For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email Jeremy_Ellis@dailyjournal.com for prices or call 213-229-5424.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Read Today's Digital Edition
Place Your Legal Notices View Our Classifieds
Menu
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Environmental & Energy

Aug. 10, 2026

CEQA challenge to battery project gets 2nd chance

A Los Angeles judge sustained a demurrer to an environmental group's challenge against a proposed City of Industry battery project but granted 30 days to amend.

A Los Angeles County judge sustained a demurrer to an environmental group's petition challenging a proposed 400-megawatt battery energy storage facility in the City of Industry, but gave the group 30 days to amend its claims.

In a tentative order that was adopted without oral argument, Superior Court Judge Joel L. Lofton ruled Friday in favor of Marici Project LLC, the developer behind the proposed facility and a real party in interest in the case. The City of Industry and its...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$895, but save $100 when you subscribe today… Just $795 for the first year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up