clean Technology Alliance, Events Committee Member
  • Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association, Board Member, 2012 – 2014

Community Involvement

  • Eastside Legal Assistance Program, Board of Directors, 2020 – present
  • Seafair, Board Member, 2013 – present
  • Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center, Board of Directors, 2011  2017

Related Employment

  • Van Ness Feldman, Seattle, WA; Washington, D.C., Member

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Education

  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D., 1989
  • University of Northern Colorado, B.S., Accounting, 1982