Tamara L. Faucette

Practice Areas

• Energy and Public Utility Law
• Environmental and Natural Resources Law
• Municipal Law

Education

• Brigham Young University, B.A., 1991
       Presidential Scholar
• Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, 1995, magna cum laude
       Public Interest Law Fellowship

Professional Experience

Tamara Faucette has focused her practice in the areas of energy, project finance, environmental law, and municipal law. She drafts and negotiates project agreements and works to obtain siting, environmental, and land use permits for her clients. In addition, she acts as underwriter’s counsel.

Representative Work

• Represents the City of Klamath Falls in the development and ownership of the Klamath Cogeneration Project. The City issued over $325 million of revenue and completion bonds to finance and maintain the project. The work included drafting and negotiating project agreements and helping obtain the siting, environmental, and land use permits.
• Worked with Citigroup, the purchaser of the initial bonds issued by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation for the acquisition of a portion of the Pelton-Round Butte hydroelectric dam.
• Assists entities that own and operate municipal and other electric generation and development companies in connection with the Trojan Nuclear Plant, the Wauna Cogeneration Facility, the EWEB-PacifiCorp Wyoming Wind Project, and other hydro, thermal, wind, and geothermal projects located in various states.
• Represents Waste Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries in various financing and solid waste transactions, including loaning the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds issued pursuant to the volume cap guidelines in Washington, Oregon, and other states.

Professional Activities

• Member, Oregon State Bar, Government Law and Environmental & Natural Resources Sections
• Member, Multnomah County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources; Government and Public Sector Lawyers; and Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Sections
• Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers

Admitted to Practice

• Oregon State Courts
• Texas State Courts
• United States District Court, District of Oregon
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia