PacifiCorp v. Watson

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 PACIFICORP, an Oregon business Case No. 3:23-cv-06155-TMC 8 corporation, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 9 MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY Plaintiff, INJUNCTION AND GRANTING 10 DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS v. 11 LAURA WATSON, in her official capacity as 12 Director of the Washington State Department 13 of Ecology, 14 Defendant. 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Plaintiff PacifiCorp owns and operates a gas-fired electric power plant in Chehalis, 18 Washington. The emissions generated by the Chehalis plant make PacifiCorp a “covered…