Is there a need for a project? Yes, but not now. Is there a need for this project? No. Energize Eastside should not move forward without PSE sitting down at the table with the communities, and everyone listening to each other.  To date, this has not happened.  The predictions are not holding up. Energy use has gone down, not up. Rolling blackouts should have occurred with this heat wave if anything. They have not. 
EE technology is just an add on to 1960's technology. PSE has shown that they are interested in moving forward with 21st century technology.   Why not start here? Why not start now?