POC Files Federal Lawsuit

A lawsuit was filed today to stop construction of SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink transmission line through southern Imperial and San Diego Counties. The lawsuit was filed in the Federal Eastern District Court in Sacramento.

The lawsuit challenges the decision of the US Bureau of Land Management to approve the power line in January of 2009. Three local community groups, POC, Backcountry Against Dumps, and the East County Community Action Coalition filed the lawsuit after the BLM failed to address issues raised in their administrative appeal.

To read the complete Press Release, click here, and to read the filed complaint, click here.

Thanks to all of our supporters who helped make this possible. The fight has just begun and we will continue to work to stop this project from ever seeing the light of day.