SDG&E has not filed its application.No filing in the CPUC Daily Calendar of November 10, 2026.What happens when it does
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CBS Los Angeles
About 300 people gather at Wilson Creek Winery on Monday, November 9, to hear State Senator Kelly Seyarto and Save Temecula. SDG&E's statement says no final route has been selected.
FOX 5 San Diego
SDG&E's open houses at the El Centro Community Center and the Borrego Springs Resort. SDG&E says the line is needed to boost the grid and keep up with the state's growing energy needs.
ABC 10 News San Diego
More than 100 North County residents, from Fallbrook, Warner Springs, Palomar Mountain and other communities, voice concerns at the CPUC's meeting in San Marcos.
ABC 10 News San Diego
Fallbrook residents raise wildfire risk, the environment and the size of the towers. SDG&E says the line is needed to strengthen the regional grid and reduce congestion.
CBS 8 San Diego
Fallbrook community members weigh in, and CBS 8 reports opposition over wildfire risk.
CBS 8 San Diego
SDG&E's side: a conversation with the utility about the 145-mile, 500 kV line from the Imperial Valley to the San Diego-Orange County border.
FOX 5 San Diego
San Diego County residents voice their concerns to the Board of Supervisors on August 18. SDG&E says the project is needed to strengthen the grid and improve reliability.
CBS 8 San Diego
Mountain communities in San Diego County oppose the line over wildfire and property concerns, as SDG&E puts forward three alternative routes.
CBS 8 San Diego
A short CBS 8 explainer on what SDG&E proposes and why mountain communities are pushing back.
FOX 5 San Diego
A Warner Springs community group says a line through the Highway 79 corridor and the Temecula Creek watershed would put evacuation routes, wells, farms, wildlife and cultural sites at risk.
CBS 8 San Diego
Temecula residents pack a rally against the line, saying it would cut through the heart of the city.
CBS 8 San Diego
Save Temecula's representatives explain at length why they oppose the line. CBS 8 posted a matching segment with SDG&E the same day.
CBS 8 San Diego
SDG&E's representatives make the utility's case that Southern California's grid needs the line. CBS 8 posted a matching segment with Save Temecula the same day.
NBC Los Angeles
Temecula residents say the line would be an eyesore for the valley; SDG&E says it would strengthen the regional power network. From the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 27.
CBS Los Angeles
Temecula residents sound off at a meeting on the line. SDG&E's representative says the route has not been finalized: "We are at the beginning of this study and analysis of this route."
KPBS
KPBS on SDG&E's first map of the route, and the opposition already growing around it.
Valley Roadrunner
November 5, 2026
Save Valley Center, which opposes the South Mountain Alternative, launches its website. The story, written from the group's press release, notes the route is still preliminary and urges residents to speak up before SDG&E files.
Valley Roadrunner
October 28, 2026
A new group, Save Valley Center, forms to oppose the line, which on the South Mountain Alternative would skirt Valley Center's northern boundary.
Valley Roadrunner
October 28, 2026
Nearly 150 Pauma Valley and Valley Center residents meet on October 18 about the South Mountain Alternative.
OB Rag (from Save Our Heritage Organisation)
October 28, 2026
Save Our Heritage Organisation on SDG&E's preferred route and three alternatives, one of which would cut about nine miles from the state park by running through Borrego Springs.
Valley Roadrunner
October 15, 2026
Pauma Valley residents organize, and local opponents describe the 30-day window after SDG&E files.
Valley News
September 24, 2026
Save Fallbrook's account of four Save groups speaking at the CPUC's September 17 session.
KPBS
September 17, 2026
Residents fill the CPUC's San Marcos session to speak against the line.
CBS Los Angeles
August 28, 2026
After hundreds of residents fill SDG&E's open house in Temecula, Mayor Jessica Alexander calls it a "dog and pony show" in a video on her Facebook page.
KPBS
August 26, 2026
At SDG&E's open house in Fallbrook, residents weigh wildfire risk against the state's growing need for power. The page has a short audio version.
OB Rag
August 20, 2026
Opponents and supporters at the San Diego County supervisors' August 18 hearing.
inewsource
August 17, 2026
Former park superintendents, scientists and Supervisor Desmond on the route through Anza-Borrego.
San Diego Union-Tribune
August 10, 2026
SDG&E puts the cost at about $1.62 billion and says every mile would be overhead.
Valley Roadrunner
July 28, 2026
Palomar Mountain residents raise wildfire concerns.
Patch
July 24, 2026
Save Temecula announces a rally against the line.
KPBS
July 16, 2026
Temecula's City Council passes a unanimous resolution of serious concern about wildfire risk, and its members call the line a bad fit for the city's geography and character. The page has a short audio version.
CBS Los Angeles
June 26, 2026
The local CAL FIRE union and Riverside County supervisors line up against the route through the Temecula Valley.
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