Tanner Electric Cooperative v. Puget Sound Power & Light

(concurring) — I concur in the majority’s determination to reverse the summary judgment and the judgment on the verdict of the jury, and to remand the case for further proceedings. However, in the process, the majority expands the regulated industries exception to the Consumer Protection Act (the Act), RCW 19.86.170, beyond recognition. The majority abandons the transactional approach to the regulated industries exception without addressing the plain statutory language and body of precedent underlying that approach. The result is to exempt from the protections of the Act even the most…