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The Quinteros and seven other families have asked a Grant County judge to throw out the utility’s petition to condemn their land, saying the PUD failed to offer “just compensation.” The landowners say they should be given 100% of fair market value and argue the PUD’s offer ignores how much their property will depreciate due to the lines. “It’s unethical, unfair, and it’s a ridiculous, tiddly little amount of money for this kind of impact, forever, to our family farm,” said Lisa Marcusen, who was offered $20,400 for 4.2 acres.
Grant County’s grid build-out is happening earlier than most places. Across the Western United States, utilities and planners have identified more than 12,600 miles of high-voltage transmission lines that need to be built or upgraded over the next decade.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/13/wa-homeowners-farmers-say-their-land-is-being-stol/