Travis Lindsey

About Travis Lindsey

Trusted legal advisor in the energy, natural resources, and insurance sectors. I partner with clients to navigate complex challenges, providing strategic counsel on a wide range of matters, including contract negotiation, due diligence, and litigation strategy. I have a proven track record of successfully guiding clients through complex M&A/A&D transactions and joint ventures, leveraging my legal insight and business acumen. I am a skilled negotiator, a collaborative problem-solver, and am committed to fostering robust partnerships and upholding the highest standards of integrity.Licensed in Texas, Colorado, Washington, Montana, and Idaho.

Experience

1. Senior Legal Counsel

   Avista

   Dec 2025 — Present · Spokane, WA, US

   Power Supply: Work with power and gas supply teams to service our forecasted resource needs under the IRP, drafting and negotiating contracts with accepted partners, both through the RFP process and direct negotiations. Develop, revise, and negotiate PPAs, PURPAs, metering and other resource acquisition arrangements. Assist team with contracting external resources for various studies and expert support to help inform decision making, forecasting, and regulatory compliance.Transmission: Support transmission team with expansion of our transmission infrastructure, capabilities and capacity. Analyze business and collaboration structures. Work with industry partners to achieve common goals.Energy Trading: Review, edit, and negotiate gas and power trading agreements (WSPP, ISDA, NAESB), and assist with trading compliance matters.FERC: Related to transmission, work hand-in-hand with the business unit to maintain FERC compliance, filings, docket monitoring, and interventions, as necessary. Stay abreast of national FERC goings-ons for applicability to Avista business. Develop litigation strategy and supervise outside counsel, when more aggressive legal response is necessary.BPA: Monitor various Bonneville Power Administration activities, in particular the Residential Exchange Program, and relying on the expertise of our teams to inform our responses to proposed actions. Collaborate with industry partners to present mutually beneficial alternatives to BPA regarding proposed actions. Develop litigation strategy and supervise outside counsel, when more aggressive legal response is necessary.

Education

• University of Houston Law Center

  J.D., Law

  1997 — 2000

• Texas A&M University

  B.S., Rangeland Ecology & Management and Sociology

  1993 — 1997

Skills

• Natural Gas
• Energy Industry
• Petroleum
• Upstream
• Energy
• Gas
• Oil/Gas
• Pipelines
• Leases
• Drilling
• Contract Negotiation
• Due Diligence
• Minerals
• Joint Ventures
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Onshore
• Contract Management
• Title Opinions
• Negotiation
• Acquisitions
• Operating Agreements
• Mineral Rights
• Land Acquisition
• Abstracting
• Real Estate
• Titles
• Title Searches
• Lease Negotiations
• Divestitures
• Oilfield
• Oil & Gas Law
• Oil & Gas