Setback for Sunrise Powerlink

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SAN DIEGO, Calif.– A panel of federal administrative law judges dealt a major blow to the Sunrise Powerlink power line project late Tuesday when they ruled that local opponents had standing to challenge the project and rejected SDG&E’s claim that their appeal was untimely. They also ruled that SDG&E would have to comply with a new timetable delaying construction on the project until at least June 2010.

The ruling comes in response to an administrative appeal filed by powerlink opponents against a decision by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management
approving the project last January. The ruling is intended to allow for resolution of the appeal prior to project construction.

Read the full PRESS RELEASE and IBLA Ruling.