Patrick Oshie was appointed to the Council by Washington Governor Jay Inslee in April, 2019. He received his law degree from the University of Washington, focusing his legal practice on matters of federal Indian law, environmental law, energy law, and utility regulation.

He began working in utility regulation in 1984, serving as counsel to the Committee for Consumer Services in Utah. He later represented Seattle City Light in its Skagit River Hydroelectric Project relicensing proceeding and the construction of the Lucky Peak Power Project on the Boise River. He also worked with the Yakama Nation to plan and develop the Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project and on other fisheries and environmental restoration undertakings, including cleanup work at the Hanford site. In 2001, he was appointed by Governor Gary Locke to serve on the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. After serving two terms, he joined the Western Electricity Coordinating Council and later served as Vice-President and General Counsel of Peak Reliability, the interconnection’s Reliability Coordinator. He joined energy law firm Davison Van Cleve in 2016 as Of Counsel, representing industrial and large volume electricity customers before the Washington and Oregon utility commissions.