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Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 17 Filed 05/03/26 PageID.584 Page 1\n of 2\n\n\n 1 Sebastian Rucci (State Bar #178114)\n LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n 2 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n 3 Tel: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (760) 989-5100\n 4\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n 5 Sebastian@Rucci.Law\n Attorney for Plaintiff\n 6\n UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\n 7\n SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA\n 8\n 9 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER ) Case No: 26CV128 JLS BJW\n MANUFACTURING, LLC )\n10 )\n )\n11 ) Judge: Hon. Janis L. Sammartino\n Plaintiff\n )\n12 vs.\n )\n13 ) VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF\n CITY OF IMPERIAL, et. al. ) DEFENDANT KATIE TURNER\n14 )\n )\n15 Defendants )\n )\n16\n17 COME NOW plaintiff and voluntarily dismiss defendant KATIE TURNER. Fed.\n18 Rule Civ P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i) allows plaintiff to dismiss claims against any defendant by filing\n\n19 \u201ca notice of dismissal\u201d against that defendant \u201cwithout court order\u201d before that defendant\n \u201cserves either an answer or a motion for summary judgment.\u201d Defendant Katie Turner has\n20\n not filed an answer or motion for summary judgement, accordingly all claims against\n21\n defendant Katie Turner are voluntarily dismissed pursuant to Fed R. Civ P 41(a)(1)(A)(i).\n22\n23\n Respectfully submitted,\n24\n25 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n\n26\n27\n Date: May 3, 2026 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n28 Attorney for Plaintiff\n\n\n VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT KATIE TURNER PAGE I\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 17 Filed 05/03/26 PageID.585 Page 2\n of 2\n\n\n 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n 2 I hereby certify that on this 3rd day of May, 2026, I electronically filed the foregoing\n 3 VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT KATIE TURNER with the Clerk of the Court\n 4 using the CM/ECF system which will send notification to all the parties. I Further Certify\n 5 That on March 16, 2026, the foregoing VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT\n 6 KATIE TURNER was served electronically served on Defendant\u2019s counsel Konrad\n 7 Rasmussen, at kmr@mmr4law.com from my law office email Sebastian@Rucci.Law. The\n 8 transmission was complete and without error and I did not receive an electronic notification\n 9 to the contrary.\n10\n11 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n\n12\n13 Date: May 3, 2026\n\n14 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n15 Attorney for Plaintiffs\n\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF DEFENDANT KATIE TURNER PAGE II\n\f","ocr_status":2,"date_upload":"2026-05-04T13:00:17.668322-07:00","document_number":"17","attachment_number":null,"pacer_doc_id":"037022556250","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":1,"description":"Notice of Voluntary Dismissal","acms_document_guid":""}],"date_created":"2026-05-03T14:18:05.148643-07:00","date_modified":"2026-06-29T18:54:26.843395-07:00","date_filed":"2026-05-03","time_filed":"13:43:56","entry_number":17,"recap_sequence_number":"2026-05-03.001","pacer_sequence_number":60,"description":"","tags":[]},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/docket-entries/459563462/","id":459563462,"docket":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/dockets/72127384/","recap_documents":[{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/474593417/","id":474593417,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/16/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-04-02T16:58:07.539892-07:00","date_modified":"2026-06-29T18:54:26.790000-07:00","sha1":"8117195f196c5b827e81810a75d029fec99e322e","page_count":14,"file_size":294816,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.16.0.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.16.0.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.568 Page 1\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 Konrad M. Rasmussen, Esq. (SBN 157030)\n Brett L. Cirincione, Esq. (SBN 330807)\n 2\n Michael D. Alvarez, Esq. (SBN 362066)\n 3 McCORMICK, MITCHELL & RASMUSSEN\n 8885 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 227\n 4 San Diego, CA 92108\n\n 5 Tel: (619) 235-8444\n Fax: (619) 294-8447\n 6\n Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF IMPERIAL, KATHERINE\n 7\n BURNWORTH, DENNIS MORITA, KATIE TURNER\n 8 and OTHON MORA\n\n 9\n\n10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT\n\n11 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA\n12\n IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER Case No.: 26CV128 JLS BJW\n13 MANUFACTURING, LLC, a California\n limited liability company, REPLY IN SUPPORT OF\n14 DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO\n Plaintiff, DISMISS THE COMPLAINT\n15\n\n16 vs.\n Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026\n17 CITY OF IMPERIAL, a California municipal Time: 1:30 p.m.\n Courtroom: 4D\n18 corporation; KATHERINE BURNWORTH Judge: Hon. Janis L. Sammartino\n in her individual capacity; DENNIS\n19 MORITA in his individual capacity; KATIE\n\n20\n TURNER in her individual capacity; and\n OTHON MORA in his individual capacity,\n21\n Defendants.\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n27\n\n28\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.569 Page 2\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\n 2 I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ - 1 -\n 3 II. DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................. - 1 -\n\n 4 A. The City\u2019s Approval Process is Discretionary and did Not Create an Entitlement - 1\n -\n 5\n B. The Data Center Project was Not Ministerial ...................................................... - 3 -\n 6 C. Plaintiff was Required to Avail Itself to State Law Procedures .......................... - 4 -\n 7 D. Plaintiff has Not Alleged Protected Speech Causally Connected to Defendants\u2019\n Conduct ................................................................................................................ - 5 -\n 8\n E. The City is Subject to Noerr-Pennington Immunity ........................................... - 6 -\n 9\n F. Plaintiff\u2019s Equal Protection Claim is Inadequately Pled ..................................... - 7 -\n10 i. A Rational Basis Exists for the City\u2019s Decision ........................................... - 7 -\n11 ii. Plaintiff has Not identified Similarly Situated Individuals .......................... - 8 -\n12 G. Plaintiff\u2019s Monell Claim is Similarly Deficient ................................................... - 8 -\n H. The Limited Conduct Attributed to the Individual Defendants Warrants a\n13 Finding of Qualified Immunity ............................................................................ - 9 -\n14 III. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... - 9 -\n\n15\n\n16\n\n17\n\n18\n\n19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n27\n\n28\n\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.570 Page 3\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES\n 2 Cases\n Arroyo Vista Partners v. County of Santa Barbara\n 3 732 F.Supp. 1046 (C.D. Cal. 1990) ...................................................................................... 5\n 4 B & L Productions, Inc. v. Newsom\n 104 F.4th 108, 114 (9th Cir. 2024) ....................................................................................... 6\n 5 Enguist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture\n 478 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2007) ................................................................................................ 8\n 6\n Evans Hotels, LLC v. Unite Here Local\n 7 433 F.Supp.3d 1130 (S.D. Cal. 2020) .................................................................................. 7\n F.C.C. v. Beach Communications, Inc.\n 8 508 U.S. 307 (1993) ......................................................................................................... 8, 9\n 9 Felder v. Casey\n 487 U.S. 131 (1988) ............................................................................................................. 4\n10 Gini v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department\n 40 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 1994) ................................................................................................ 7\n11\n Lake Nacimiento Ranch Co. v. San Luis Obispo County\n12 841 F.2d 872 (9th Cir. 1987) ................................................................................................ 5\n Las Lomas Land Cod., LLC v. City of Los Angeles\n13 177 Cal.App. 4th 837 (2009) ............................................................................................ 2, 3\n14 Los Angeles v. Heller\n 475 U.S. 796 (1986) ............................................................................................................. 9\n15 Lyng v. Automobile Workers\n 485 U.S. 360 (1988) ............................................................................................................. 8\n16\n Mulligan v. Nichols\n17 835 F.3d 981 (9th Cir. 2016) ................................................................................................ 7\n Nunez v. City of Los Angeles\n18 147 F.3d 867 (9th Cir. 1998) ................................................................................................ 7\n19 Sellars v. Procunier\n 641 F.2d 1295 (9th Cir. 1981) ............................................................................................ 11\n20 Shawnee Sewerage & Drainage Co. v. Stearns\n 220 U.S. 462 (1911) ........................................................................................................... 10\n21\n Sullivan v. Stroop\n22 496 U.S. 478 (1990) ............................................................................................................. 8\n White v. Lee\n23 277 F.3d 1214 (9th Cir. 2000) .............................................................................................. 7\n24\n\n25 Statutes\n 14 California Code of Regulations \u00a7 15368 ............................................................................ 3\n26 14 California Code of Regulations \u00a7 15369 ............................................................................ 3\n27 California Civil Code \u00a7 1094.5 ................................................................................................ 5\n Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.07.120 ...................................................................................... 3, 8\n28 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.500 .......................................................................................... 1\n\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.571 Page 4\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.510(B)(3) ................................................................................ 2\n Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.510(B)(5) ................................................................................ 2\n 2\n Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.530(G) .................................................................................... 1\n 3 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.540 .......................................................................................... 1\n Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.540(B) ..................................................................................... 1\n 4 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.541(B) ..................................................................................... 2\n\n 5 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.550 ...................................................................................... 1, 2\n Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.560 .......................................................................................... 4\n 6\n\n 7\n\n 8\n\n 9\n\n10\n\n11\n\n12\n\n13\n\n14\n\n15\n\n16\n\n17\n\n18\n\n19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n27\n\n28\n\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.572 Page 5\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 I. INTRODUCTION\n 2 The Opposition does little more than regurgitate the same circular logic and\n 3 conclusions of law presented ad nauseam in the Complaint. The unprecedented 95-acre data\n\n 4 center is not a ministerial project simply because Plaintiff labels it as such, and Plaintiff is not\n\n 5 entitled to project approval by virtue of its misinterpretation of the City\u2019s Zoning Code. It is\n\n 6 clear from the Complaint\u2019s allegations and matters subject to judicial notice that Plaintiff was\n\n 7 not deprived of any entitlement which would support its procedural due process claim. It is\n\n 8 further evident the related conduct attributed to the City and individual Defendants does not\n\n 9 plausibly allege other violations of Plaintiffs Constitutional rights under the First or\n\n10 Fourteenth Amendments. Therefore, Defendants\u2019 Motion to Dismiss should be granted.\n\n11 II. DISCUSSION\n12 A. The City\u2019s Approval Process is Discretionary and did Not Create an\n13 Entitlement\n14 Imperial\u2019s Zoning Code gives the Planning Director (Defendant Mora) broad authority\n15 \u201cto approve, deny or modify applications for Site Plan Review. Imperial Zoning Code\n\n16 \u00a7 24.19.550; Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 1 and Exhibit 1 thereto. Section 24.19.540\n\n17 specifically establishes the Director\u2019s discretion to \u201cspecify modifications, changes, and\n\n18 additions to the Development Plan in his recommendation or requirements for its approval.\u201d\n\n19 Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.540, subd. (B) ; Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 1 and Exhibit 1\n\n20 thereto. This discretion includes recommendations \u201cby the Director to eliminate or mitigate\n\n21 significant adverse environmental effects disclosed by any environmental impact report [as\n\n22 well as] modifications, changes and additions that are necessary to meet the purposes of\u201d\n\n23 section 24.19.500. Id. The Director also has discretion to \u201crequire additional data as deemed\n\n24 necessary to the decision-making process,\u201d just as Defendant Mora did with Plaintiff\u2019s\n\n25 application. Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.530, subd. (G) ; Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 1\n\n26 and Exhibit 1 thereto.\n27 The Opposition\u2019s argument that site plan review procedure focuses only on \u201cdesign\n28 principles\u201d is disingenuous. The purposes of the ordinance include \u201c[m]aintain[ing] the public\n\n -1-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.573 Page 6\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 health, safety and general welfare, and property throughout the City,\u201d and ensuring that new\n\n 2 industrial developments do not have adverse effects on health, adjoining properties or the City\n\n 3 in general. Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.510, subd. (B)(3) & (B)(5); Request for Judicial\n\n 4 Notice, \u00b6 1 and Exhibit 1 thereto.\n\n 5 The Opposition claims the site plan application process is not discretionary because\n 6 \u201c[t]he City lacked discretion to withhold approval once the [fifteen (15) day] statutory period\n\n 7 lapsed.\u201d Opposition, Page 9, Lines 10-14. However, this argument is premised on an\n\n 8 erroneous interpretation of section 24.19.550. An application is only deemed approved if the\n\n 9 Director fails to act \u201c[w]ithin fifteen (15) days of the date that the application is deemed\n\n10 complete by the Director.\u201d [Emphasis added] Imperial Zoning Code \u00a7 24.19.541, subd. (B)\n\n11 Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 1 and Exhibit 1 thereto. Thus, the fifteen (15) day period does\n\n12 not begin at the time an application is submitted. The fact that it is the Planning Director who\n\n13 ultimately determines when that clock begins to run demonstrates significant discretion is\n\n14 afforded to the City in the site plan approval process. See again Las Lomas Land Cod., LLC\n\n15 v. City of Los Angeles, 177 Cal.App. 4th 837, 853 (2009) (\u201cA benefit is not a protected\n\n16 property interest under the due process clause if the decision maker has the discretion to grant\n\n17 or deny the benefit.\u201d)\n\n18 The Complaint does not plead facts indicating Defendant Mora deemed any of\n19 Plaintiffs applications complete. This requirement is mentioned only once with regard to the\n\n20 May 15, 2025 revised site plans. The Complaint alleges Mr. Mora sent an email on May 27,\n\n21 2025 stating, \u201cThank you for your submission. We have received the documents and will\n\n22 begin our review.\u201d Complaint, \u00b6 37. It further alleges Plaintiff\u2019s application was deemed\n\n23 complete 12 days earlier \u201c[s]ince that email did not ask for anything else.\u201d Id. However, such\n\n24 a conclusion is illogical. How could Mr. Mora deem the application complete before he\n\n25 reviewed it?\n\n26 Because none of Plaintiff\u2019s applications were ever deemed complete by the Planning\n27 Director, they were not yet subject to the fifteen (15) day approval provision. Defendant Mora\n\n28 had authority to modify or deny each application and discretion to establish additional\n\n -2-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.574 Page 7\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 requirements. Therefore, the Complaint does not plausibly allege deprivation of Plaintiff\u2019s\n\n 2 right to procedural due process. See Las Lomas Land Cod., LLC, supra (\u201c[A] land use\n\n 3 application invokes procedural due process only if the owner has a legitimate claim of\n\n 4 entitlement to the approval\u2026.\u201d).\n\n 5 B. The Data Center Project was Not Ministerial\n 6 Plaintiff\u2019s entire lawsuit is based on the misguided assumption that its data center\n 7 constitutes a ministerial project. A \u201cministerial\u201d decision under CEQA is one \u201cinvolving little\n\n 8 or no personal judgment by the public official as to the wisdom or manner of carrying out the\n\n 9 project.\u201d 14 Cal. Code Reg. \u00a7 15369. However, Defendant Mora has broad discretionary\n\n10 authority under the Zoning Code to approve, deny or modify site plan applications as he\n\n11 deems necessary. Thus, the Site Plan Application procedure is, as a matter of law, not\n\n12 ministerial. Nonetheless, the determination of what is \u201cministerial\u201d is most appropriately\n\n13 made by \u201cthe particular public agency involved based upon its analysis of its own laws,\u201d and\n\n14 can be made on a case-by-case basis. 14 Cal. Code Reg. \u00a7 15268. It is evident on the face of\n\n15 the Complaint that the City of Imperial analyzed the applicable Zoning Code provisions and\n\n16 determined Plaintiff\u2019s project was not subject to ministerial approval. Plaintiff\u2019s\n17 disagreement with this determination does not create a viable claim under section 1983.\n\n18 It is clear a ministerial approval of Plaintiff\u2019s project was not appropriate under the\n19 circumstances. A data center is not included as either a permitted or a conditional use under\n\n20 the City\u2019s Zoning Code. The Opposition\u2019s argument that a \u201csimilarity of use\u201d procedure\n\n21 should have been implemented is untenable. The types of businesses listed on Page 10 of the\n\n22 Opposition are either permitted or conditional uses for the I-2 zone. See Imperial Zoning Code\n\n23 \u00a7 24.07.120; Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 2 and Exhibit 2 thereto (Permitted/conditional uses\n\n24 include: distributors, lumber storage yards, gasoline dispensers, manufacturers, storage\n\n25 warehouses and building equipment sales). Plaintiff\u2019s 95-acre data center would require\n\n26 750 thousand gallons of reclaimed water per day. The project is unprecedented in its scale\n27 ///\n\n28 ///\n\n -3-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.575 Page 8\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 and the community resources it would require. As such, it is wholly dissimilar to the I-2 zone\n\n 2 businesses referenced in the Opposition.1\n\n 3 Undoubtedly, the data center project was not exempt from CEQA review.\n 4 C. Plaintiff was Required to Avail Itself to State Law Procedures\n 5 The Opposition cites to Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131 (1988) to support its argument\n 6 that Plaintiff was not required to exhaust state law administrative remedies prior to bringing\n\n 7 a section 1983 claim. This argument is misleading. Felder addresses a state law \u201cnotice-of-\n\n 8 claim\u201d statute which required a section 1983 plaintiff to \u201cprovide the requisite notice of injury\n\n 9 within 120 days of the civil rights violation, then wait an additional 120 days while the\n\n10 governmental defendant investigates the claim and attempts to settle it.\u201d Id. at 146. The case\n\n11 specifically addresses the inability of state legislatures to place administrative limits on an\n\n12 individual\u2019s ability to bring a section 1983 claim. Defendants\u2019 motion does not address any\n\n13 such provision.\n\n14 Rather, Defendants argue Plaintiff is incapable of stating a claim for procedural due\n15 process if it has not first sought compensation through available state remedies. See Lake\n\n16 Nacimiento Ranch Co. v. San Luis Obispo County, 841 F.2d 872, 879 (9th Cir. 1987)\n\n17 (\u201c[S]ection 1983 claim is barred because there is an available state remedy.\u201d); See also Arroyo\n\n18 Vista Partners v. County of Santa Barbara, 732 F.Supp. 1046, 1053 (C.D. Cal. 1990) (A\n\n19 section 1983 claim for deprivation of procedural due process is barred \u201cwhenever a procedure\n\n20 for redress of a deprivation of procedural due process is available under state law.\u201d). Again,\n\n21 Plaintiff neither availed itself of the appeal process under section 24.19.560 of Imperial\u2019s\n\n22 Zoning Code nor sought judicial review of Defendant Mora\u2019s decision with the Superior\n\n23 Court. As a result, his procedural due process claim is barred.\n\n24 The Opposition claims there was nothing for Plaintiff to appeal because \u201cthe\n25 Complaint alleges deemed approvals by operation of law, not merely appealable denials.\u201d\n\n26\n27\n 1\n Defendants concede their Points and Authorities mistakenly states Plaintiff\u2019s data center will require 6 million gallons\n28 of reclaimed water, as opposed to the 750,000 gallons per day actually alleged in the Complaint. Defendants\u2019 mistake was\n inadvertent and stemmed from the allegations set forth in paragraph 101 of the Complaint.\n -4-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.576 Page 9\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 Opposition, Page 11, Lines 13-14. However, Plaintiff should not be permitted to argue out of\n\n 2 both sides of its mouth. If there was no adverse decision to appeal, how can there be a\n\n 3 procedural due process violation? Plaintiff obviously takes issue with Mr. Mora\u2019s\n\n 4 determination that its data center project was not ministerial and that a CEQA review was\n\n 5 required. This decision was subject to both the administrative appeal procedure and judicial\n\n 6 review under California Civil Code section 1094.5.\n\n 7 D. Plaintiff has Not Alleged Protected Speech Causally Connected to\n 8 Defendants\u2019 Conduct\n 9 The Opposition claims the following constituted Plaintiff\u2019s protected speech:\n10 \u201c(1) insisting on strict compliance with the City\u2019s ministerial review process; (2) petitioning\n\n11 Imperial County for land use approvals; (3) speaking publicly to counter the City\u2019s narrative\n\n12 about the project and (4) threatening litigation.\u201d Opposition, Page 12, Lines 5-9. The first two\n\n13 categories of speech clearly pertain entirely to Plaintiff\u2019s business dealings and are, therefore,\n\n14 not constitutionally protected. See B & L Productions, Inc. v. Newsom, 104 F.4th 108, 114\n\n15 (9th Cir. 2024) (business agreements and business dealings are \u201cnonexpressive conduct\n\n16 unprotected by the First Amendment.\u201d). Plaintiff entirely ignores this argument.\n\n17 Regardless, the Complaint does not adequately plead a causal nexus between these\n18 four categories of speech and the \u201cretaliatory\u201d conduct attributed to Defendants. First,\n\n19 \u201cinsisting on strict compliance with the City\u2019s ministerial review process\u201d references nothing\n\n20 more than a disagreement between Plaintiff and Defendant Mora regarding the appropriate\n\n21 interpretation of the City\u2019s ordinances. Again, the City is in the best position to determine\n\n22 which approvals are ministerial. It is nonsensical to suggest the City evaluating its laws and\n\n23 making such a determination constitutes first amendment retaliation.\n\n24 The Opposition relies on generic allegations concerning campaigns by Imperial\n25 Irrigation District and \u201cgreenmail operatives\u201d from Comit\u00e9 C\u00edvico del Valle. These entities\n\n26 are not agents of the City of Imperial, and the Complaint contains no specific allegations\n27 describing the individual Defendants\u2019 participation in these campaigns. While the Complaint\n\n28 does allege Defendant Burnworth met with individuals from IID and CCV, the claim that she\n\n -5-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.577 Page 10\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 \u201ccoordinate[d] opposition to force a ministerial project into a discretionary CEQA process,\u201d\n\n 2 is conclusory and inadequate to plead first amendment retaliation.\n\n 3 The Complaint contains no specific allegations demonstrating who participated in the\n 4 posting of the City\u2019s flyers and \u201chostile\u201d social-media messaging. Still, the Opposition points\n\n 5 to vague allegations that the individual Defendants directed such conduct. Nevertheless,\n\n 6 critical government speech is insufficient to constitute First Amendment retaliation.\n\n 7 \u201cRestricting the ability of government decisionmakers to engage in speech risks interfering\n\n 8 with their ability to effectively perform their duties\u2026. The marketplace of ideas is\n\n 9 undermined if public officials are prevented from responding to speech of citizens with speech\n\n10 of their own.\u201d Mulligan v. Nichols, 835 F.3d 981, 989 (9th Cir. 2016). Even \u201can act of\n\n11 defamation by government officials [is] insufficient [standing alone] to create a right to a\n\n12 remedy under the First Amendment\u2026.\u201d Id. (citing Gini v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police\n\n13 Department, 40 F.3d 1041, 1045 (9th Cir. 1994)). \u201cIt would be the height of irony, indeed, if\n\n14 mere speech, in response to speech, could constitute a First Amendment violation.\u201d Nunez v.\n\n15 City of Los Angeles, 147 F.3d 867, 875 (9th Cir. 1998).\n\n16 E. The City is Subject to Noerr-Pennington Immunity\n17 Plaintiff mischaracterizes the City\u2019s Petition to the California Superior Court. When\n18 compared to the actual legal claims asserted in the Petition, the Complaint\u2019s allegations\n\n19 demonstrate nothing more than a legitimate disagreement regarding the interpretation of the\n\n20 County of Imperial\u2019s zoning regulations and the extent of the City\u2019s role in zoning decisions\n\n21 which affect properties within its sphere of influence. Yet, Plaintiff\u2019s attempt to circumvent\n\n22 the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine is subject to a heightened pleading standard. Evans Hotels,\n\n23 LLC v. Unite Here Local, 433 F.Supp.3d 1130, 1144 (S.D. Cal. 2020). Plaintiff labeling this\n\n24 disagreement a \u201csham\u201d is insufficient to plausibly allege the non-application of Noerr-\n\n25 Pennington immunity.\n\n26 Moreover, the fact that the City did not prevail in opposing a dispositive motion \u201cdoes\n27 not show that [its] lawsuit was objectively baseless for purposes of Noerr-Pennington\n\n28 immunity\u2026.\u201d White v. Lee, 277 F.3d 1214, 1232 (9th Cir. 2000). A lawsuit which is arguably\n\n -6-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.578 Page 11\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 warranted by existing law or at the very least based on \u201can objectively good faith argument\u201d\n\n 2 is subject to Noerr-Pennington immunity. Id.\n\n 3 F. Plaintiff\u2019s Equal Protection Claim is Inadequately Pled\n 4 i. A Rational Basis Exists for the City\u2019s Decision\n 5 \u201cWhether embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment or inferred from the Fifth, equal\n 6 protection is not a license for courts to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic of [a government\n\n 7 official\u2019s] choices.\u201d F.C.C. v. Beach Communications, Inc., 508 U.S. 307, 313 (1993). A\n\n 8 governmental decision \u201cmust be upheld against equal protection challenge if there is any\n\n 9 reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the [decision]. Id.\n\n10 (citing Sullivan v. Stroop, 496 U.S. 478, 485 (1990)). On rational-basis review, government\n\n11 actions bear \u201ca strong presumption of validity.\u201d Id. at 314-315 (citing Lyng v. Automobile\n\n12 Workers, 485 U.S. 360, 370 (1988)).\n\n13 As noted in the City\u2019s moving papers, Defendant Mora expressed his rational basis for\n14 requiring a CEQA review, including the potential that Plaintiff\u2019s unprecedented data center\n\n15 project would have substantial impacts on the environment and community at large. See\n\n16 Exhibit 17 to Complaint [DOC 01-18]. The Opposition argues the concerns shared in\n\n17 Mr. Mora\u2019s July 15, 2025 email constitute a \u201ccalculated pretext.\u201d However, the Complaint\n\n18 does not plead these concerns were either illegitimate or based upon an improper motive. 2\n\n19 Instead, the Complaint alleges the following:\n\n20 The Defendants\u2019 sudden invocation of \u2018environmental impact\u2019 is a calculated\n pretext. A genuine environmental steward would not torpedo a project that\n21\n subsidizes regional water infrastructure and provides a massive, free infusion\n22 of freshwater to the Salton Sea.\n\n23 Complaint, \u00b6 103(b).\n24 ///\n\n25 ///\n\n26\n27 2\n See Enguist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, 478 F.3d 985, 1014 (9th Cir. 2007) (\u201c[A] pretext may be shown by\n demonstrating \u2018either: (1) the proferred rational basis was objectively false; or (2) the defendant actually acted based on\n28 improper motive.\u2019\u201d).\n\n -7-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.579 Page 12\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 It is unclear what relevance Plaintiff\u2019s plan to replenish the Salton Sea (a body of water\n 2 located many miles outside of the City of Imperial) has to its data center\u2019s potential\n\n 3 environmental impact within the City. The Complaint fails to plead a plausible pretext, and\n\n 4 Defendant Mora\u2019s rational basis for requiring CEQA review defeats Plaintiff\u2019s equal\n\n 5 protection claim. See Beach Communications, Inc., 508 U.S. at 313.\n\n 6 ii. Plaintiff has Not identified Similarly Situated Individuals\n 7 The Opposition argues Plaintiff\u2019s data center project was \u201csingled out\u201d and subjected\n 8 to differential treatment. However, a large-scale data center is incomparable to a distributor,\n\n 9 manufacturer, building equipment supplier, gasoline dispenser, storage warehouse or lumber\n\n10 storage yard. Each of these supposedly similar businesses squarely fit within the permitted\n\n11 and conditional use categories established by Imperial\u2019s Zoning Code. Imperial Zoning Code\n\n12 \u00a7 24.07.120; Request for Judicial Notice, \u00b6 2 and Exhibit 2 thereto. On the other hand, neither\n\n13 data centers nor any other developments requiring large quantities of energy and water are\n\n14 contemplated for the I-2 zone. Plaintiff\u2019s equal protection class of one claim fails for this\n\n15 reason as well.\n\n16 G. Plaintiff\u2019s Monell Claim is Similarly Deficient\n17 To the extent it shares the same deficiencies discussed above, Plaintiff\u2019s Fourth Claim\n18 fails to plausibly allege municipal liability against the City of Imperial. See Los Angeles v.\n\n19 Heller, 475 U.S. 796, 799 (1986) (municipal liability does not attach absent underlying\n\n20 constitutional violation).\n\n21 The Opposition argues the City \u201cbreaching the reclaimed-water agreement after\n22 Plaintiff had incurred expenses\u201d supports Monell liability. However, no such agreement\n\n23 existed (see City\u2019s Points and Authorities, Pages 21 \u2013 22), and a breach of contract cannot\n\n24 create liability under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. See Shawnee Sewerage & Drainage Co. v.\n\n25 Stearns, 220 U.S. 462, 473 (1911) (\u201cThe breach of a contract is neither a confiscation of\n\n26 property nor a taking of property without due process of law.\u201d). The Opposition entirely\n27 ignores the City\u2019s argument on this issue. Furthermore, the Complaint does not plead any\n\n28 specific facts demonstrating the City of Imperial \u201cpressure[ed] El Centro to terminate its\n\n -8-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.580 Page 13\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 agreement with Plaintiff.\u201d In fact, Plaintiff\u2019s allegations indicate no such agreement ever\n\n 2 existed. Complaint, \u00b6 92.\n\n 3 As the Complaint fails to identify any policy, practice or custom of the City of Imperial\n 4 that resulted in a deprivation of Plaintiff\u2019s constitutional rights, Plaintiff has failed to state a\n\n 5 claim for municipal liability against the City of Imperial.\n\n 6 H. The Limited Conduct Attributed to the Individual Defendants Warrants a\n 7 Finding of Qualified Immunity\n 8 The Opposition confirms the allegations against the individual Defendants are paper-\n 9 thin. Defendant Mora\u2019s legitimate interpretation and enforcement of the City\u2019s municipal\n\n10 code did not violate a clearly established right. (See discussion above.) Defendants Turner\n\n11 and Burnworth are not specifically alleged to have taken any action which would rise to the\n\n12 level of a constitutional deprivation. The Opposition solely repeats conclusory allegations that\n\n13 the two participated in a coordinated campaign to obstruct Plaintiff\u2019s data center project.\n\n14 However, the extent of their individual participation in this \u201ccampaign\u201d is not specified.\n\n15 Plaintiff makes a similar leap in logic with Defendant Morita. The City Manager simply\n\n16 asking for a copy of El Centro\u2019s will-serve letter and indicating he plans to contact El Centro\n\n17 does not support the conclusion that he sabotaged a deal with El Centro.\n\n18 The innocuous conduct attributed to the individual Defendants neither rose to the level\n19 of a constitutional deprivation nor clearly violated an established right held by Plaintiff. A\n\n20 determination of qualified immunity is warranted. See Sellars v. Procunier, 641 F.2d 1295,\n\n21 1300 (9th Cir. 1981) (Qualified Immunity should be afforded to public officials \u201cfor decisions\n\n22 made in the good faith exercise of their official responsibilities.\u201d).\n\n23 III. CONCLUSION\n24 The Motion to Dismiss demonstrates the Complaint fails to state viable constitutional\n25 claims against Defendants City of Imperial, Katie Turner, Katherine Burnworth, Othon Mora\n\n26 and Dennis Morita. The Opposition offers tenable argument to the contrary or potential\n27 amendments that could cure the Complaint\u2019s deficiencies. Nor does it otherwise indicate how\n\n28\n\n -9-\n REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS THE\n COMPLAINT\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 16 Filed 04/02/26 PageID.581 Page 14\n of 14\n\n\n\n 1 Plaintiff can supplement the facts asserted in its extensive Complaint and exhibits to\n\n 2 adequately plead section 1983 liability. 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DISMISS THE COMPLAINT AND\n14\n TAKING MATTER UNDER\n CITY OF IMPERIAL, et al.,\n15 SUBMISSION\n Defendants.\n16\n (ECF No. 12)\n17\n18 Presently before the Court is Defendants\u2019 Motion to Dismiss the Complaint (\u201cMot.,\u201d\n19 ECF No. 12). Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(d)(1), the Court finds this matter\n20 appropriately decided on the papers without oral argument; accordingly, the Court\n21 VACATES the April 9, 2026, hearing and takes the Motion under submission.\n22 IT IS SO ORDERED.\n23 Dated: March 30, 2026\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n 1\n 26-CV-128 JLS (BJW)\n\f","ocr_status":2,"date_upload":"2026-05-20T12:27:50.208822-07:00","document_number":"15","attachment_number":null,"pacer_doc_id":"037022413453","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":1,"description":"Order","acms_document_guid":""}],"date_created":"2026-03-30T15:22:56.042661-07:00","date_modified":"2026-06-29T18:54:26.675957-07:00","date_filed":"2026-03-30","time_filed":"14:47:09","entry_number":15,"recap_sequence_number":"2026-03-30.001","pacer_sequence_number":54,"description":"ORDER Vacating Hearing on 12 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and Taking Matter Under Submission. Signed by Judge Janis L. 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Janis L. Sammartino\n )\n11 Plaintiff )\n ) PLAINTIFF\u2019S REQUEST FOR\n12 vs. JUDICIAL NOTICE;\n )\n13 ) DECLARATION IN SUPPORT\n CITY OF IMPERIAL, et. al. )\n14 ) Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026\n )\n15 Defendants ) Time: 1:30 p.m.\n ) Courtroom: 4D\n16\n17 Plaintiff respectfully request the Court take judicial notice under Federal Rules of\n18 Evidence, Rule 201, of the Superior Court\u2019s February 27 Order in the case that the City of\n19 Imperial filed against the County, regarding application of CEQA. Defendants sought judicial\n20 notice of the February 10, 2026 minute order, but overlooked the more detailed February 27,\n21 2026 Order which explicitly rejected the City\u2019s position on CEQA. The courts order is\n22 attached to this request.\n23 Respectfully submitted,\n24\n LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n25\n26\n27 Date: March 16, 2026 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n Attorney for Plaintiff\n28\n\n\n Plaintiff\u2019s Request for Judicial Notice; Declaration in Support PAGE I\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.555 Page 2\n of 13\n\n\n 1 DECLARATION OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI\n 2 IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE\n 3\n 4 I, Sebastian Rucci, declare as follows:\n 5 1. I am an attorney in good standing licensed to practice in this court and I am the\n 6 attorney representing the defendant in this action. I have personal knowledge of the matters and facts\n 7 that are stated herein and if called upon to testify to the facts set forth in this declaration, I could and\n 8 would do so competently.\n 9 2. I am an attorney for the real parties in interest, which include the Plaintiff in this case,\n10 in Imperial Superior Court in Case No. ECU004457, City of Imperial vs. Imperial County, et. al.\n11 3. Attached is a true and correct copy of the February 27, 2026 Order, by the\n12 Imperial Superior Court, in Case No. ECU004457, which I obtained from the co-defendant\n13 (Imperial County) in that case.\n14\n15 I Sebastian Rucci declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States\n16 and the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.\n17\n18\n19 Date: March 16, 2026\n20 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Plaintiff\u2019s Request for Judicial Notice; Declaration in Support PAGE II\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.556 Page 3\n of 13\n\n\n 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n 2 I hereby certify that on this 16th day of March, 2026, I electronically filed the\n 3 foregoing PLAINTIFF\u2019S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE; DECLARATION IN\n 4 SUPPORT with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send\n 5 notification to all the parties.\n 6 I Further Certify That on March 16, 2026, the foregoing PLAINTIFF\u2019S REQUEST\n 7 FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE; DECLARATION IN SUPPORT was served electronically served\n 8 on Defendant\u2019s counsel Konrad Rasmussen, at kmr@mmr4law.com from my law office\n 9 email Sebastian@Rucci.Law. The transmission was complete and without error and I did not\n10 receive an electronic notification to the contrary.\n11\n12 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n\n13 Date: March 16, 2026\n14\n Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n15 Attorney for Plaintiffs\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Plaintiff\u2019s Request for Judicial Notice; Declaration in Support PAGE III\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.557 Page 4\n of 13\n\n\n\n 1 MISTELLE I. ABDELMAGIED, SBN 240885\n Assistant County Counsel\n 2 COUNTY OF IMPERIAL COUNTY COUNSEL\n\n 3 940 West Main Street, Suite 205\n El Centro, CA 92243\n 4 Telephone: (442) 265-1120\n Facsimile: (760) 353-9347\n 5 Email: mistelleabdelmagied@co.imperial.ca.us\n\n 6\n Attorneys for Respondents\n 7 COUNTY OF IMPERIAL and\n BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL\n 8\n NATHAN O. GEORGE, SBN 303707\n 9 SARA K. HELMS, SBN 356868\n EXEMPT FROM FILING FEES\n REMY MOOSE MANLEY, LLP\n10 [GOVERNMENT CODE \u00a7 6103]\n 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 800\n11 Sacramento, CA 95814\n Telephone: (916) 443-2745\n12 Facsimile: (916) 443-9017\n Email: ngeorge@rmmenvirolaw.com\n13 shelms@rmmenvirolaw.com\n14\n Attorneys for Respondents\n15 COUNTY OF IMPERIAL and\n BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL\n16\n SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA\n17\n IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF IMPERIAL\n18\n CITY OF IMPERIAL, a general law city Case No.: ECU004457\n19\n Petitioner and Plaintiff,\n20\n v. [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION\n21 COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, a general law county, FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n IMPERIAL COUNTY BOARD OF WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n22 SUPERVISORS; and\n DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,\n23 [CEQA, Pub. Res. Code \u00a7 21000, et seq.; Code\n Respondents and Defendants,\n24 of Civil Procedure \u00a7\u00a7 1094.5, 1085]\n IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER\n25 MANUFACTURING, LLC, a California ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES:\n Limited Liability Company; DUBOSE Hon. L. Brooks Anderholt\n26 DESIGN GROUP, INC., a California Dept. 09\n General Stock Corporation; JESUS\n27 BARRIGA, an individual; ROBERTO Date Filed: December 4, 2025\n BARRIGA, an individual; ATEN\n28 PROPERTIES, LLC, a California Limited Hearing Date:\n\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.558 Page 5\n of 13\n\n\n Liability Company; HERMENEGILDA\n 1 LEIMGRUBER, AS TRUSTEE OF THE\n MAX AND HERMENEGILDA\n 2 LEIMGRUBER LIVING TRUST\n SURVIVOR\u2019S TRUST, U/A DATED\n 3 AUGUST 14, 2024; DARYL\n DICKERSON AND HEATHER\n 4 DICKERSON, AS TRUSTEES OF THE\n DARYL AND HEATHER DICKERSON\n 5 FAMILY TRUST UNDER\n DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED\n 6 APRIL 21, 2009; JAMES A. SANDERS\n JR., AND STEPHANIE A. SANDERS AS\n 7 TRUSTEES OF THE JAMES A. AND\n STEPHANIE A. SANDERS FAMILY\n 8 TRUST DATED JULY 27, 2009; RYAN\n DICKERSON, an individual; and, ROES 1\n 9 to 20, inclusive,\n10 Real Parties in Interest\n11\n\n12\n\n13\n\n14\n\n15\n\n16\n\n17\n\n18\n\n19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n\n27\n\n28\n 2\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.559 Page 6\n of 13\n\n\n\n 1 On February 10, 2026, the Honorable L. Brooks Anderholt in Department 9 of the Imperial\n\n 2 County Superior Court held a hearing on the Joint Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (\u201cMJOP\u201d)\n\n 3 filed by Respondents County of Imperial and Board of Supervisors of the County of Imperial\n\n 4 (\u201cCounty\u201d) and Real Parties in Interest Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC et al. (\u201cReal\n\n 5 Parties\u201d) challenging the First Amended Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for\n\n 6 Injunctive Relief (\u201cAmended Petition\u201d) filed by Petitioner City of Imperial (\u201cPetitioner\u201d). Nathan\n\n 7 George appeared as counsel for the County; Sebastian Rucci appeared as counsel for Real Parties; and\n\n 8 Alene Taber appeared as counsel for Petitioner.\n\n 9 The Amended Petition alleges three causes of action. First, a cause of action under the state\n\n10 Planning and Zoning Law (Gov. Code, \u00a7 65000 et seq.), alleging that the County\u2019s approval of a grading\n\n11 permit for Real Parties\u2019 proposed Data Center Campus project (\u201cProject\u201d) did not comply with state law\n\n12 and the County\u2019s municipal code. Second, a cause of action under the California Environmental Quality\n\n13 Act (Pub. Resources Code, \u00a7 21000 et seq.) (\u201cCEQA\u201d) alleging that the County\u2019s determination that the\n\n14 Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA review was an abuse of discretion. Third, a derivative request\n\n15 for injunctive relief based on the allegations in the first and second causes of action.\n\n16 The MJOP challenged the Amended Petition on the grounds that, even assuming the truth of all\n\n17 well-plead factual allegations, the Amended Petition failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause\n\n18 of action and was therefore subject to judgment in the County and Real Parties\u2019 favor as a matter of law.\n\n19 Specifically, the MJOP argued that the first cause of action failed because the Project is a \u201cby-rights\u201d\n\n20 permissible use on industrial land under the County Code and no discretionary approvals are required by\n\n21 state law or the County Code prior to issuing a grading permit. Similarly, the MJOP argued that the\n\n22 second cause of action failed because the Project is a \u201cby-rights\u201d permissible use on industrial land\n\n23 under the County Code and no discretionary approvals were required so the County\u2019s determination that\n\n24 the Project is statutorily exempt from CEQA review as ministerial was correct as a matter of law. Lastly,\n\n25 because the third cause of action was derivative of the first two, it cannot state a cause of action on its\n\n26 own. Petitioner opposed the MJOP, arguing that the Amended Petition stated causes of action under the\n\n27 state Planning and Zoning Law and CEQA because the Project includes elements that are not \u201cby-\n\n28\n 3\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.560 Page 7\n of 13\n\n\n\n 1 rights\u201d permissible uses under the County Code and required additional discretionary approvals by the\n\n 2 County, under state law and/or the County Code. Petitioner\u2019s opposition also argued that the County\u2019s\n\n 3 notice of exemption constituted impermissible piecemealing of the Project.\n\n 4 The parties also submitted requests for judicial notice of various provisions of the County\u2019s\n\n 5 Municipal Code and a letter issued by the County to Real Parties on September 4, 2025 (\u201cDetermination\n\n 6 Letter\u201d), regarding the Project. Petitioner challenged the suitability of taking judicial notice of the\n\n 7 Determination Letter and filed evidentiary objections, to which the County and Real Parties responded.\n\n 8 The court took judicial notice of the County ordinances cited in the Amended Petition and as\n\n 9 requested by the Parties. The court noted the objection from Petitioner to the County and Real Party\u2019s\n\n10 request that the court take judicial notice of a County letter dated 09/04/2025. The court overruled\n\n11 Petitioner\u2019s objection, and took judicial notice of the letter, but not the findings.\n\n12 After considering the briefing and supporting documents submitted by the parties, as well as the\n\n13 arguments and responses provided by counsel at the hearing, the court: (1) granted the MJOP with leave\n\n14 to amend as to the first cause of action as it fails to state a cause of action regarding zoning and planning\n\n15 violations as there is a lack of ultimate facts; (2) granted with leave to amend as to the second cause of\n\n16 action as it contains the same deficiencies as the first cause of action; and, (3) determined the third cause\n\n17 of action is derivative of the first two and is moot pending any amendment. (See Exhibit A.) Amended\n\n18 pleadings are to be filed and served by Petitioner by March 13, 2026.\n\n19 The court directed the County to prepare an order consistent with the court\u2019s decision.\n\n20 / / /\n\n21 / / /\n\n22 / / /\n\n23 / / /\n\n24 / / /\n\n25 / / /\n\n26 / / /\n\n27 / / /\n\n28\n 4\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.561 Page 8\n of 13\n\n\n\n 1 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED THAT:\n\n 2 1. The Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by Respondents and Real Parties in Interest is\n\n 3 granted as to the first and second causes of action in the Amended Petition, with leave to amend.\n\n 4 2. The third cause of action is derivative and therefore MOOT pending amendment of the first and\n\n 5 second causes of action.\n\n 6 3. Amended pleadings are to be filed and served by Petitioner by March 13, 2026.\n\n 7\n\n 8 Dated: ___________________________, 2026\n 02/27/2026 By:__________________________________\n The Hon. L. Brooks Anderholt\n 9 Judge of the Superior Court\n10\n\n11\n\n12\n\n13\n\n14\n\n15\n\n16\n\n17\n\n18\n\n19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n\n27\n\n28\n 5\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS\n WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.562 Page 9\n of 13\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT\n EXHIBIT A\n A\n Minutes:\n Minutes: Motion\n Motion Hearing\n Hearing Judgment\n Judgment on\n on\n Pleadings\n Pleadings\n\n\n\n\n 6\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.563 Page 10\n of 13\n\n\n SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA\n COUNTY OF IMPERIAL\n\n Jud. Officer: L. Anderholt\nCity of Imperial Clerk: Alexandra Esparza\n Plaintiff/Petitioner, Bailiff: Rubio\nvs. CSR: Not Reported\nCounty of Imperial et al\n Defendant/Respondent.\n\n\n\n\n Interpreter: Not Required\n Language:\n\nMinutes: Motion Hearing Case No. ECU004457\n Judgment on Pleadings Filed 1-14- El Centro Dept. 9\n 2026\n\nDate: February 10, 2026 Related Cases:\n\n 8:45 A.M., Matter is called on calendar.\n\n Attorney, Alene Taber, is present on behalf of the Plaintiff, City of Imperial. Attorney, Nathan George, is\n present on behalf of the Defendant, County of Imperial. Attorney, Sebastian Rucci, is present on behalf\n of the Real Parties in Interest. No other appearances are noted.\n\n The Court discloses it is familiar with a party to this case; however, it is not sufficient to warrant\n disqualification.\n\n The Court notes there are a number of people in the gallery that include parties to the case and\n spectators.\n\n The Court states there are county ordinances referenced by the City of Imperial that weren\u2019t attached to\n the petition or opposition, but the Court did research the ordinances and inquires if counsel objects to\n the Court referencing and taking judicial notice of said ordinances.\n\n There is no objection from counsel.\n\n The Court notes the objection from the City of Imperial to the letter dated 09/04/2025 and overrules the\n objection, and will take judicial notice of the letter, but not the findings.\n\n The Court states the petition contains 3 causes of action and addresses them.\n\n Matter is further discussed regarding county ordinances as to noticing the public.\n\n Matter is further discussed.\n\n\n\n\n Page 1 of 2\n\n 7\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.564 Page 11\n of 13\n\n\n The Court finds a lack of ultimate facts in several of the allegations or paragraphs with only opinion on\n belief, including but not limited to, paragraphs 29, 75, 83. Other paragraphs are vague such as\n paragraphs 49, 63, 72, 73, 74, 76, and 79.\n\n The Court states, after having gone through various paragraphs, its tentative is as follows:\n\n Grant the motion with leave to amend as to the 1st cause of action as it fails to state action regarding\n zoning and planning violations as there is a lack of ultimate facts.\n\n Grant with leave to amend as to the 2nd cause of action as it contains same deficiencies as the 1st\n cause of action.\n\n The 3rd cause of action is derivative of the first two and is moot pending any amendment.\n\n Mr. George and Mr. Rucci state they submit as to the Court\u2019s tentative and further address the matter.\n\n Ms. Taber addresses the Court\u2019s tentative.\n\n IT IS THE ORDER OF THE COURT:\n\n The Court adopts its tentative.\n\n Amended pleadings are to be filed and served by 03/13/2026 by Ms. Taber.\n\n Mr. George is to prepare and submit the order for the Court\u2019s signature.\n\n Counsel waives notice.\n\n Mr. George further states the administrative record is being prepared and will be ready by 03/10/2026.\n\n IT IS FURTHER ORDER OF THE COURT:\n\n Case Management Conference currently set for 06/02/2026 is vacated and advanced to\n 03/19/2026 at 8:30 A.M., in Department 9.\n\n\n\n\n Page 2 of 2\n ECU004457, February 10, 2026 8\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.565 Page 12\n of 13\n\n\n 1 City of Imperial v. County of Imperial, et al.\n Imperial County Superior Court Case No.: ECU004457\n 2\n\n 3 PROOF OF SERVICE\n 4\n I, Kendra E. Ledoux, am employed in the County of Sacramento. My business address is 555\n 5 Capitol Mall, Suite 800, Sacramento, California 95814 and my email address is\n kledoux@rmmenvirolaw.com. I am over the age of 18 years and I am not a party to the above-entitled\n 6 action.\n\n 7 On February 24, 2026, I served the following:\n 8\n [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE\n 9 PLEADINGS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND\n10 VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OR EMAIL by causing a true copy thereof to be\n11 electronically delivered to the following person(s) or representative(s) at the email address(es)\n listed below. I did not receive any electronic message or other indication that the transmission\n12 was unsuccessful.\n\n13 VIA OVERNIGHT DELIVERY by causing a true copy thereof to be placed in an envelope\n or package designated by the express service carrier with delivery fees paid or provided for,\n14 addressed to the person(s) or representative(s) as listed below, and deposited in a dropbox or\n15 other facility regularly maintained by the express service carrier.\n\n16 VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL by causing a true copy thereof to be placed in a sealed envelope,\n with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the following person(s) or representative(s) as listed\n17 below, and placed for collection and mailing following ordinary business practices.\n18 VIA PERSONAL SERVICE by causing a true copy thereof to be hand-delivered to the\n19 following person(s) or representative(s) at the address(es) listed below.\n\n20\n SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST\n21\n\n22\n I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 24th day\n23 of February 2026, at Sacramento, California.\n\n24\n\n25\n Kendra E. Ledoux\n26\n\n27\n\n28\n\n\n PROOF OF SERVICE\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 14 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.566 Page 13\n of 13\n\n\n 1 City of Imperial v. County of Imperial, et al.\n Imperial County Superior Court Case No.: ECU004289\n 2\n\n 3 SERVICE LIST\n 4\n\n 5 Alene M. Taber Attorneys for Petitioner\n ALENE TABER LAW, APC CITY OF IMPERIAL\n 6 1820 West Orangewood, Suite 105\n Orange, CA 92868 VIA E-Service and Mail\n 7\n Telephone: (949) 678-8464\n 8 E-mail: alene@alenetaberlaw.com\n\n 9\n Sebastian Rucci Attorneys for Real Parties and Defendants\n10 LAW OFFICE OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C. 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Janis L. Sammartino\n )\n11 Plaintiff )\n ) PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO\n12 vs. DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS\n )\n13 )\n CITY OF IMPERIAL, et. al. ) Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026\n14 ) Time: 1:30 p.m.\n )\n15 Defendants ) Courtroom: 4D\n )\n16\n17 TABLE OF CONTENTS\n18 1. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1\n\n19 2. LEGAL STANDARD FOR MOTION TO DISMISS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n 2.1 Factual Allegations as Accepted as True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n20\n 2.2 Twombly and Iqbal Plausibility Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n21\n 3. LEGAL STANDARD GOVERNING CEQA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n22\n 3.1 Legal Standards Governing Ministerial Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n23\n 3.2 Legal Standards Governing CEQA Review Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n24 3.3 Data Center is \u201cBy-Right\u201d Permissible Use and Statutorily Exempt from CEQA\n25 (Superior Court Order Feb. 27, 2026). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\n26 4. COUNT 1: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES PROCEDURAL DUE\n\n27 PROCESS VIOLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n\n28 4.1 Site Plan Review Is Ministerial and Limited to Design Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE I\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.526 Page 2\n of 29\n\n\n 1 4.2 The Self-Executing 15-Day Deemed Approval Provisions Creates Vested Rights 7\n 2 4.3 Plaintiff Had a Protected Property Interest in the Deemed-Approved Site Plans. . 8\n\n 3 4.4 The City Arbitrarily Refused to Use Its Own Similarity-of-Use Procedure . . . . . . 9\n 4.5 Complaint Alleges the Data Center Was Similar to Existing Permitted Uses . . . 10\n 4\n 4.6 Defendants Deprived Plaintiff of a Property Interest Without Adequate Process 10\n 5\n 4.7 Exhaustion Is Not Required for a \u00a7 1983 Procedural Due Process Claims . . . . . 11\n 6\n 5. COUNT 2: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES FIRST AMENDMENT\n 7\n RETALIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n 8 5.1 Plaintiff Engaged in Protected Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12\n 9 5.2 Defendants and Imperial Irrigation District\u2019s Coordinated Campaign of\n10 Obstruction and Misinformation Constituted Adverse Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13\n\n11 5.3 The Complaint Also Plausibly Alleges Coordination With CEQA \u201cGreenmail\u201d\n\n12 Operatives as Part of the Retaliatory Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14\n 5.4 Noerr-Pennington Does Not Bar the Claim Because the Complaint Plausibly\n13\n Alleges Sham Litigation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n14\n 5.5 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Causation and Chilling Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16\n15\n 6. COUNT 3: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES A CLASS-OF-ONE EQUAL\n16\n PROTECTION VIOLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16\n17 6.1 The Complaint Identifies Similarly Situated Comparators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17\n18 6.2 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Intentional Differential Treatment. . . . . . . . . . 18\n19 6.3 Defendants\u2019 Purported Rational Bases Are Plausibly Pretextual. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\n\n20 6.4 Complaint Alleges Data Center Was Singled Out for Burdensome Treatment . . 19\n\n21 6.5 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges No Rational Basis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19\n 7. COUNT 4: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES MUNICIPAL LIABILITY\n22\n UNDER MONELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20\n23\n 8. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY DOES NOT APPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n24\n 8.1 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Multiple Constitutional Violations. . . . . . . . . 22\n25 8.2 The Rights at Issue Were Clearly Established. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n26 8.3 Defendants\u2019 Individual Arguments Do Not Support Immunity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23\n27 8.4 Reclaimed Water Interference Further Supports Plaintiff\u2019s Constitutional Claims . . . . . 24\n28 9. CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE II\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.527 Page 3\n of 29\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES\n 2 CASES\n 3 Arizona Students\u2019 Ass\u2019n v. Arizona Board of Regents, 824 F.3d 858 (9th Cir. 2016) . . . . . . 14, 16\n 4 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n 5 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n 6 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n 7 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n 8 Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 8\n 9 Boquist v. Courtney, 32 F.4th 764 (9th Cir. 2022) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23\n10 Brosterhous v. State Bar, 12 Cal.4th 315 (1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n11 City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687 (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19\n12 Clark v. City of Hermosa Beach, 48 Cal.App.4th 1152 (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n13 Crawford-El v. Britton, 523 U.S. 574 (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13\n14 Del Monte Dunes at Monterey v. City of Monterey, 920 F.2d 1496 (9th Cir. 1990) . . . . . 6, 17, 19\n15 E. Rail. Presidents Conf. v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., 365 U.S. 127 (1961) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n16 Endy v. County of Los Angeles, 975 F.3d 757 (9th Cir. 2020) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21\n17 Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131 (1988). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n18 Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67 (1972) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n19 Gerhart v. Lake County, Mont., 637 F.3d 1013 (9th Cir. 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 19\n20 Groten v. California, 251 F.3d 844 (9th Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n21 Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n22 Health First v. March Joint Powers Authority, 174 Cal. App. 4th 1135 (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n23 Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730 (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n24 Horn v. County of Ventura, 24 Cal.3d 605 (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23\n25 Kearney v. Foley & Lardner, LLP, 590 F.3d 638 (9th Cir. 2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n26 Las Lomas Land Co., LLC v. City of Los Angeles, 177 Cal.App.4th 837 (2009). . . . . . . . . . . 8, 24\n27 Mahon v. Cnty. of San Mateo, 139 Cal.App.4th 812 (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8\n28 McCann v. City San Diego, 70 Cal. App. 5th 51 (2021) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE III\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.528 Page 4\n of 29\n\n\n 1 McCorkle E. Neig. Group v. City of St. Helena, 31 Cal.App.5th 80 (2018) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n 2 Monell v. Dep\u2019t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21, 24\n 3 Nieves v. Bartlett, 587 U.S. 391 (2019) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12\n 4 Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223 (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n 5 Portman v. Cnty. of Santa Clara, 995 F.2d 898 (9th Cir. 1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n 6 Preserve Poway v. City of Poway, 245 Cal.App.4th 560 (2016) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n 7 Prof. Real Estate Investors v. Columbia Pict. Ind. Inc., 508 U.S. 49 (1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n 8 Prot. Our Water & Envtl. Res. v. Cnty. of Stanislaus (2020) 10 Cal. 5th 479 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 9\n 9 Prot. Our Water & Envtl. Res. v. County of Stanislaus, 10 Cal. 5th 479 (2020) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n10 Riley\u2019s Am. Heritage Farms v. Elsasser, 32 F.4th 707 (9th Cir. 2022) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 16\n11 Sabra v. Maricopa Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 44 F.4th 867 (9th Cir. 2022) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20\n12 Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n13 Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202 (9th Cir. 2011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n14 Stockton Citiz. for S. Pl. v. City of Stockton, 48 Cal.4th 481 (2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n15 Swierkiewicz v. Sorema, 534 U.S. 506 (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2\n16 Union of Med. Marij. Pat. v. City of San Diego, 7 Cal. 5th 1171 (2019) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 12, 23\n17 Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562 (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17, 22, 23\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE IV\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.529 Page 5\n of 29\n\n\n 1 MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS\n 2 1. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT\n 3 The Complaint plausibly alleges that City officials ignored mandatory ministerial approval\n 4 provisions, retaliated against protected petitioning activity, intentionally singled out Plaintiff for\n 5 irrational treatment, and ratified that conduct at the highest levels of municipal government.\n 6 FIRST, the Complaint plausibly alleges a procedural due process violation. The City\u2019s\n 7 Municipal Code requires ministerial site plan review and provides that applications are deemed\n 8 approved if the City fails to act within fifteen days. Multiple site plan applications were deemed\n 9 approved by operation of law. Defendants instead forced the project into discretionary review,\n10 arbitrarily disregarding vested land-use approvals.\n11 SECOND, the Complaint plausibly alleges First Amendment retaliation. Plaintiff engaged\n12 in protected activity by insisting on lawful ministerial processing, petitioning Imperial County for\n13 approvals, speaking publicly about the project, and threatening litigation. Defendants responded with\n14 a coordinated campaign of obstruction--including regulatory delays, misinformation, interference\n15 with utilities, and litigation--intended to punish Plaintiff for asserting its legal rights.\n16 THIRD, the Complaint plausibly alleges a class-of-one equal protection violation. The\n17 Complaint alleges that industrial users in the same zoning district routinely receive ministerial\n18 processing, while Defendants singled out Plaintiff\u2019s project for uniquely burdensome discretionary\n19 review without a rational basis. Such disparate treatment states a classic \u201cclass-of-one\u201d claim.\n20 FOURTH, the Complaint plausibly alleges municipal liability under Monell. Senior City\n21 officials--including the Planning Director, City Manager, City Attorney and City Council--directed,\n22 participated in, and ratified the actions at issue, including filing litigation designed to delay and\n23 undermine the project. Ratification by final policymakers is sufficient to establish municipal liability.\n24 Defendants\u2019 remaining defenses fail as a matter of law at the pleading stage. Qualified\n25 immunity does not apply because the rights at issue have long been clearly established. Noerr\n26 -Pennington immunity does not bar Plaintiff\u2019s claims because the Complaint plausibly alleges that\n27 Defendants\u2019 litigation against the County was objectively baseless and filed for retaliatory and\n28 obstructive purposes to delay and undermine the project. Defendants\u2019 motion should be denied.\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 1\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.530 Page 6\n of 29\n\n\n 1 2. LEGAL STANDARD FOR MOTION TO DISMISS.\n 2 The Supreme Court articulated the proper framework for a Rule 12(b)(6) motion in Bell\n 3 Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009).\n 4 2.1 Factual Allegations as Accepted as True.\n 5 In evaluating the allegations under Rule 12(b)(6) the court does not consider whether the\n 6 factual allegations are probably true; instead the court must proceed \u201con the assumption that all the\n 7 allegations in the complaint are true (even if doubtful in fact).\u201d Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555. The\n 8 \u201cwell-pleaded complaint may proceed even if it strikes a savvy judge that actual proof is\n 9 improbable.\u201d Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556. \u201cIndeed it may appear on the face of the pleadings that a\n10 recovery is very remote and unlikely but that is not the test.\u201d Swierkiewicz v. Sorema, 534 U.S. 506,\n11 515 (2002). If a reasonable person can figure out from the face of the complaint why they are being\n12 sued, and based on what occurrences or transactions, there is no basis for dismissal.\n13 2.2 Twombly and Iqbal Plausibility Standard.\n14 The court must \u201cassume\u201d the \u201cveracity\u201d of \u201cwell pleaded factual allegations\u201d and \u201cdetermine\n15 whether they plausibly give rise to an entitlement to relief.\u201d Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 679. \u201cPlausibility,\u201d\n16 as used in Twombly and Iqbal, refers to whether the factual allegations \u201callow[] the court to draw\n17 the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.\u201d Id. at 678. A claim\n18 has \u201cfacial plausibility\u201d when the facts \u201callow[] the court to draw the reasonable inference that\n19 [Defendant] is liable for the misconduct alleged.\u201d Id. at 678. The Ninth Circuit explained Twombly\n20 and Iqbal\u2019s plausibility standard in Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 216 (9th Cir. 2011) as follows:\n21 \u201cIf there are two alternative explanations, one advanced by defendant and the other\n advanced by plaintiff, both of which are plausible, plaintiff\u2019s complaint survives a\n22\n motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). Plaintiff\u2019s complaint may be dismissed only\n23 when defendant\u2019s plausible alternative explanation is so convincing that plaintiff\u2019s\n explanation is implausible.\u201d\n24\n25 Iqbal and Twombly require the court to weigh non-conclusory factual allegations to see if\n\n26 they are sufficient to \u201cnudge the claims across the line from conceivable to plausible.\u201d Twombly, 550\n\n27 U.S. at 570. Ultimately, a court may not dismiss a complaint in which the plaintiff has alleged\n\n28 \u201cenough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.\u201d Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 697.\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 2\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.531 Page 7\n of 29\n\n\n 1 3. LEGAL STANDARD GOVERNING CEQA\n 2 3.1 Legal Standards Governing Ministerial Projects\n 3 Ministerial decisions involve little or no personal judgment and require only a determination\n 4 of conformity with fixed standards (14 Cal. Code Regs. \u00a7\u00a7 15357, 15369). Where a project is\n 5 permitted by right in a zoning district and the City is merely verifying compliance with objective\n 6 development standards -- like the Site Plan Review under \u00a7 24.19.500 -- the action is ministerial.\n 7 Ministerial projects are projects whose approval does not require an agency to exercise\n 8 discretion. The California Supreme Court clarified in Prot. Our Water & Envtl. Res. v. County of\n 9 Stanislaus, 10 Cal. 5th 479, 493-94 (2020), that not all discretion will trigger CEQA; only discretion\n10 that allows the agency to address environmental effects triggers CEQA review:\n11 \u201cThe statutory distinction between discretionary and purely ministerial projects\n implicitly recognizes that unless a public agency [is authorized to] shape the project\n12\n in a way that would respond to concerns raised in an EIR, or its functional equivalent,\n13 environmental review would be a meaningless exercise. . . [E]ven if a statute grants\n an agency some discretionary authority over an aspect of a project, the project is\n14 ministerial for CEQA purposes if the agency lacks authority to address\n15 environmental impacts.\u201d\n\n16\n For example, in McCorkle E. Neig. Group v. City of St. Helena, 31 Cal.App.5th 80, 94 (2018)\n17\n the power to conduct an aesthetic design review did not make a project discretionary because the\n18\n agency \u201clack[ed]\u2026any discretion to address environmental effects.\u201d\n19\n Many cases confirm if a project aligns with permitted uses I can proceed with a ministerial\n20\n exemptions from CEQA. See Health First v. March Joint Powers Authority, 174 Cal. App. 4th 1135\n21\n (2009) (1,925,000 sq ft distribution center in industrial zone \u201cexempt as a ministerial\u201d because it\n22\n complied with design guidelines); Stockton Citiz. for S. Pl. v. City of Stockton, 48 Cal.4th 481 (2010)\n23\n (Wal-Mart supercenter held ministerial in conformity with objective criteria).\n24\n Consistent with these authorities, Plaintiff provided the City on June 6, 2025 with a 33-page\n25\n memorandum documenting 25 data centers in California and other states that were approved\n26\n ministerially (\u201cas of right\u201d) due to their location on industrial land. (Compl. \u00b6 47; Compl. Ex. 11;\n27\n ECF No. 1-12.) Where a data center is a permitted use as of right in an industrial zone and complies\n28\n with applicable site plan standards, its approval is ministerial and exempt from CEQA.\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 3\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.532 Page 8\n of 29\n\n\n 1 3.2 Legal Standards Governing CEQA Review Framework\n 2 Public Resources Code \u00a7 21080(b)(1) explicitly states that CEQA does not apply to\n 3 \u201cministerial projects.\u201d Under 14 Cal. Code Regs. \u00a7 15268(a), \u201c[m]inisterial projects are exempt from\n 4 the requirements of CEQA.\u201d Determining whether CEQA applies follows a three-step framework:\n 5 \u201cCEQA proceeds by way of a multistep decision tree, which has been characterized\n as having three tiers. First, the agency must determine whether the proposed activity\n 6\n is subject to CEQA at all. Second, assuming CEQA is found to apply, the agency\n 7 must decide whether the activity qualifies for one of the many exemptions that\n excuse otherwise covered activities from CEQA\u2019s environmental review. Finally,\n 8 assuming no applicable exemption, the agency must undertake environmental review\n 9 of the activity, the third tier.\u201d\n\n10 Union of Med. Marij. Pat. v. City of San Diego, 7 Cal. 5th 1171, 1185 (2019). The Court explained:\n11 \u201cIf the lead agency concludes it is faced with a project, it must then decide \u2018whether\n12 the project is exempt from the CEQA review process under either a statutory\n exemption or a categorical exemption set forth in the CEQA Guidelines.\u2019 The\n13 statutory exemptions, created by the Legislature, are found in \u00a7 21080, subd. (b).\n14 Among the most important exemptions is the first, for \u2018ministerial\u2019 projects,\n which are defined generally as projects whose approval does not require an agency\n15 to exercise discretion. (Pub. Resources Code, \u00a721080, subd. (b)(1).) . . . If the lead\n agency concludes a project is exempt from review, it must issue a notice of\n16\n exemption citing the evidence on which it relied in reaching that conclusion. The\n17 agency may thereafter proceedwithout further consideration of CEQA.\u201d\n18\n Union of Med. Marij. Pat. v. City of San Diego, 7 Cal. 5th at 1186.\n19\n Defendants were repeatedly informed of this three-step framework but bypassed step two,\n20\n proceeding directly to environmental review. However, step two--whether the project is exempt from\n21\n CEQA--must be resolved before step three--determining what level of environmental review applies.\n22\n By skipped step two, Defendants convert a ministerial approval, exempt from CEQA, into\n23\n a discretionary process driven by subjective community sentiment. \u201cCEQA does not require an\n24\n analysis of subjective psychological feelings or social impacts.\u201d Preserve Poway v. City of Poway,\n25\n 245 Cal.App.4th 560, 579 (2016). Nor does controversy alter a project\u2019s CEQA status. \u201cIndeed, it\n26\n is entirely possible, if not common, for a controversial or unpopular project to be exempt from\n27\n CEQA. Neighborhood sentiment is not an impact that must be directly considered in the\n28\n environmental determination process.\u201d McCann v. City San Diego, 70 Cal. App. 5th 51, 86 (2021).\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.533 Page 9\n of 29\n\n\n 1 3.3 Data Center is \u201cBy-Right\u201d Permissible Use and Statutorily Exempt from CEQA\n (Superior Court Order Feb. 27, 2026).\n 2\n The clearest illustration of the law applicable to a data center approved as of right is the\n 3\n February 27, 2026 decision of the Superior Court, which definitively confirmed the Project\u2019s\n 4\n \u201cby-right\u201d status in litigation filed by the City of Imperial against Imperial County. (Compl. \u00b6 107.)\n 5\n In that case, the City alleged that the data center required discretionary approvals.\n 6\n The February 27 Order was already part of the record when Defendants filed their request\n 7\n for judicial notice on March 2, 2026. Plaintiff therefore seek judicial notice of the February 27 Order,\n 8\n which expressly rejected the City\u2019s first cause of action alleging that the grading permit failed to\n 9\n comply with state law and the County\u2019s municipal code. The Court held:\n10\n \u201cThe first cause of action failed because the Project is a \u2018by-rights\u2019 permissible use\n11 on industrial land under the County Code and no discretionary approvals are\n12 required by state law or the County Code prior to issuing a grading permit.\u201d\n13 (2-27-26 Order Granting MJOP at 3).\n\n14 The Superior Court likewise rejected the City\u2019s second cause of action challenging the\n15 County\u2019s determination that the project was statutorily exempt from CEQA. The City argued that\n16 discretionary rezoning and a conditional use permit were required. The Court disagreed, explaining\n17 that because the data center is a \u201cby-right\u201d use, the County\u2019s role was purely ministerial:\n18 \u201cThe second cause of action failed because... no discretionary approvals were\n19 required so the County\u2019s determination that the Project is statutorily exempt from\n CEQA review as ministerial was correct as a matter of law.\u201d (2-27-26 Order\n20 Granting MJOP at 3).\n21\n Defendants were provided repeated notice that the project qualified as a ministerial, by-right\n22\n industrial use under both City and County codes. (Compl. \u00b6113). Industry practice likewise\n23\n recognizes that development permitted as of right and compliant with applicable standards proceeds\n24\n ministerially and is exempt from CEQA. (Compl. \u00b647). The Superior Court\u2019s ruling confirms that\n25\n the data center, substation, and battery storage are permitted by right. These are the same arguments\n26\n Plaintiff presented to Defendants. Consequently, the City\u2019s central allegations -- that a rezoning text\n27\n amendment was required -- is squarely refuted by the Superior Court\u2019s February 27 Order.\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 5\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.534 Page 10\n of 29\n\n\n 1 4. COUNT 1: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES PROCEDURAL DUE\n PROCESS VIOLATION.\n 2\n To state a procedural due process claim, the Complaint must allege: (1) a protected liberty\n 3\n or property interest; (2) deprivation of that interest; and (3) inadequate process. Portman v. Cnty. of\n 4\n Santa Clara, 995 F.2d 898, 904 (9th Cir. 1993). Property interests arise from state law when it\n 5\n creates a legitimate claim of entitlement. Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564, 577 (1972).\n 6\n \u201cWhether a property-holder possesses a legitimate claim of entitlement to a permit or\n 7\n approval turns on whether, under state and municipal law, the local agency lacks all discretion to\n 8\n deny issuance of the permit or to withhold its approval.\u201d Clark v. City of Hermosa Beach, 48\n 9\n Cal.App.4th 1152, 1180 (1996). See also Groten v. California, 251 F.3d 844, 850 (9th Cir. 2001)\n10\n (protected property interest existed where applicable law entitled the applicant to a license upon\n11\n satisfaction of statutory requirements); Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. v. City of Monterey, 920\n12\n F.2d 1496, 1508 (9th Cir. 1990) (city council gave approval to 190 unit project, with conditions that\n13\n plaintiff substantially met; yet the city council abruptly changed course and rejected the plan.\u201d)\n14\n Defendants argue that Plaintiff lacked a protected property interest in site plan approval,\n15\n because the Planning Director retained discretion. (Mot; ECF No. 12-1 at 10\u201312.) The Complaint\n16\n plausibly alleges that site plan review was ministerial, the City\u2019s failure to act within 15 days resulted\n17\n in deemed approval of the site plan by operation of law.\n18\n 4.1 Site Plan Review Is Ministerial and Limited to Design Compliance\n19\n Defendants argue that IMC \u00a7 24.19.550, entitled \u201cSite Plan Review Procedure,\u201d gives the\n20\n Planning Director discretion to \u201capprove, deny or modify\u201d site plan applications and therefore\n21\n defeats any legitimate claim of entitlement. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 11.) That argument ignores both\n22\n the self-executing deemed-approval provision and the ministerial nature of site plan review.\n23\n The Site Plan Review procedure focuses on \u201cdesign principles.\u201d (IMC \u00a7 24.19.510, subd. B.)\n24\n Its stated purposes include encouraging harmonious structures, signs, landscaping, parking areas, and\n25\n streets (id., subd. B.2), addressing \u201cconcerns for the aesthetics of development\u201d (id., subd. B.4), and\n26\n ensuring that new developments do not have an adverse aesthetic effect on adjoining properties (id.,\n27\n subd. B.5). The Planning Director\u2019s task is not to make open-ended policy judgments, but to evaluate\n28\n plans \u201cfor conformance with the site plan review standards.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.540, subd. A.)\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 6\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.535 Page 11\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Those standards are objective. The Industrial Zone Performance Standards require review\n 2 of setbacks, ingress and egress, circulation, parking, landscaping, screening of HVAC units, and\n 3 enclosure of outdoor storage areas. (See IMC \u00a7\u00a7 24.07.130, subd. B.1\u20132, B.5; 24.07.140, subds. A,\n 4 B, C, M.) In other words, the Director\u2019s role is to determine compliance with fixed criteria.\n 5 Defendants omit these allegations, even though the Complaint\u2019s exhibits show that Plaintiff\n 6 expressly explained them to the City. The Court must consider exhibits attached to the complaint.\n 7 U.S. v. Ritchie, 342 F.3d 903, 908 (9th Cir. 2003). On May 15, 2025, Plaintiff submitted a nine-page\n 8 letter explaining that site plan review \u201cfocuses mainly on aesthetic design principles\u201d and detailing\n 9 the objective review criteria governing the Director\u2019s obligations. (ECF No. 1-7 at 5-7.)\n10 The exhibits attached to the Complaint reinforce that Plaintiff advised the City on May 14,\n11 2025 that \u201cthe Site Plan Review Procedure, which focuses primarily on design principles, including\n12 aesthetics, is ministerial\u201d and that, because the revised plans complied with all Site Plan Review\n13 requirements, they should be approved as submitted. (Compl. Ex. 6; ECF No. 1-7 at 10.)\n14 Every ministerial review includes authority to deny an application that fails to satisfy\n15 objective requirements. The relevant question is whether the agency may deny approval after the\n16 objective criteria are met. The Complaint plausibly alleges that it may not.\n17 4.2 The Self-Executing 15-Day Deemed Approval Provisions Creates Vested Rights.\n18 Defendants likewise ignore the self-executing deadline in IMC \u00a7 24.19.550. Plaintiff alleged\n19 that, when they submitted revised site plans on May 15, 2025, they specifically informed the City\n\n20 that: \u201cFailure of the Director to act within 15 days shall be deemed approval of the application.\u201d\n\n21 (Compl. \u00b6 35.) The use of \u201cshall\u201d is mandatory, the Director \u201cshall approve\u201d or deny the application,\n\n22 and failure to act \u201cshall be deemed approval.\u201d The Complaint alleges three separate applications,\n each of which was deemed approved when the City failed to act within the prescribed 15 day period.\n23\n As to the first application, Plaintiff allege the initial submission was made on March 4, 2025,\n24\n and revised plans were submitted on May 15, 2025. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 28, 35; Exs. 3, 6.) City Planner\n25\n Cordero sent an adverse site-plan letter and recalled it five minutes later. (Compl. \u00b6 56.) On July 15,\n26\n 2025, Director Mora stated he wanted a text amendment and CUP that would take \u201capproximately\n27\n 6 to 9 months.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6 61.) By then, 61 days had elapsed since the revised submission, and the\n28\n revised site plan had already been deemed approved by operation of law. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 41, 57.)\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 7\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.536 Page 12\n of 29\n\n\n 1 As to the second application, Plaintiff again reminded the City that site plan review required\n 2 action within 15 days. (Compl. \u00b658.) Plaintiff submitted the second application on July 22, 2025.\n 3 (Compl. \u00b6 64.) Director Mora rejected it on August 20, 2025, 29 days later. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 69\u201370.)\n 4 Therefore that application was deemed approved by operation of law before the City acted. (Id.)\n 5 As to the third application, Plaintiff submitted a scaled-down 80 MW data center on\n 6 September 9, 2025. (Compl. \u00b6 76; Ex. 28.) At an October 16, 2025 meeting, City officials stated that\n 7 a public process was required for a data center. (Compl. \u00b6 79.) But as of the filing of the Complaint\n 8 in this case, no written denial had ever been issued. (Compl. \u00b6 80.) Hence, because the City failed\n 9 to act within 15 days, the third application also was deemed approved by operation of law. (Id.)\n10 Thus, the Complaint alleges a concrete entitlement grounded in the Code itself: once the City\n11 failed to act within the statutory period, approval occurred automatically. The first application on\n12 March 19, 2025; the second on August 19, 2025; and the third on October 16, 2025. (Compl. \u00b6 184.)\n13 Whether every date is ultimately proven is not the issue at this stage; the issue is plausibility, and the\n14 pleaded facts plausibly allege an entitlement created by mandatory law.\n15 4.3 Plaintiff Had a Protected Property Interest in the Deemed-Approved Site Plans.\n16 A land-use application implicates procedural due process when the applicant has a legitimate\n17 claim of entitlement to approval. Las Lomas Land Co., LLC v. City of Los Angeles, 177 Cal.App.4th\n18 837, 853 (2009). The Complaint plausibly alleges such an entitlement here.\n19 Under IMC \u00a7 24.19.550, site plan review is ministerial and failure to act within 15 days\n20 results in automatic approval. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 34, 40, 74.) That self-executing framework creates an\n\n21 enforceable entitlement. The same principle is reflected in California\u2019s Permit Streamlining Act,\n\n22 which provides that when an agency fails to approve or disapprove a development project within\n\n23 applicable time limits, \u201cthe failure to act shall be deemed approval of the permit application for the\n development project.\u201d (Gov. Code, \u00a7 65956, subd. (b).) See also Gov. Code, \u00a7 65957.\n24\n \u201cTo encourage prompt resolution of permit applications, the Act provides that an application\n25\n will be deemed approved if not acted upon within the statutory time period.\u201d Mahon v. Cnty. of San\n26\n Mateo, 139 Cal.App.4th 812, 818 (2006). Property interests arise when state law creates entitlements\n27\n \u201csecured by existing rules or understandings.\u201d Board of Regents v. Roth, 408 U.S. at 577. The\n28\n Complaint alleges exactly that: approval was automatic upon the City\u2019s failure to act.\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 8\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.537 Page 13\n of 29\n\n\n 1 The Complaint alleges that on August 21, 2025, Plaintiff withdrew the second application.\n 2 (Compl. \u00b6 71; Compl. Ex. 25; ECF No. 1-26.) But the second application had already been deemed\n 3 approved because the City\u2019s rejection came 29 days after submission. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 69\u201370.) Once\n 4 approval vested by operation of law, Defendants could not simply disregard it without due process.\n 5 Defendants also argue that building permits were not guaranteed by site plan approval. (Mot.;\n 6 ECF No. 12-1 at 11.) That misses the point. The deprivation alleged here is not the denial of a\n 7 building permit; it is Defendants\u2019 refusal to recognize and honor the site plan approvals that had\n 8 already vested by operation of law. In any event, building permits are generally presumed ministerial.\n 9 Protect Our Water & Env. Res. v. County of Stanislaus, 10 Cal.5th 479, 493 (2020).\n10 The Complaint therefore plausibly alleges a protected property interest. If the Director fails\n11 to act within 15 days, the application \u201cshall be deemed approved.\u201d The City\u2019s review was ministerial,\n12 limited to objective compliance with standards such as setbacks, landscaping, etc. The City lacked\n13 discretion to withhold approval once the statutory period lapsed. Hence, Defendants refusal to\n14 acknowledge the resulting deemed approvals deprived Plaintiff of a protected property interest.\n15 4.4 The City Arbitrarily Refused to Use Its Own Similarity-of-Use Procedure.\n16 Defendants argue that the data center did not qualify as a ministerial project in the I-2 zone\n17 and therefore required CEQA review. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 11.) The Complaint plausibly alleges\n18 that this position was arbitrary and contrary to both law and the City\u2019s own code. The City\u2019s zoning\n19 code does not expressly prohibit data centers and provides a procedure for unlisted uses. Under IMC\n20 \u00a7\u00a7 24.19.220\u2013250, an unlisted use \u201cshall be deemed a permitted use\u201d if the Planning Commission\n21 determines it is similar to listed uses. (Compl. \u00b618.) Plaintiff repeatedly asked the City to invoke that\n22 procedure. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 58, 62, 72, 79.) Plaintiff also alleges that the City had historically used the\n23 similarity-of-use process for other applicants. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 63, 202.)\n24 Defendants refused to use that mandatory pathway for similarity of use and instead insisted\n25 on a legislative text amendment that would take six to nine months. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 60, 202.) The\n26 Complaint plausibly characterizes that refusal as arbitrary and an attempt to manufacture discretion\n27 where the Code did not otherwise provide it. (Compl. \u00b6123.)\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 9\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.538 Page 14\n of 29\n\n\n 1 4.5 Complaint Plausibly Alleges the Data Center Was Similar to Existing Permitted Uses.\n 2 The Complaint also plausibly alleges that the proposed data center fell within the City\u2019s\n 3 industrial-use scheme, or at minimum qualified for a similarity-of-use determination. Plaintiff\n 4 repeatedly explained this to the City. On June 4, 2025, Plaintiff advised the City that contiguous\n 5 property in Imperial County allowed data centers as a permitted use in the M-1 zone and attached\n 6 a draft sketch plan for a related data center project. (Compl. \u00b6 54; Compl. Ex. 10; ECF No. 1-11.)\n 7 On June 23, 2025, Plaintiff identified numerous companies who currently operate in the I-2\n 8 Zone despite not being expressly named in the zoning code:\n 9 \u2022 Alford Distributing (beverage distributor), 344 Crown Court\n \u2022 Vilore Distributing (beverage distributor), 2421 Vilore Avenue\n10\n \u2022 Sellers Petroleum Products (petroleum distributor), 350 Aten Road\n11 \u2022 VPE Inc. (petroleum equipment sales), 506 Industry Way\n12 \u2022 Imperial Pre-Mix Company (fertilizer manufacturer), 422 Barioni Blvd\n \u2022 Ferrellgas (propane supplier), 501 Barioni Blvd\n13 \u2022 Dune Company (fertilizer supplier), 506 E. 2nd Street\n14 \u2022 Imperial Truss and Lumber, 701 E. 2nd Street\n \u2022 Blackman Plumbing (plumbing supplier), 542 Industry Way\n15\n \u2022 Imperial Valley Food Bank (food distributor), 486 Aten Road\n16\n Plaintiff also compared the data center to a wide range of expressly permitted I-2 uses,\n17\n including distributors, showrooms, administrative offices, newspaper publishing, bottling plants,\n18\n blueprinting and photocopying services, and other industrial and service-oriented operations.\n19\n (Compl. Ex. 15; ECF No. 1-16.) Plaintiff emphasized on June 24, 2025, July 18, 2025, and July 21,\n20\n 2025 that the Code\u2019s broad industrial-use language and similarity-of-use provision supported treating\n21\n the data center as permitted uses subject only to site plan review. (Compl. Exs. 15, 18, 25.)\n22\n At the pleading stage, those allegations are more than sufficient to plausibly allege that\n23\n Defendants arbitrarily refused to recognize a ministerial or similarity-based pathway to approval.\n24\n 4.6 Defendants Deprived Plaintiff of a Property Interest Without Adequate Process.\n25\n The Complaint plausibly alleges deprivation and inadequate process. Defendants ignored\n26\n deemed approvals, demanded CEQA review notwithstanding the project\u2019s ministerial status, insisted\n27\n on unauthorized text amendments, and refused to use the applicable similarity-of-use procedure.\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 10\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.539 Page 15\n of 29\n\n\n 1 (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 61, 69, 123, 202.) The Complaint alleges a pocket veto: City officials refused to timely\n 2 act, refused to recognize the legal consequence of their inaction, and instead attempted to reroute the\n 3 project into a discretionary process. That is sufficient to plead deprivation of a protected property\n 4 interest without constitutionally adequate process. See Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67, 82 (1972).\n 5 4.7 Exhaustion Is Not Required for a \u00a7 1983 Procedural Due Process Claims.\n 6 Defendants also argue that Plaintiff was required to pursue state remedies before bringing\n 7 their procedural due process claim in federal court. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 17.) \u201cThe Supreme Court\n 8 has made it clear that a \u00a7 1983 plaintiff need not have exhausted alternative remedies before\n 9 initiating a \u00a7 1983 action.\u201d Brosterhous v. State Bar, 12 Cal.4th 315, 336 (1995). Defendants\u2019\n10 reliance on state remedial procedures is therefore misplaced.\n11 Defendants separate argument that Plaintiff failed to appeal under IMC \u00a7 24.19.560 fares no\n12 better. That provision allows an applicant to appeal a \u201cdecision of the Director\u201d to the Planning\n13 Commission within ten days. But The Complaint alleges deemed approvals by operation of law, not\n14 merely appealable denials. The Complaint\u2019s theory is that no timely valid denial existed because\n15 approval had already vested automatically under IMC \u00a7 24.19.550. An appeal provision governing\n16 express adverse decisions does not nullify a self-executing deemed-approval rule.\n17 Moreover, the Complaint alleges there was no formal written denial to the third application,\n18 it was verbally rejected 37 days later after the application was filed. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 76, 79\u201380.) Plaintiff\n19 cannot appeal a denial that was untimely and never formally issued. In any event, administrative\n20 exhaustion is not required for a \u00a7 1983 claim. Felder v. Casey, 487 U.S. 131, 147 (1988).\n21 In sum, Plaintiff plausibly allege that the City\u2019s site plan review was ministerial, that the\n22 applications were deemed approved by operation of law, that those approvals created a protected\n23 property interest, and that Defendants deprived Plaintiff of that interest without adequate process.\n24 5. COUNT 2: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES FIRST AMENDMENT\n RETALIATION\n25\n The First Amendment prohibits government officials from retaliating against individuals for\n26\n engaging in protected speech or petitioning activity. \u201cIf an official takes adverse action against\n27\n someone based on that forbidden motive, and non-retaliatory grounds are in fact insufficient to\n28\n provoke the adverse consequences, the injured person may generally seek relief by bringing a First\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 11\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.540 Page 16\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Amendment claim.\u201d Nieves v. Bartlett, 587 U.S. 391, 398 (2019). A retaliation claim requires\n 2 protected activity, adverse action that would chill a person of ordinary firmness, and a causal\n 3 connection between the two. Id. The Complaint plausibly alleges each element.\n 4 5.1 Plaintiff Engaged in Protected Activity\n 5 The Complaint alleges that Plaintiff engaged in multiple forms of protected activity,\n 6 including: (1) insisting on strict compliance with the City\u2019s ministerial review process; (2)\n 7 petitioning Imperial County for land use approvals; (3) speaking publicly to counter the City\u2019s\n 8 narrative about the project; and (4) threatening litigation in response to the City\u2019s delays and\n 9 obstruction. (Compl. \u00b6 191.) Each is protected by the First Amendment.\n10 Defendants relying on Defendant Mora\u2019s letter, attached as Exhibit 17, reframe the dispute\n11 as a mere disagreement, and Mora\u2019s concerns about environmental impacts supplied a legitimate,\n12 non-retaliatory motive. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 18.) But that argument ignores Plaintiff\u2019s core\n13 allegation: CEQA requires a threshold exemption analysis and the project qualified for ministerial\n14 treatment, yet Defendants bypassed that step and insisted focused on environmental impacts.\n15 As Plaintiff explained to Defendants on July 18, 2025, CEQA proceeds in stages and \u201c[s]tep\n16 two is often overlooked, but it\u2019s very important because if a project is statutorily exempt or\n17 categorically exempt, there\u2019s no requirement for an environmental review under CEQA.\u201d (Compl.\n18 Ex. 18; ECF No. 1-19.) Plaintiff reiterated the point on July 21, 2025: \u201cthe second step in the CEQA\n19 process is to determine whether the project is exempt from CEQA . . . Environmental impacts (step\n20 three) are not considered where a statutory exemption applies.\u201d (Compl. Ex. 25; ECF No. 1-26.)\n21 As the California Supreme Court explained, \u201c[a]mong the most important exemptions is the\n22 first, for \u2018ministerial\u2019 projects,\u201d and if an agency determines that a project is exempt, it may proceed\n23 \u201cwithout further consideration of CEQA.\u201d Union of Med. Marij. Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego,\n24 7 Cal.5th 1171, 1186 (2019). Thus, a project that is ministerial is exempt regardless of alleged\n25 environmental impacts; its exemption does not turn on the perceived magnitude of those impacts.\n26 The Mora letter, supports Plaintiff\u2019s theory rather than Defendants. Mora jumped directly to\n27 environmental impacts without first addressing whether the project was exempt at step two. There\n28 is no allegation that Mora engaged the exemption question, despite Plaintiff\u2019s repeated explanations\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 12\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.541 Page 17\n of 29\n\n\n 1 and supporting authorities. Plaintiff also provided the City a memorandum documenting 25 data\n 2 centers approved as of right on industrial land, reflecting an industry standard that such facilities may\n 3 proceed ministerially where zoning permits them. (Compl. Ex. 11; ECF No. 1-12.)\n 4 The Complaint also alleges that Mora refused to use the City\u2019s own \u201cSimilar Use\u201d procedure,\n 5 even though Plaintiff repeatedly requested that route as the proper way to resolve any perceived\n 6 ambiguity regarding whether the data center qualified as a permitted use. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 29, 62, 72, 79.)\n 7 At the pleading stage, Plaintiff\u2019s insistence on lawful ministerial processing, their petitioning\n 8 of the County, and their public advocacy qualify as protected activity.\n 9 5.2 Defendants and Imperial Irrigation District\u2019s Coordinated Campaign of Obstruction\n and Misinformation Constituted Adverse Action.\n10\n Defendants argue they took no adverse action against Plaintiff. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 18.)\n11\n The Complaint alleges the opposite in detail. Defendants \u201cengaged in a parallel track of obstruction,\n12\n misrepresentations, and harassment in concert with IID. Starting in late November 2025, the City\n13\n and IID executed a coordinated media campaign of misinformation designed to incite public hostility\n14\n and sabotage Plaintiff\u2019s data center project.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6125.) The campaign included obstructing\n15 project utilities, disseminating misleading information, inciting public opposition, and coordinating\n16 with outside actors to derail the project. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 3, 125\u2013149, 192.)\n17 The Complaint alleges that IID prioritized projects by Z-Global \u201ca direct competitor with\n18 a competing data center project.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6127, 137.) Defendant Burnworth and IID Board\n19 member \u201cEugenio engaged in numerous discussions during November and December 2025 to\n20 coordinate the campaign against the data center.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6149.) These allegations support a\n21 plausible inference that City officials and allied actors were not neutrally applying the law but were\n\n22 instead lobbying against the project and coordinating opposition behind the scenes.\n\n23 The Complaint also alleges retaliatory conduct by IID after Plaintiff\u2019s asserted legal rights.\n\n24 Plaintiff raised concerns regarding IID\u2019s favoritism toward Z-Global. (Compl. \u00b6143.) IID\u2019s General\n\n25 Manager responded by barring Plaintiff from communicating with IID staff. (Compl. \u00b6145.) By\n\n26 denying access to staff concerning an active application, IID retaliated for protected petitioning\n\n27 activity. (Compl. \u00b6146.) Retaliation of that kind threatens to inhibit the exercise of constitutional\n\n28 rights. See Crawford-El v. Britton, 523 U.S. 574, 588 n.10 (1998).\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 13\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.542 Page 18\n of 29\n\n\n 1 The Complaint further alleges a synchronized public messaging campaign. IID held a public\n 2 workshop on December 9, 2025. (Compl. \u00b6154.) Two days later, the City held its own workshop and\n 3 made specific attacks on Plaintiff\u2019s data center. (Compl. \u00b6156.) The Complaint alleges that the City\u2019s\n 4 false media campaign, disseminated through official government websites and social media, omitted\n 5 the project\u2019s ministerial status and was designed to inflame public hostility. (Compl. \u00b6126.)\n 6 Defendants deny involvement in City-authored flyers and hostile social-media messaging.\n 7 But the Complaint expressly alleges that Defendants \u201cdirect[ed] staff to circulate misleading flyers\n 8 to incite public hostility\u201d and post hostile messages on official City platforms in order to incite\n 9 opposition and punish Plaintiff. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 3(a), 192(c).)\n10 Taken together, the alleged obstruction, misinformation campaign, utility interference, public\n11 attacks, and coordinated conduct with IID easily qualify as adverse action that would chill a person\n12 of ordinary firmness from continuing to speak, petition, or threaten legal action.\n13 5.3 The Complaint Also Plausibly Alleges Coordination With CEQA \u201cGreenmail\u201d\n Operatives as Part of the Retaliatory Scheme.\n14\n The Complaint further alleges that Defendants coordinated with Comit\u00e9 C\u00edvico del Valle\n15\n (\u201cCCV\u201d) and its Executive Director, Luis Olmedo, to force the project into a discretionary CEQA\n16\n posture and thereby create leverage for extortion settlement demands. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6160\u2013170.) CCV\n17\n and Olmedo have an established history of using CEQA litigation to halt or delay development and\n18\n extract payments. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6160\u2013162.) Defendant Burnworth and Olmedo met multiple times to\n19 coordinate opposition to force a ministerial project into a discretionary CEQA process. (Compl.\n20 \u00b6165.) Defendants joined CCV in trying to manufacture discretion. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 165, 169\u2013172.)\n21 Threats and public opposition by CCV personnel were coordinated with Defendants. (Compl. \u00b6167.)\n22 Plaintiff sought approval through the County because the City refused to follow its own code.\n23 Defendants responded by escalating their obstruction, coordinating outside opposition, filing a\n24 baseless lawsuit, and launching a public campaign to devalue and delay the project. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6\n25 170\u2013172, 192.) Temporal proximity, combined with escalating obstruction, plausibly supports\n26 causation. See Riley\u2019s Am. Heritage Farms v. Elsasser, 32 F.4th 707, 721 (9th Cir. 2022) (pretext\n27 may support causal inference); Arizona Students\u2019 Ass\u2019n v. Arizona Board of Regents, 824 F.3d 858,\n28 867 (9th Cir. 2016) (retaliatory conduct that would chill speech satisfies the adverse-action element).\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 14\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.543 Page 19\n of 29\n\n\n 1 In short, the Complaint plausibly alleges that Defendants\u2019 professed environmental or\n 2 procedural concerns were pretext, and that their actual objective was to punish Plaintiff for insisting\n 3 on ministerial treatment, speaking publicly, petitioning other agencies, and threatening litigation.\n 4 5.4 Noerr-Pennington Does Not Bar the Claim Because the Complaint Plausibly Alleges\n Sham Litigation.\n 5\n Defendants also invoke Noerr-Pennington immunity. That doctrine protects genuine\n 6\n petitioning activity, but not sham litigation. Petitioning loses immunity when it is \u201ca mere sham to\n 7\n cover what is actually nothing more than an attempt to interfere directly with the business\n 8\n relationships of a competitor.\u201d E. Rail. Presidents Conf. v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., 365 U.S. 127,\n 9\n 144 (1961). The sham-litigation exception applies where the litigation is objectively baseless and\n10\n subjectively intended to interfere rather than to obtain legitimate relief. Prof. Real Estate Investors\n11\n v. Columbia Pict. Ind. Inc., 508 U.S. 49, 60 (1993). The Complaint plausibly alleges both elements.\n12\n First, the Complaint alleges that the City\u2019s lawsuit challenging the County\u2019s approval was\n13\n objectively baseless. The City\u2019s original petition was 23 pages and 97 paragraphs; its first amended\n14\n petition grew to 35 pages and 121 paragraphs; and its second amended petition, filed March 11,\n15\n 2026, expanded to 68 pages and 294 paragraphs, with exhibits totaling 231 pages. Despite the\n16\n expanding allegations, the court repeatedly found the pleadings legally insufficient and granted only\n17\n limited leave to amend. Defendants argue that leave to amend defeats any claim of sham as a matter\n18\n of law. Leave to amend does not establish merit, nor does it preclude a finding of objective\n19\n baselessness. See Kearney v. Foley & Lardner, LLP, 590 F.3d 638, 643 (9th Cir. 2009).\n20\n Second, the Complaint alleges that no amendment could cure the basic legal defects because\n21\n the City\u2019s theory contradicted the plain text of the County Code. The City\u2019s petition rested on\n22\n demonstrably false claims that the data center required a CUP, and rezoning, even though the County\n23\n Code permitted the data center and its ancillary uses by right. The City falsely claimed the battery\n24\n energy storage system was prohibited in the M-2 zone and that the substation and BESS required\n25\n CUPs, despite the County Code\u2019s text to the contrary. City Manager Morita verified those assertions\n26\n under penalty of perjury even after receiving repeated notice and the County determined on\n27\n September 4, 2025 that the data center and ancillary infrastructure were permitted uses. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6\n28\n 47, 75, 113; Compl. Ex. 27; ECF No. 1-28.)\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 15\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.544 Page 20\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Plaintiff also alleges that the City wrongly insisted that a lot merger required rezoning,\n 2 despite County Code \u00a7 90501.01 expressly providing that parcels greater than 40 acres retain zoning\n 3 district boundaries. The City filed the lawsuit to \u201cdelay and devalue a project outside the City\u2019s\n 4 jurisdiction,\u201d convert a ministerial project into a discretionary one, and create leverage for opposition\n 5 actors seeking financial or strategic advantage. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 169\u2013172.) The alleged coordination with\n 6 IID, Z-Global interests, and CCV further supports the inference that the litigation was part of a\n 7 broader retaliatory and anti-competitive campaign.\n 8 For pleading purposes, if the City\u2019s petition was objectively baseless and filed for the purpose\n 9 of burdening Plaintiff rather than securing relief on the merits, Noerr-Pennington does not apply.\n10 5.5 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Causation and Chilling Effect.\n11 The Complaint adequately pleads causation. Retaliation escalated after Plaintiff insisted on\n12 ministerial processing, and pursued approvals through the County. Defendants responded with a\n13 series of escalating measures: refusing to recognize deemed approvals, demanding CEQA and text\n14 amendments, coordinating public opposition, obstructing utility processing, disseminating\n15 misinformation, and filing objectively baseless litigation. (Compl. \u00b6192.)\n16 Those alleged actions would chill a person of ordinary firmness from engaging in protected\n17 advocacy, petitioning, or threatened legal action. See Arizona Students\u2019 Ass\u2019n, 824 F.3d at 867. And\n18 where the government\u2019s stated justifications are plausibly pretextual, that pretext supports the\n19 inference of retaliatory motive. See Riley\u2019s American Heritage Farms, 32 F.4th at 721.\n20 In sum, the Complaint plausibly alleges that Plaintiff engaged in protected activity, that\n21 Defendants responded with adverse actions designed to punish and chill that activity, and that those\n22 actions were causally connected to Plaintiff\u2019s petitioning.\n23 6. COUNT 3: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES A CLASS-OF-ONE EQUAL\n PROTECTION VIOLATION.\n24\n The Equal Protection Clause permits a \u201cclass of one\u201d claim where the the Complaint alleges\n25\n that it \u201chas been intentionally treated differently from others similarly situated and that there is no\n26\n rational basis for the difference in treatment.\u201d Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562, 564\n27\n (2000). In Olech, the village demanded a 33-foot easement to connect to the public water supply,\n28\n while requiring only a 15-foot easement from similarly situated owners. Id. at 563. The Supreme\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 16\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.545 Page 21\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Court held those allegations sufficient because the complaint alleged intentional differential\n 2 treatment that was \u201cirrational and wholly arbitrary.\u201d Id. at 565.\n 3 Likewise, in City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687 (1999),\n 4 the Supreme Court upheld an equal protection claim where the Plaintiff alleged they received\n 5 treatment inconsistent with zoning decisions involving similar properties. Id. at 705. As the Ninth\n 6 Circuit explained in that case, the plaintiffs \u201cwere singled out to bear the burden of the City\u2019s attempt\n 7 to bring back the Smith\u2019s Blue Butterfly by creating a \u2018butterfly park\u2019 on plaintiffs land.\u201d Del Monte\n 8 Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. v. City of Monterey, 920 F.2d 1496, 1508\u20131509 (9th Cir. 1990). The same\n 9 basic theory is alleged here: Plaintiff was singled out for uniquely burdensome treatment that was\n10 not imposed on similarly situated industrial users.\n11 To state a class-of-one claim, a plaintiff must plausibly allege that Defendants: (1)\n12 intentionally treated Plaintiff differently from others similarly situated; and (2) lacked a rational basis\n13 for doing so. Olech, 528 U.S. at 564; Gerhart v. Lake County, Mont., 637 F.3d 1013, 1022 (9th Cir.\n14 2011). A plaintiff need not show that defendants were motivated by subjective ill will. Gerhart, 637\n15 F.3d at 1022. The Complaint plausibly alleges both disparate treatment and irrationality.\n16 6.1 The Complaint Identifies Similarly Situated Comparators.\n17 The Complaint expressly alleges that \u201cPlaintiff is similarly situated to other property owners\n18 and developers in the I-2 Rail-Served Industrial Zone.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6 200.) Defendants attempt to recast\n19 the claim by arguing Plaintiff failed to identify other data center applications that received\n20 preferential treatment. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 20.) But that is not the pleading standard. A\n21 class-of-one plaintiff need not identify an identical twin.\n22 The question is whether the comparators are similarly situated in all material respects. Here,\n23 the Complaint alleges that other substantial industrial users in the same I-2 zone were processed\n24 ministerially under the same site-plan framework and broader industrial-use categories. Specifically,\n25 The Complaint alleges that Vilore Foods, a 289,000-square-foot warehouse at 2421 Vilore Way, and\n26 Alford Distributing, at 344 Crown Court, are large industrial facilities in the City that were approved\n27 through the ministerial site plan review process. (Compl. \u00b6 200.)\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 17\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.546 Page 22\n of 29\n\n\n 1 The Complaint also alleges that numerous other industrial operations currently function in\n 2 the I-2 zone even though they are not expressly listed in the zoning code, including beverage\n 3 distributors, petroleum-related businesses, fertilizer manufacturers and suppliers, plumbing supply\n 4 businesses, lumber operations, and the Imperial Valley Food Bank. (Compl. Ex. 15; ECF No. 1-16.)\n 5 The Complaint alleges these uses were permitted under broader industrial, service, manufacturing,\n 6 or distribution categories, and that the City\u2019s code expressly provides that an unlisted use \u201cshall be\n 7 deemed a permitted use\u201d based on similarity to listed uses. (Id.; see also IMC \u00a7 24.19.210.)\n 8 At the pleading stage, those allegations adequately identify a comparator class: other\n 9 industrial users in the same zone who were allowed to proceed through ordinary ministerial or\n10 streamlined administrative review, including uses not expressly named in the zoning table.\n11 6.2 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Intentional Differential Treatment.\n12 The Complaint plausibly alleges that Plaintiff was treated differently from those similarly\n13 situated industrial users. While comparable I-2 zone users were permitted to proceed through\n14 ministerial staff review, Defendant\u2019s singled out Plaintiff\u2019s data center and demanded a discretionary\n15 CUP process, legislative text amendments, and CEQA review. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 200\u2013203.)\n16 The Complaint further alleges that Plaintiff repeatedly asked the City to use the Municipal\n17 Code\u2019s \u201csimilarity of use\u201d procedure to resolve any claimed ambiguity regarding whether the data\n18 center qualified as a permitted use. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b618, 202.) The Complaint alleges that Defendants had\n19 historically used that procedure for other applicants, yet refused to do so here. (Compl. \u00b6202.)\n20 Instead, Defendants insisted on a text amendment that would take six to nine months. (Compl. \u00b6 60.)\n21 The Complaint alleges that while similar uses received ministerial review, Plaintiff was\n22 forced into a uniquely burdensome discretionary and CEQA-heavy process. The Complaint plausibly\n23 alleges that this difference in treatment was intentional.\n24 6.3 Defendants\u2019 Purported Rational Bases Are Plausibly Pretextual.\n25 The Complaint also plausibly alleges the absence of a rational basis. First, Plaintiff expressly\n26 advised the City that CEQA proceeds in stages and that step two--whether the project is exempt--\n27 must be decided before step three--what environmental review applies. (Compl. Ex. 18; ECF No.\n28 1-19; Compl. Ex. 25; ECF No. 1-26.) Thus, the Complaint plausibly alleges that Defendants\u2019\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 18\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.547 Page 23\n of 29\n\n\n 1 invocation of environmental concerns ignored the legal predicate question and served as a post hoc\n 2 justification rather than a real basis for the differential treatment.\n 3 Second, the Complaint alleges that the City refused to use its own similarity-of-use procedure\n 4 even though that procedure existed precisely to address unlisted uses. Plaintiff repeatedly requested\n 5 that process; Defendants refused and instead demanded a far more burdensome discretionary route.\n 6 (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 60, 202.) That refusal supports the inference of irrationality.\n 7 Third, Defendants characterize the proposal as requiring six million gallons of reclaimed\n 8 water per day. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 20.) This misstates the facts. The project would require 0.75\n 9 million gallons per day for cooling. (Compl. \u00b6101.) The City\u2019s sudden concern with environmental\n10 impacts was \u201ca calculated pretext.\u201d (Compl. \u00b6103.) For pleading purposes, the allegations are enough\n11 to support the inference that Defendants\u2019 stated reasons were irrational, arbitrary, or pretextual.\n12 6.4 The Complaint Alleges the Data Center Was Singled Out for Burdensome Treatment.\n13 The Complaint alleges disparate treatment in Defendants\u2019 refusal to use the \u201cSimilarity of\n14 Use\u201d provision. Defendants historically utilized that provision to classify unlisted uses as permitted\n15 when similar to listed uses. (Compl. \u00b6202.) Defendants refused the the \u201cSimilarity of Use\u201d provision\n16 and insisted on the legislative text amendment process instead. (Compl. \u00b6202.) Those allegations are\n17 sufficient to plausibly allege that Plaintiff was singled out for uniquely burdensome treatment.\n18 6.5 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges No Rational Basis.\n19 The Complaint alleges that it was \u201cirrational and wholly arbitrary to require a lengthy\n20 discretionary review and legislative amendment\u201d for the data center while approving other\n21 high-impact industrial uses through ministerial procedures. (Compl. \u00b6 203.) No rational basis existed\n22 for requiring CEQA review and discretionary approvals for a project that was permitted by right or,\n23 at minimum, subject to the code\u2019s similarity-of-use procedure. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 200\u2013203.)\n24 In Gerhart v. Lake County, the Ninth Circuit held that disparate land-use treatment may\n25 support a class-of-one claim where officials irrationally depart from ordinary treatment. Id. 637 F.3d\n26 at 1023. And in Del Monte Dunes, the Ninth Circuit recognized that even if a government objective\n27 is rational in the abstract, it may still be irrational to single out one parcel or applicant to bear the\n28 burden of that objective. Del Monte Dunes, 920 F.2d at 1509. The same principle applies here. Even\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 19\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.548 Page 24\n of 29\n\n\n 1 assuming the City could legitimately care about land use compatibility or environmental concerns,\n 2 the Complaint plausibly alleges that it was irrational to impose extraordinary burdens on Plaintiff\n 3 alone while processing comparable industrial uses ministerially.\n 4 The Complaint also alleges retaliation, misinformation, and administrative obstruction, which\n 5 further support the inference that Defendants\u2019 conduct lacked a legitimate rational basis. Allegations\n 6 of pretext and obstruction reinforce the plausibility of arbitrary treatment.\n 7 In sum, the Complaint plausibly alleges that Plaintiff was intentionally treated differently\n 8 from other similarly situated industrial developers in the I-2 zone and that there was no rational basis\n 9 for that difference in treatment. Other industrial users received ordinary ministerial or streamlined\n10 administrative processing. Plaintiff, by contrast, were denied the benefit of the same code provisions,\n11 denied access to the similarity-of-use process, and forced into a discretionary CEQA-heavy pathway\n12 that the code did not require. That is the essence of a class-of-one claim. Count 3 therefore states a\n13 plausible Equal Protection violation and survives Rule 12(b)(6).\n14 7. COUNT 4: THE COMPLAINT PLAUSIBLY ALLEGES MUNICIPAL LIABILITY\n UNDER MONELL.\n15\n Municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983 exists where a constitutional violation results\n16\n from an official policy, custom, or practice of the municipality. Monell v. Dep\u2019t of Soc. Servs., 436\n17\n U.S. 658, 694 (1978). In the Ninth Circuit, municipal liability may also be established through\n18\n ratification by a final policymaker, including in a single incident, where the policymaker knows of\n19\n the subordinate\u2019s unconstitutional conduct and deliberately approves both the conduct and its basis.\n20\n Sabra v. Maricopa Cnty. Cmty. Coll. Dist., 44 F.4th 867, 885 (9th Cir. 2022).\n21\n At the pleading stage, the Court must accept well-pleaded factual allegations as true and draw\n22\n reasonable inferences in Plaintiff\u2019s favor. Under that standard, the Complaint plausibly alleges\n23\n municipal liability based on ratification and official policymaker conduct.\n24\n The Complaint alleges a coordinated course of action directed and approved by senior City\n25\n officials, including Defendants Burnworth, Morita, Turner, and Mora. According to the Complaint,\n26\n that course of conduct included: knowingly disregarding the City\u2019s own ministerial approval\n27\n mandates under \u00a7 24.19.550; refusing to honor deemed approvals; breaching the reclaimed-water\n28\n agreement after Plaintiff had incurred expenses; pressuring El Centro to terminate its agreement with\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 20\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.549 Page 25\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Plaintiff; partnering with IID to obstruct utility processing; disseminating misleading public\n 2 materials; coordinating with outside actors, including Z-Global and environmental groups, to extract\n 3 concessions; and filing objectively baseless sham litigation against the County to delay and devalue\n 4 the project outside the City\u2019s jurisdiction. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 4, 116\u2013140, 171\u2013180.)\n 5 The Complaint further alleges that these actions were taken after Plaintiff engaged in\n 6 protected activity, including insisting on lawful ministerial processing and shifting its efforts to\n 7 County approvals when the City refused to follow its own code. Read as a whole, the pleading\n 8 plausibly alleges that the City\u2019s response was not accidental or unauthorized, but an official\n 9 municipal course of conduct designed to punish Plaintiff for asserting its rights.\n10 The Complaint also alleges specific involvement by officials with final policymaking\n11 authority. Defendant Mora, as Planning Director, had final authority over site-plan decisions.\n12 (Compl. \u00b6 207(a).) Defendant Morita, as City Manager, authorized interference with water-related\n13 arrangements. (Compl. \u00b6 207(b).) Defendant Burnworth, through the Council, ratified a practice of\n14 converting ministerial matters into discretionary processes when expedient. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 207\u2013208.)\n15 The Complaint also alleges that City resources were used to disseminate the challenged publications\n16 and messaging, confirming they were official municipal communications. (Compl. \u00b6209.)\n17 These allegations plausibly support ratification. Final policymakers knew of the challenged\n18 conduct, approved it, participated in it, and continued it over time. That is sufficient at the Rule\n19 12(b)(6) stage. See Endy v. County of Los Angeles, 975 F.3d 757, 769 (9th Cir. 2020) (municipal\n20 policy may be established through acts of officials with final policymaking authority). Plaintiff is\n21 only required at the pleading stage to allege facts making it plausible that the constitutional\n22 violations were chargeable to the municipality. The Complaint does so.\n23 Defendants\u2019 assertion that no municipal policy or custom has been alleged mischaracterizes\n24 the pleading. The Complaint alleges deliberate municipal choices by senior officials, repeated over\n25 time, and ratified at the highest levels of City government. Whether discovery will reveal additional\n26 evidence of policymaker knowledge and approval is a matter for later stages. At this stage, the\n27 Complaint easily crosses the plausibility threshold. Accordingly, Count 4 plausibly alleges municipal\n28 liability under Monell and should survive the motion to dismiss.\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 21\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.550 Page 26\n of 29\n\n\n 1 8. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY DOES NOT APPLY\n 2 Qualified immunity protects government officials if their conduct does not violate clearly\n 3 established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable official would have known.\n 4 Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). Courts apply a two-step inquiry: (1) whether the\n 5 facts alleged make out a violation of a constitutional right, and (2) whether the right was clearly\n 6 established at the time of the alleged misconduct. Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 232 (2009).\n 7 A right is \u201cclearly established\u201d when existing precedent places the constitutional question\n 8 \u201cbeyond debate.\u201d Officials need not confront identical facts to have fair warning that their conduct\n 9 is unlawful. Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730, 741 (2002). At the pleading stage, the Court must accept\n10 the Complaint\u2019s well-pleaded allegations as true and draw all reasonable inferences in Plaintiff\u2019s\n11 favor. Under that standard, qualified immunity cannot be resolved in Defendants\u2019 favor.\n12 8.1 The Complaint Plausibly Alleges Multiple Constitutional Violations.\n13 The Complaint plausibly alleges violations of several clearly established constitutional rights:\n14 Procedural Due Process: Defendants refused to recognize vested approvals that arose by operation\n15 of law under the City\u2019s deemed-approval provision. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b634, 40, 74.) Vested land-use\n16 approvals constitute protected property interests that cannot be disregarded without due process.\n17 Horn v. County of Ventura, 24 Cal.3d 605, 616 (1979). First Amendment Retaliation: Defendants\n18 retaliated against Plaintiff for protected petitioning activity, including insisting on ministerial\n19 processing, petitioning Imperial County, and speaking publicly. Government retaliation for protected\n20 speech violates the First Amendment where retaliatory animus is a but-for cause of adverse action.\n21 Boquist v. Courtney, 32 F.4th 764, 778 (9th Cir. 2022). Equal Protection: Defendants intentionally\n22 treated Plaintiff differently from similarly situated industrial users without a rational basis. Such\n23 disparate treatment is prohibited under Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562, 564 (2000).\n24 Taken together, these allegations plausibly establish constitutional violations sufficient to\n25 satisfy the first prong of the qualified immunity analysis.\n26 8.2 The Rights at Issue Were Clearly Established.\n27 The constitutional rights implicated here were clearly established long before the events\n28 alleged in the Complaint. First, the procedural structure of CEQA has been settled law for decades.\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 22\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.551 Page 27\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Agencies must determine whether a project is exempt before conducting environmental review. See\n 2 Union of Med. Marijuana Pat. v. City of San Diego, 7 Cal.5th 1171, 1185 (2019). Plaintiff\n 3 repeatedly explained this statutory framework to Defendants, including the City Attorney, yet\n 4 Defendants ignored the exemption inquiry and forced the project into discretionary review.\n 5 Second, the City\u2019s own Municipal Code contains longstanding provisions governing\n 6 ministerial site-plan review, deemed approvals, and similarity-of-use determinations. These\n 7 provisions have existed for decades and impose mandatory duties on City officials. Reasonable\n 8 officials are presumed to know and follow the governing law contained in their own municipal code.\n 9 Third, longstanding precedent clearly establishes that vested land-use approvals cannot be\n10 arbitrarily disregarded by government officials. Horn, 24 Cal.3d at 616.\n11 Fourth, it has long been clearly established that officials may not retaliate against individuals\n12 for exercising their First Amendment rights. See Boquist, 32 F.4th at 778.\n13 Finally, it has long been clearly established that government officials may not intentionally\n14 single out a property owner for irrational disparate treatment. Olech, 528 U.S. at 564.\n15 Taken together, these authorities gave Defendants more than adequate notice that the conduct\n16 alleged in the Complaint would violate constitutional rights.\n17 8.3 Defendants\u2019 Individual Arguments Do Not Support Immunity.\n18 Defendants attempt to characterize their conduct as routine administrative decision-making.\n19 They argue that Defendant Burnworth \u201cis not alleged to have taken any overt actions.\u201d (Mot. at 26.)\n20 But the Complaint alleges her participation in and ratification of the coordinated municipal response\n21 to Plaintiff\u2019s\u2019 project. At the motion-to-dismiss stage, those allegations must be accepted as true.\n22 Defendants similarly contend that Defendant Turner\u2019s communications were \u201cinnocuous.\u201d\n23 (Mot. at 26.) Yet the Complaint alleges that senior City officials--including Turner--participated in\n24 the coordinated strategy that obstructed the project and ignored ministerial approval requirements.\n25 Finally, Defendants argue that Defendant Mora was simply complying with California law.\n26 But the Complaint alleges the opposite--that Mora knowingly disregarded mandatory ministerial\n27 approval provisions and forced the project into discretionary review contrary to the City\u2019s own code.\n28\n\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 23\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.552 Page 28\n of 29\n\n\n 1 Reasonable officials know that municipal codes governing ministerial approvals bind them.\n 2 See Las Lomas Land Co., LLC v. City of Los Angeles, 177 Cal.App.4th 837, 853 (2009).\n 3 Accordingly, Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity at this stage.\n 4 8.4 Reclaimed Water Interference Further Supports Plaintiff\u2019s Constitutional Claims\n 5 Defendants argue that City Manager Dennis Morita merely obtained El Centro\u2019s will-serve\n 6 letter and therefore did not violate any constitutional right. (Mot.; ECF No. 12-1 at 25.) The\n 7 Complaint alleges far more. The City initially encouraged Plaintiff to pursue reclaimed water for the\n 8 data center and directed Plaintiff to retain a consultant to develop the project. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 29\u201330.)\n 9 City officials repeatedly confirmed that the requested recycled-water supply was \u201cwell within [the\n10 City\u2019s] capabilities.\u201d (Compl. \u00b648.) The City transmitted a feasibility report confirming the earlier\n11 discussions. (Compl. \u00b666; Compl. Ex. 21.) City officials repeatedly confirmed supplying reclaimed\n12 water. (Compl. \u00b6\u00b6 73, 77\u201378.) On Nov. 20, 2025, City Manager Morita stated the City was preparing\n13 a reclaimed-water will-serve agreement and that a draft would be provided shortly. (Compl. \u00b688.)\n14 These allegations provide additional evidence of Defendants\u2019 broader pattern of conduct--\n15 encouraging Plaintiff to invest in project infrastructure, then obstructing the project after Plaintiff\n16 insisted on ministerial approval and pursued approvals through Imperial County. Viewed in context,\n17 the reclaimed-water allegations reinforce the plausibility of Plaintiff\u2019s constitutional claims,\n18 including retaliation, arbitrary treatment, and interference with vested project rights.\n19 9. CONCLUSION\n20 Accepting all allegations as true and drawing reasonable inferences in Plaintiff\u2019s favor, the\n21 Complaint states claims for procedural due process violation, First Amendment retaliation, equal\n22 protection under a \u201cclass of one\u201d theory, and municipal liability under Monell. The Motion to\n23 Dismiss should be denied in its entirety.\n24 Respectfully submitted,\n25\n LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n26\n27\n28 Date: March 16, 2026 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n Attorney for Plaintiff\n\n PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS PAGE 24\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 13 Filed 03/16/26 PageID.553 Page 29\n of 29\n\n\n 1 ATTORNEY\u2019S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY E-MAIL\n 2 I hereby certify that on this 16th day of March, 2026, I electronically filed the\n 3 foregoing PLAINTIFF\u2019S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS with\n 4 the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification to all the\n 5 parties. I Further Certify That on March 16, 2026, the foregoing PLAINTIFF\u2019S\n 6 OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS\u2019 MOTION TO DISMISS was served electronically served\n 7 on Defendant\u2019s counsel Konrad Rasmussen, at kmr@mmr4law.com from my law office\n 8 email Sebastian@Rucci.Law. 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KATHERINE ) VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT\n BURNWORTH in her individual capacity; ) (1) Violation of Procedural Due Process;\n18 )\n DENNIS MORITA in his individual ) (2) First Amendment Retaliation;\n19 capacity; KATIE TURNER in her individual ) (3) Equal Protection Class of One Claim; and\n capacity; and OTHON MORA in his ) (4) Municipal Liability (Monell) ;\n20 )\n individual capacity ) (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983)\n21 )\n )\n22 Defendants PLAINTIFF DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY\n )\n23 )\n\n24\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT\n25 COME NOW the Plaintiff and for their claims against defendants City of Imperial,\n26 Katherine Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and\n27 severally state as follows:\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 1\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.2 Page 2 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS\n 2 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n\n 3 Jurisdiction and Venue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n Plaintiffs and Defendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n 4\n City\u2019s Zoning Code and Ministerial Approval Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\n 5\n Project Inception and the Ministerial Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n 6\n First Site Plan Application to the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n 7\n Revised Plans Submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9\n 8 Reclaimed Water Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10\n 9 First Application Deemed Approved by Operation of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12\n10 City Refuses to Use available Streamlined Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13\n\n11 Second Scaled-Down Application Only on Industrial Land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14\n\n12 Second Application Deemed Approved by Operation of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n Ministerial Approval of Data Center by the County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17\n13\n Third Application Deemed Approved by Operation of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17\n14\n City Breached Reclaimed Water Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\n15\n City\u2019s Tortious Interference With El Centro Water Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21\n16\n City Blocks Reclaimed Water to Salton Sea (Environmental Pretext). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22\n17 Retaliatory Sham Litigation Filed for Sole Purpose of Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24\n18 Defendants Engage in Public Misrepresentation Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27\n19 Defendants and IID\u2019s Coordinated Misinformation Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29\n\n20 Conspiracy to Extort: Coordination with \u201cGreenmail\u201d Operatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36\n\n21 Matrix Showing Coordinated Misinformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39\n Damages Sustained by the Plaintiff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40\n22\n COUNT 1 - VIOLATION OF PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41\n23\n COUNT 2 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43\n24\n COUNT 3 - EQUAL PROTECTION CLASS OF ONE CLAIM (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47\n25 COUNT 4 - MUNICIPAL LIABILITY (MONELL) (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49\n26 VERIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51\n27 TABLE OF EXHIBITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 2\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.3 Page 3 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 INTRODUCTION\n 2 1. This civil rights action is brought under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983 to redress deprivation of\n 3 Plaintiff\u2019s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by the City of Imperial (\u201cCity\u201d) and its senior\n 4 officials. This case arises from a bad-faith campaign of administrative obstruction and targeted\n 5 retaliation triggered by Plaintiff\u2019s refusal to submit to an unlawful discretionary approval process for\n 6 a data center project that was, by law, a \u201cpermitted use by right.\u201d\n 7 2. At all relevant times, the property was zoned I-2 (Rail-Served Industrial), the City\u2019s\n 8 most intensive industrial classification. The City\u2019s review of the site plan was strictly ministerial,\n 9 not discretionary and Imperial Municipal Code \u00a7 24.19.550 provides a self-executing mandate: if\n10 the City fails to act within fifteen (15) days of a complete application, the site plan is \u201cdeemed\n11 approved\u201d by operation of law. Despite three compliant applications, the City willfully ignored its\n12 deadline, effectively pocket-vetoing a project it had no legal authority to deny.\n13 3. Plaintiff refused to proceed with Defendants unauthorized discretionary process, and\n14 relocated the data center to adjacent industrial land in the County of Imperial. The County following\n15 the law, granted ministerial approval and issued a CEQA exemption. In direct retaliation for\n16 Plaintiff\u2019s exercise of its legal rights and its avoidance of the City\u2019s unlawful discretionary hurdles,\n17 Defendants launched a coordinated campaign to sabotage the data center, not withstanding the many\n18 benefits in taxes and jobs for its citizens. Defendants unlawful campaign included:\n19 (a). Directing staff to circulate misleading flyers to incite public hostility;\n (b). Partnered with environmental groups\n20\n (c). Partnered with Z-Global\n21 (d). Refusing to complete its agreement to provide reclaimed water eight months after expenses\n were paid by Plaintiff;\n22\n (e). Pressuring the City of El Centro to terminate its reclaimed water service agreement;\n23 (f). Partnering with the Imperial Irrigation District to obstruct project utilities;\n24 (g). Filing meritless sham legal action based on outright misreading of the County\u2019s zoning code\n intended to delay and devalue a project outside the City\u2019s jurisdiction.\n25\n26 4. Defendants\u2019 actions constitute an official municipal policy characterized by the\n\n27 knowing disregard of mandatory statutes and the weaponization of governmental power to punish\n\n28 Plaintiff for asserting its constitutional rights, and to punish the County for following the law.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 3\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.4 Page 4 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 Defendants\u2019 deliberate and ongoing pattern of misconduct, including the knowing disregard of\n 2 Imperial Municipal Code and self-executing statutes, retaliation for protected activity, and abuse of\n 3 governmental authority. These actions violated Plaintiff\u2019s rights under the First and Fourteenth\n 4 Amendments to the United States Constitution and constitute official municipal policy and\n 5 retaliation actionable under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983.\n 6 5. Plaintiff\u2019s $10 billion AI Data Center project is projected to generate over $22 million\n 7 in net annual revenue for IID. The project would provide $72.5 million in one-time sales tax benefits\n 8 and approximately $28.75 million in annual in real and personal property taxes to the County. The\n 9 project will create over 1,688 construction jobs, 100 permanent jobs, and hundreds of indirect jobs.\n10 JURISDICTION AND VENUE\n11 6. This Complaint alleges violations of the Plaintiffs\u2019 rights under the United States\n12 Constitution, giving this court original \u201cfederal question\u201d jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. \u00a71331\n13 over those claims. This Complaint also alleges violations of the Plaintiff\u2019s rights under the Federal\n14 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a71983, to redress the deprivation, under color of law, of rights secured\n15 by the United States Constitution, giving this court original jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. \u00a71343(a)(3)\n16 and (4) over those claims.\n17 7. There are multiple bases for this court\u2019s jurisdiction and venue, including 28 U.S.C.\n18 \u00a7 1391(b)(1) because defendants are located in and transact their affairs in Imperial County,\n19 California which is within the geographical area of this court. Venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C.\n20 \u00a7 1391(b)(2) because a substantial part of the events giving rise to the claims occurred in Imperial\n21 County, California which is located within the geographical area of this court. See 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 84(d)\n22 (Imperial County in Southern District of CA).\n23 8. Plaintiff\u2019s federal constitutional claims are asserted under federal law and not subject\n24 to California\u2019s Government Claims Act, Cal. Gov. Code \u00a7\u00a7 810 et seq.\n25 PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS\n26 9. The Plaintiff, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC (\u201cPlaintiff\u201d) is a\n27 limited liability company incorporated in California and the applicant for the data center before the\n28 City of Imperial and later before Imperial County.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.5 Page 5 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 10. The City of Imperial (\u201cCity\u201d), is a municipal corporation organized under the laws\n 2 of the State of California. Defendant Katherine Burnworth, was at all times relevant a City Council\n 3 member and is sued in her individual capacity. Defendant Dennis Morita was at all relevant times\n 4 the City Manager and is sued in his individual capacity. Defendant Katie Turner was at all relevant\n 5 times the City Attorney and is sued in her individual capacity. Defendant Othon Mora was at all\n 6 times relevant the City\u2019s community development director and is sued in his individual capacity\n 7 (collectively referred to as \u201cDefendants.\u201d)\n 8 11. Whenever a reference is made to any act done by a defendant, the allegation means\n 9 the act was done with the knowledge, consent, approval, and ratification of all defendants and is\n10 thereby attributed to each defendant individually, jointly and severally.\n11 CITY\u2019S ZONING CODE AND MINISTERIAL APPROVAL FRAMEWORK\n12 12. Imperial\u2019s Municipal Code designates the I-2 Rail-Served Industrial Zone as its most\n13 intensive industrial classification, \u00a7 24.07.120(c) permits \u201cbusiness, professional, and research\n14 offices\u201d by right in the I-2 Rail-Served Industrial Zone.\n15 13. Imperial\u2019s Site Plan Review procedure \u00a7 24.19.550, mandates the approval within 15\n16 days of a completed application: \u201cWithin fifteen (15) days of the date that application is deemed\n17 complete by the Director, the Director shall approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the\n18 application... Failure of the Director to act within fifteen (15) days shall be deemed approval\n19 of the application.\u201d The use of the mandatory term \u201cshall\u201d strips the Planning Director of discretion.\n20 Furthermore, \u00a7 24.19.550 provides for deemed approval after 15 days without referencing a public\n21 hearing; hence, site plan review does not require a public hearing, and the City is bound by its own\n22 legislative enactments.\n23 14. Imperial\u2019s Site Plan Review procedure \u00a7 24.19.500 is ministerial and requires staff\n24 to verify compliance with the proposed use and setbacks, height limits, and lot coverage. Staff\n25 checks plans against objective standards (permitted uses, setbacks, height limits).\n26 15. Unlike discretionary reviews, which allow officials to weigh subjective policy\n27 considerations, site plan review is ministerial and leave no room for personal judgment or political\n28 maneuvering. If the objective standards are met, the permit must be issued.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 5\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.6 Page 6 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 16. CEQA is only triggered by discretionary approvals. \u201cMinisterial projects are exempt\n 2 from the requirements of CEQA.\u201d (14 Cal. Code Regs., \u00a7 15268(a).) \u201cIf the lead agency concludes\n 3 a project is exempt . . . the agency may thereafter proceed without further consideration of CEQA.\u201d\n 4 (Union Med.M. v. City San Diego (2019), 7 Cal. 5th 1171, 1186).\n 5 17. CEQA exemption is immune of controversy: \u201cIt is entirely possible, if not common,\n 6 for a controversial or unpopular project to be exempt from CEQA. Neighborhood sentiment is not\n 7 an impact that must be directly considered in the environmental determination process.\u201d (McCann\n 8 v. City San Diego (2021) 70 Cal. App. 5th 51, 86.)\n 9 18. Imperial\u2019s Municipal Code provides that uses not specifically listed are treated as\n10 permitted based on similarity of use to other listed uses. (\u00a7\u00a7 24.19.220 -- 250.) Similarity of use\n11 procedure states: \u201ca use, not specifically listed as a permitted ... shall be deemed a permitted use...on\n12 the basis of similarity to uses specifically listed.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.220). The Director shall compare\n13 proposed use with uses listed and make findings to the Planning Commission (\u00a724.19.230) and the\n14 Planning Commission \u201cshall make a determination whether the use is \u2018similar\u2019 and should be a\n15 permitted use.\u201d (\u00a724.19.250).\n16 19. Imperial\u2019s Municipal Code also provides: \u201cIf ambiguity arises concerning the\n17 appropriate zone or classification of a particular use\u201d the Planning Director shall give his \u201cfindings\n18 and interpretations, to the Planning Commission for a recommendation and then transmit said\n19 recommendation to the Council\u201d and if \u201capproved by the Council, thereafter such interpretation\n20 shall govern.\u201d (\u00a724.01.150).\n21 PROCEDURAL CHRONOLOGY\n22 PROJECT INCEPTION AND THE MINISTERIAL MANDATE\n23 20. The development of the data center in the City was predicated on a clear regulatory\n24 understanding that the proposed use was permitted by right under existing zoning ordinances. In\n25 September 2024, the Plaintiff identified spare capacity on IID\u2019s 230 kV S-line, a critical component\n\n26 for the data center. Following this technical confirmation, Plaintiff engaged in preliminary\n discussions with the City to verify land use compliance.\n27\n 21. In late September 2024, Plaintiff met with Othon Mora, the City\u2019s Community\n28\n Development Director (\u201cDirector Mora\u201d or \u201cPlanning Director\u201d). Plaintiff maintained--and the\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 6\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.7 Page 7 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 Planning Director initially agreed--that the data center is a \u201cpermitted use\u201d in the I-2 zone as\n 2 \u201cBusiness, professional, and research offices.\u201d\n 3 22. The City\u2019s initial confirmation of the data center\u2019s ministerial status induced the\n 4 Plaintiff to invest $12 million for the purchase of 95-acres and to spend millions in technical studies\n 5 for three separate applications to the City.\n 6 23. Separately, Plaintiff also contracted for 75-acres of industrial land in the County and\n 7 24-acres in the City of El Centro for $15 million more, both of which confirmed data centers are\n 8 permitted as of right in their respective industrial zones.\n 9 24. On January 17, 2025, Plaintiff emailed Director Mora plans for three contiguous data\n10 centers: (1) 95 acres in the City; (2) 75 acres in the County; and (3) 24 acres in the City of El Centro.\n11 All three sites were located on land zoned industrial with the 230 kV S-line bordering the land. The\n12 email asked Director Mora for \u201ccomments on any glaring issues\u201d and noted that, as \u201cour concept is\n13 being formulated your initial comments would be greatly appreciated\u201d (Exhibit 1).\n14 25. On February 28, 2025, Plaintiff emailed the City stating: \u201cI\u2019ve attached our site plan\n15 for the . . . 95 acres at Imperial and Aten Road. Please schedule a pre-application meeting at your\n16 convenience to discuss compliance and purchasing reclaimed water, etc. . . . building sketches and\n17 animation videos are attached\u201d (Exhibit 2). City Planner Yvonne Cordero replied: \u201cWe look forward\n18 to working with your team on this exciting project.\u201d\n19 FIRST SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE CITY\n20 26. On March 4, 2025, a meeting to discuss the data center was held at the City with\n21 several City representatives, including Director Mora and City Engineer David Dale (\u201cCity\n22 Engineer\u201d). Plaintiff provided a copy of the City\u2019s zoning code and demonstrated that the data center\n23 is permitted in the industrial I-2 zone under \u201cBusiness, professional, and research offices.\u201d Director\n24 Mora agreed the industrial zoning permitted the data center.\n25 27. Plaintiff also discussed the City selling reclaimed water for the data center with the\n26 City Engineer. The City expressed significant interest in the additional revenue, specifically\n27 conditioned upon Plaintiff's agreement to cover the cost of engineering, all upgrades, and the\n28 purchase of the reclaimed water.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 7\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.8 Page 8 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 28. On March 4, 2025, Plaintiff filed an application for \u201csite plan review for proposed\n 2 imperial valley data center campus,\u201d paid the required fee, and received an email from the City of\n 3 the executed planning application for Site Plan Review 25-03 (Exhibit 3).\n 4 29. On March 5, 2025, the City encouraged the Plaintiff to hire Webb and Associates, and\n 5 to decide which of two alternatives to secure reclaimed water for the data center: \u201cWe can do the\n 6 Title 22 Report in two different ways. You can contract directly with Webb or deposit $30,000 with\n 7 the City. Either way will work. The contract directly with Webb may work better since I may have\n 8 to get legal to draft an agreement, and that may take some time\u201d (Exhibit 4).\n 9 30. Plaintiff contacted Webb and Associates and hired them to secure reclaimed water.\n10 On March 7, 2025, Plaintiff informed the City he asked \u201cWebb do the engineering work to secure\n11 approval for the City to sell reclaimed water\u201d (Exhibit 4, pg. 5).\n12 31. On March 17, 2025, City Planner Yvonne Cordero emailed that she \u201crouted the\n13 project to our Development Review Committee and their comments should be received by the end\n14 of this week. Imperial County Fire Department which handles the City requested additional time for\n15 their review and I referred Andrew Loper to you for any questions. Once I have the departments\u2019\n16 comments, I\u2019ll start formulating the Site Plan Review letter.\u201d\n17 32. On March 21, 2025, Engineering and Planning Project Manager Tom Dubose had an\n18 in-person meeting with Andrew Loper of the County Fire Department, which handles the City, to\n\n19 review the project, and was directed to make changes to the road width.\n 33. On April 4, 2025, Director Mora emailed a site plan review letter seeking revised\n20\n plans and technical studies (traffic, water, air, noise, and fire) and clarification on zoning because\n21\n the \u201cdata center\u201d and \u201csubstation\u201d are not listed as uses. Director Mora asked for a new site plan with\n22\n frontage on SR-86 for retail and for road improvements, and updates on utilities, parking,\n23\n landscaping, and water (Exhibit 5).\n24 34. On April 4, 2025, Director Mora did not issue site plan determination requesting\n25 various technical studies until 31 days after site plan submission. Consequently, the March 4, 2025,\n26 application was deemed approved on March 19, 2025.\n\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 8\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.9 Page 9 of 52\n\n\n\n 1 REVISED PLANS SUBMITTED\n 2 35. On May 15, 2025, Plaintiff submitted revised plans comprising 17 pages responding\n\n 3 to the City\u2019s comments, which included 8 acres of commercial retail space along SR-86 and a\n 25-foot landscape strip with a concrete wall around the perimeter (Exhibit 6). The letter noted that\n 4\n the project is \u201cpermitted by right\u201d in the I-2 industrial zone and the battery storage is a subordinate\n 5\n \u201caccessory use.\u201d The letter also noted that\n 6\n \u201cThe ministerial aspects of the Site Plan is also apparent from the 15 day limit for\n 7 Site Plan Review: . . . Within 15 days of the date that application... the Director shall\n 8 approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the application, or shall request the\n 9 applicant to revise said applications. Failure of the Director to act within 15 days\n\n10 shall be deemed approval of the application ... (\u00a7 24.19.550).\u201d\n\n11 36. Plaintiff informed the City its reclaimed water consultant had not responded and was\n12 looking to proceed. On May 19, 2025, City Engineer David Dale replied: \u201cLet me try to contact\n13 Webb. If they don\u2019t respond, I can have our attorney prepare a quick contract for us to do the report.\u201d\n14 Throughout May 2025, the City Engineer facilitated the relationship between Plaintiff and Webb to\n15 ensure the report was completed, emailing on May 20, 2025: \u201cI got word that Webb will provide you\n16 with a proposal within 2-3 days. If you don\u2019t hear from them, please let me know\u201d (Exhibit 7).\n17 37. On May 27, 2025, twelve days after the revised plans were submitted, Director Mora\n18 stated in an email: \u201cThank you for your submission. We have received the documents and will begin\n19 our review. If we have any comments or require clarification, we\u2019ll be sure to let you know. Should\n20 a meeting be necessary, we\u2019ll coordinate with you to schedule one.\u201d Since that email did not ask for\n21 anything else, the application was deemed complete on May 15, 2025; hence, three days remained\n22 before deemed approval.\n23 38. On May 28, 2025, Plaintiff emailed IID\u2019s feasibility study which found the 250 MW\n24 will \u201cnot cause any buses to experience voltage exceedances or deviations.\u201d\n25 39. On May 30, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner that \u201cwe have already\n26 agreed to conduct studies and provide mitigation\u201d, added \u201ccommercial retail development along\n27 Imperial Avenue to create a buffer zone\u201d and the \u201czoning code supports approval of this facility\n28 as-of-right.\u201d The email continued:\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 9\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.10 Page 10 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 \u201cIf the City chooses to require CEQA review and does not approve the project as of\n 2 right, we will pivot and focus on other data center sites in the region that can be\n\n 3 approved as of right and would reallocate that power to the new site.\u201d (Exhibit 8).\n\n 4\n 40. The City did not act within 15 days of the May 15, 2025, submission. Instead, on May\n 5\n 27, 2025--twelve days into the review period--Director Mora sent a generic acknowledgment of\n 6\n receipt without deeming the application incomplete. The deemed approval deadline expired on May\n 7\n 30, 2025.\n 8\n 41. It was not until June 23, 2025--39 days after submission--that City Planner Cordero\n 9\n attempted to issue an adverse site plan review letter, which she immediately recalled. The site plan\n10\n was deemed approved by operation of law on May 30, 2025.\n11\n RECLAIMED WATER AGREEMENT\n12\n 42. On May 30, 2025, Brian Knoll, with Webb and Associates, emailed stating that he\n13\n would get the agreement on the reclaimed water, copying the City Engineer.\n14\n 43. On June 2, 2025, Brian Knoll with Webb and Associates submitted a proposal\n15\n to prepare the Title 22 report to purchase reclaimed water from the City. Relying on the City's\n16\n promise that it intended to sell reclaimed water if the feasibility was proven, Plaintiff signed\n17\n the contract with Webb and wired the initial deposit.\n18\n 44. On June 3, 2025, City Attorney Turner emailed Plaintiff stating she wanted \u201csimilar\n19\n projects in terms of the permitting and entitlement process in another jurisdiction\u201d to understand\n20\n \u201csimilar projects and the litigation that follows.\u201d\n21\n 45. On June 3, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner that \u201cData Center #2 is\n22\n contiguous and located in Imperial County\u201d and it is \u201ca permitted use in Imperial County. See\n23\n attached Imperial County \u00a7 90515 - 01 Permitted uses in the M-1 zone, see subsection bbb, \u2018Data\n24\n center\u2019 uses are permitted in the M-1 Zone\u201d (Exhibit 9).\n25\n 46. On June 4, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner: \u201cData Center #2 is located\n26\n in Imperial County and under \u00a7 90515-01, permitted uses in the M-1 zone include \u2018Data center\u2019 uses,\n27\n which \u2018are permitted in the M-1 Zone\u2019 as of right. I have attached a draft plan of the data center\n28\n located on contiguous land in the County.\u201d (Exhibit 10).\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 10\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.11 Page 11 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 47. On June 6, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner a memo listing 25 data\n 2 centers approved as of right in industrial zones, 14 were in California (Exhibit 11).\n 3 48. On June 16, 2025, a video meeting regarding reclaimed water was held with the City\n 4 Engineer and Chris Kemp, the City\u2019s water treatment manager. The City Engineer noted that the\n 5 750,000 gallons per day \u201care well within our capabilities of recycled water\u201d further solidifying the\n 6 promise of availability. The City confirmed Plaintiff will have to pay for all upgrades. Later that\n 7 day, Plaintiff emailed the base flow and peak flow figures.\n 8 49. On June 17, 2025, Plaintiff emailed the City Engineer stating he was \u201cassembling a\n 9 write-up of the benefits of the data center. . . . The daily cost for 500,000 gallons is $3,600 per day,\n10 or $109,500 per month, or $1.3 million per year. Is this correct?\u201d (Exhibit 12). On June 17, 2025,\n11 City Engineer Dale emailed the Plaintiff stating:\n12 \u201cBy law, the city can not charge more than it costs the city to treat the water. To\n ensure fairness, the cost of reclaimed water will need to be studied (after the Title\n13\n 22 Report is complete to know what is required). This would include the costs of\n14 potential additional wastewater treatment plant personnel and certifications,\n additional treatment to Title 22 standards (e.g., UV disinfection costs), pumping,\n15 pipeline maintenance, etc. The dollar figures you are quoting seem to be for\n16 wastewater treatment, which will be different than the reclaimed water cost. A closer\n estimate would be to use the potable water rate scale of $4.06 per CCF\u2026 but again,\n17 it would have to be studied to be certain. $1.3 million per year sounds very high\n18 to me. I\u2019m pretty sure that the cost of the water would be part of a developer\n agreement.\u201d (Exhibit 13).\n19\n 50. On June 17, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Engineer Dale: \u201cI know this is all\n20\n preliminary. I received an even higher estimate from [Hyperscale Tenant] for the projected cost of\n21\n the water. They used $6 per 1,000 gallons and set the annual cost at about $3 million per year in\n22\n payment. I appreciate your help. I\u2019ve attached my memo outlining the benefits to the community\n23\n and the environment of the data center campus\u201d (Exhibit 14).\n24\n 51. The City directed Plaintiff to use Webb and Associates. Plaintiff followed through,\n25\n hired Webb and Associates, signed the contract, and paid multiple invoices. The City acted as an\n26\n active partner, held video meetings with the City Engineer and Water Treatment Manager to discuss\n27\n technical feasibility.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 11\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.12 Page 12 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 52. The City Engineer explicitly stated, \u201cthe latest numbers you just sent are well within\n 2 our capabilities of recycled water.\u201d The City admitted it has the water and the capacity to deliver it.\n 3 While a specific price wasn\u2019t concluded, the City Engineer established the legal framework for the\n 4 price: \u201cBy law, the city can not charge more than it costs the city to treat the water.\u201d The Engineer\n 5 corrected the Plaintiff\u2019s high estimate ($1.3 million), suggesting a lower cost basis tied to actual\n 6 treatment expenses. The City Engineer\u2019s detailed explanation of how the price would be calculated\n 7 (treatment costs + UV disinfection + pumping) confirms that a deal was done in principle.\n 8 53. Plaintiff hired Webb, paid all invoices, and agreed to pay for all upgrades. The City\n 9 stands to gain a new revenue stream and the environmental benefits of the extra reclaimed water. The\n10 City Engineer confirmed the agreement to sell. The \u201ccontract\u201d is the mutual understanding that the\n11 water will be provided; the contract is just the paperwork. The City requested Plaintiff to hire a\n12 specific engineer, paid for by Plaintiff, confirmed water capacity, and negotiated pricing formulas\n13 (cost-recovery). This creates a reasonable expectation a contract was formed, conditioned only on\n14 the technical validation.\n15 FIRST APPLICATION DEEMED APPROVED BY OPERATION OF LAW\n16 54. On June 23, 2025, Plaintiff emailed a letter to Director Mora and the City Attorney\n17 asserting that the data center fits under the classification of \u201cbusiness, professional, and research\n18 offices,\u201d as it is less intrusive than other uses, and that battery storage is a permitted accessory\n19 structure. The letter further noted that, under the code, unlisted uses are treated as permitted if they\n20 are similar to listed uses (Exhibit 15).\n21 55. On June 23, 2025, at 9:34 PM, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner stating:\n22 \u201cDuring our first meeting with Othon and others, we shared the zoning code and our view that\n23 we were a permitted use. I thought this was a non-issue and that the City agreed. If Othon believes\n24 that a data center is not a permitted use, based on my reading of the zoning code, in that case, we\n25 should proceed with a similar use determination by the Planning Commission under \u00a7 24.19.200\n26 . . .\u201d (Exhibit 16).\n27 56. On June 23, 2025, City Planner Cordero emailed an adverse site plan review letter\n28 at 11:36 AM. Five minutes later, at 11:41 AM, Ms. Cordero emailed that she \u201cwould like to recall\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 12\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.13 Page 13 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 the prior email. The sequence of the \u201cadverse letter\u201d being immediately \u201crecalled\u201d is an admission\n 2 by the City that the denial was premature, erroneous, or procedurally flawed. As of that date, the\n 3 amended site plans had been under review for 39 days. Pursuant to \u00a7 24.19.550, the amended site\n 4 plans were deemed approve. By recalling the letter, the City effectively kept the clock ticking far past\n 5 15-day limit.\n 6 57. Because the site plan review was withdrawn, the review continued to July 15, 2025,\n 7 when the City denied the application, 61 days had elapsed from date of submission. Hence, the\n 8 revised site plans were deemed approved as a matter of law.\n 9 58. On July 2, 2025, a meeting was held at the City with Plaintiff, Project Manager Tom\n10 Dubose, Director Mora, City Attorney Turner, and City Manager Dennis Morita to discuss the data\n11 center and various paths to approval. During this meeting, Plaintiff reiterated his belief that the data\n12 center was a permitted use and that site plans required action within 15 days for approval.\n13 59. Plaintiff also suggested a Planning Commission similarity of use determination under\n14 \u00a7 24.19.20. Plaintiff noted that the I-2 industrial zone explicitly permits livestock sales, feed yards,\n15 animal grazing, building equipment storage, automobile storage, lumber yards, laboratories, bottling\n16 plants, and cement products manufacturing.\n17 60. Plaintiff emphasized that the data center generates minimal daily traffic, has limited\n18 on-site staff, has no retail foot traffic, and is quiet compared to other industrial uses. He noted the\n19 backup generators are subject to permits and monitoring. Director Mora confirmed a similarity of\n20 use determination would take two months and concluded by agreeing to submit as a path forward,\n21 suggesting an alternative path was possible with the Environmental Assessment Committee, which\n22 would take about one month.\n23 CITY REFUSES TO USE AVAILABLE STREAMLINED PROCEDURES\n24 61. On July 15, 2025, Director Mora emailed regarding the Environmental Assessment\n25 Committee path forward discussed at the July 2, 2025 meeting and that a Negative Declaration was\n26 likely but he wanted a text amendment and Conditional Use Permits which would \u201ctake\n27 approximately 6 to 9 months.\u201d (Exhibit 17).\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 13\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.14 Page 14 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 62. On July 18, 2025, Plaintiff emailed Director Mora asserting that \u201c[t]he City was\n 2 bypassing more streamlined procedures available under its code.\u201d The email continued:\n 3 \u201cFirst, we should discuss shrinking the project to a smaller data center, along with all\n ancillary uses (substation, battery, and generator backup), all of which can be\n 4\n accommodated on the industrial-zoned land. If this is the option, we can proceed with\n 5 new plans for site plan review, which takes 15 days under \u00a7 24.19.500. It seems\n 6 to me that a building with no windows, used for public traffic with ancillary energy\n uses, should be permitted in the I-2 zone.\u201d\n 7\n 8 The email further explained the Plaintiff\u2019s reliance on the initial understanding and urged a\n\n 9 return to the ministerial process, or a similarity of use determination:\n\n10 \u201cFrom the outset, I selected the City of Imperial because I believed that our data\n center would be a permitted use and exempt from CEQA. We revised the project\n11\n to incorporate retail, demonstrating our commitment to collaboration. We are now\n12 many months into this process and must urgently consider more efficient procedural\n13 paths. Let\u2019s explore a project focuses solely on the industrially zoned portion,\n encompassing the datacenter and all its ancillary infrastructure, to expedite the\n14\n process under the ministerial Site Plan Review procedure. We should also discuss the\n15 Similar Use Determination before the Planning Commission.\u201d (Exhibit 18).\n16\n 63. The City was bypassing its own streamlined codes, including the 15-day ministerial\n17\n site plan review by shrinking the project to fit entirely within the industrial-zoned land, or by using\n18\n the similarity of use determination.\n19\n SECOND SCALED-DOWN APPLICATION ONLY ON INDUSTRIAL LAND\n20\n 64. Following continued obstruction, Plaintiff submitted a third, scaled-down application\n21\n on July 22, 2025. The project was proposed entirely within the I-2 Rail-Served Industrial Zone,\n22\n satisfying the use classification under \u00a7 24.07.120.C for \u201cbusiness, professional, and research\n23\n offices.\u201d The application asserted the battery and backup generators are incidental to the data center,\n24\n used exclusively to support its operations, and not designed for off-site distribution (Exhibit 19).\n25\n 65. On July 30, 2025, Director Mora emailed Plaintiff that he was reviewing the \u201crevised\n26\n site plan and detailed narrative\u201d and acknowledged \u201cthe project is now proposed entirely within the\n27\n I-2 zoning designation. The Planning Department is currently reviewing the revised site plan and\n28\n supporting information, and we will provide formal comments shortly. In the meantime, if any\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 14\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.15 Page 15 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 technical studies, . . . have already been completed, please forward them at your earliest\n 2 convenience\u201d (Exhibit 20).\n 3 66. On August 14, 2025, the City Engineer emailed the reclaimed water report and stated\n 4 that \u201cthe needed infrastructure, operations, and treatment are what were anticipated\u201d (Exhibit 21).\n 5 The report states on page 1 that the\n 6 \u201cCity of Imperial is currently working with a few entities that are interested in\n 7 receiving recycled water from the City. The objective is to identify the necessary\n upgrades the City of Imperial intends to complete in order to comply with water\n 8\n recycling requirements for cooling water.\u201d On pages 2\u20133, the report states that a \u201c12\n 9 inch purple pipe, recycled water distribution line is proposed to be installed from the\n10 existing wastewater treatment plant along P Street down to its intersection with Aten\n11 Road, approximately 2 miles. Figure 2-1 shows this proposed alignment on the City\u2019s\n zoning map [the map shows the recycled water delivered to the data center site].\u201d\n12\n13 67. On August 16, 2025, Plaintiff emailed the City Engineer stating they \u201creviewed the\n14 Title 22 Report and have one suggestion. I\u2019ve attached a map for the recycled water pipeline. This\n15 map could replace Figure 2-1. It accurately shows the recycled water going to the two sites for the\n16 recycled water: the site in the City and the site in Imperial County.\u201d The email asked: \u201cPlease get this\n17 concluded as soon as possible, as we are getting close with Site #1 [County], Site #2 [City] is before\n18 Othon, and we are certain he will approve the latest site plan with the project on Industrial land.\u201d\n19 (Exhibit 22).\n20 68. On August 18, 2025, City Engineer Dale confirmed the City was acting on the\n21 reclaimed water project, emailing: \u201cOn it. I just sent the pipeline route [recycled water to both\n22 datacenters] to Webb.\u201d (Exhibit 23).\n23 SECOND APPLICATION DEEMED APPROVED BY OPERATION OF LAW\n24 69. On August 20, 2025, Director Mora emailed a letter rejecting the data center proposed\n25 completely on industrial land. The email stated that the City \u201cacknowledges that the revised site plan\n26 now depicts the entire project ... entirely within the I-2 Industrial zoning designation... the current\n27 zoning ordinance does not specifically identify \u2018data centers\u2019 as either a permitted or conditional\n28 use... the City finds that a Zoning Code Text Amendment is required ...\u201d (Exhibit 24).\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 15\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.16 Page 16 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 70. This email was sent 29 days after the July 22, 2025, submission; hence, the second\n 2 application was likewise deemed approved by operation of law.\n 3 71. On August 21, 2025, at 11:35 am, Plaintiff emailed Director Mora \u201cwe exceed all\n 4 zoning requirements for lot size, setbacks, building height, and lot coverage.\u201d\n 5 \u201cRegarding the lack of express listing of data centers. The industrial zoning\n 6 provisions are written in broad terms and expressly include \u2018business, professional,\n and research offices,\u2019 alongside a wide range of other permitted uses such as\n 7\n livestock sales, feed yards, animal grazing, building equipment storage, automobile\n 8 fleet storage, lumber yards, laboratories, bottling plants, cement products\n 9 manufacturing, and more. To read the zoning code as requiring specific enumeration\n10 of every possible modern use--when the code was intentionally drafted with broad\n categories--is improper.\u201d\n11\n12 The email continued:\n13 \u201cThe category of \u2018business, professional, and research offices\u2019 comfortably includes\n14 datacenters, which are office based, research supportive facilities that require no\n retail activity, no windows, and no retail traffic. . . From the beginning, we\n15\n intended to proceed through the ministerial process. Since we haven\u2019t been able\n16 to convince you of this interpretation, we are withdrawing our current request for a\n17 data center at the Imperial site. We nevertheless look forward to continuing to\n\n18 work with the City on future opportunities like the reclaimed water purchase.\n We are also available to help the City with recommendations if the City would like\n19\n to amend its code on its own. Lastly, should the City reconsider, we are available to\n20 proceed with a ministerial data center project at any time.\u201d (Exhibit 25).\n21\n 72. On August 21, 2025, at 11:36 AM, Tom DuBose emailed City Attorney Turner: \u201cthat\n22\n vacant property that has sat empty for many decades, might stay that way. My thinking, and I have\n23\n told Dennis this a week or so ago that the City should . . . go to the Planning Commission for a\n24\n \u2018similarity of use determination\u2019. . . .\u201d\n25\n 73. On September 3, 2025, Director Mora emailed Plaintiff: \u201cWe acknowledge your\n26\n points regarding parcel size, zoning standards, and your interpretation of \u2018business, professional, and\n27\n research offices.\u2019 While the City\u2019s interpretation of the code differs, we respect your thorough\n28\n analysis and the professional manner in which you have presented your case. We also recognize and\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 16\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.17 Page 17 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 value your continued interest in collaborating with the City, particularly in areas such as reclaimed\n 2 water purchase, and potential code refinement. . . the City remains open to continued dialogue should\n 3 you decide to pursue this project again in the future\u201d (Exhibit 26).\n 4 MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF DATA CENTER BY THE COUNTY\n 5 74. Following Defendants\u2019 refusal to honor the City\u2019s ministerial procedure or mandatory\n 6 approval process, Plaintiff formally applied to the County for site plan approval for a 250 MW data\n 7 center on 75-acres at the southeast corner of Aten and Clark Road.\n 8 75. On September 4, 2025, the County issued a review of the data center site plan,\n 9 concluding that it is a permitted use and that the substation, battery, and generator backup are\n10 permitted ancillary uses (Exhibit 27). The County properly determined that the data center on\n11 industrial land is a permitted use, stating:\n12 \u201cThe proposed project is consistent with the current zoning. Specifically, Pursuant\n to Division 5, Section 90515.01, Subsection (bbb) of the Imperial County Land Use\n13\n Ordinance, a \u2018Data Center\u2019 is a permitted use within the M-1 (Light Industrial)\n14 zoning district. Ancillary components directly incidental to the primary data center\n15 operation-such as long-term power backup generators, electrical substation, gen-tie\n lines, short-term power backup battery energy storage system (BESS), water\n16 treatment skid, and cooling yard-are likewise considered permitted uses within the\n17 M-1 zoning district.\u201d\n\n18 THIRD APPLICATION DEEMED APPROVED BY OPERATION OF LAW\n19 76. On September 6, 2025, Plaintiff was asked to apply again and email all relevant\n20 studies to Director Mora. On September 9, 2025, Plaintiff emailed Director Mora:\n21 \u201cWe will be applying again for a data center on the industrial land. To assist with\n22 that, attached are the following reports for the Imperial Ave. property: (1). Traffic\n Access Analysis Memo; (2). Air Pollution Constraints Memo; (3). Geotechnical\n23\n Report; (4). Phase I Environmental Report; (5). Draft Reclaimed Water Report; (6).\n24 Alta Survey. The latest data center drawing for Imperial, an 80 MW facility located\n on industrial land, is attached.\u201d (Exhibit 28).\n25\n26 77. On September 18, 2025, City Attorney Turner emailed Tom Dubose she was\n27 \u201cworking through the request to have the City of Imperial develop the reclaimed water system\u201d and\n28 enter into an agreement to provide the reclaimed water:\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 17\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.18 Page 18 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 \u201cI have some questions regarding Prop 218, Prop 26 and the Regional and State\n 2 Water Board permitting requirements. I have confidence Sebastian is familiar with\n these laws and I would request any guidance he could provide me to clarify the\n 3 request he has and the hurdles he envisions. If he has examples or guidance, that\n 4 would speed up my analysis. I am requesting this communication be confidential\n 5 negotiation rather than public.\u201d (Exhibit 29).\n\n 6 78. On October 7, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner and City Manager Morita\n 7 providing responses to the questions regarding Prop 218, Prop 26, and Regional Water Board\n 8 permitting (Exhibit 30).\n 9 79. On October 16, 2025, a meeting was held at the City to discuss the scaled-down data\n10 center located solely on the industrial parcel. Attendees included Tom Dubose, Director Mora, City\n11 Attorney Turner, and City Manager Morita. Sebastian Rucci attended via telephone and reiterated\n12 that the scaled-down data center was fully compliant and noted that a similarity of use process had\n13 not yet been exercised. The City representatives asked several questions and then requested Tom\n14 Dubose to leave the room to allow them to confer in private. Upon his return, City Manager Morita\n15 stated that it was their conclusion that a public process was necessary for a data center. He also\n16 clarified that the City remained interested in selling reclaimed water. Plaintiff informed them\n17 that he appreciated the reclaimed water cooperation and would proceed with the project on industrial\n18 land in the County.\n19 80. As of this filing, no formal written denial was ever received. The verbal rejection of\n20 the scaled-down data center entirely within the industrial zone was on that date 37 days past the\n21 application and since the City failed to act within 15 days, the third application was deemed\n22 approved by operation of law.\n23 CITY BREACHED RECLAIMED WATER AGREEMENT\n24 81. On October 29, 2025, Tom Dubose texted City Attorney Turner: \u201cJust checking to\n25 see if the City is interested in following through with selling recycled water from the WWTP to use\n26 at the Data Center site in the County on Aten Road. Please advise on the City\u2019s interest.\u201d City\n27 Attorney Turner replied to Tom Dubose:\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 18\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.19 Page 19 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 \u201cI thought we were clear in our meeting that the City does have interest in\n 2 reclaimed water (especially in light of the state goals to move in that direction).\n Based on Sebastian\u2019s email, I also agree it would have to be authorized by the State\n 3 or Regional Water Control Board. Are you asking for a specific commitment or\n 4 communication? I also remember that Sebastian was also trying to get the City of El\n 5 Centro to provide reclaimed water?\u201d\n\n 6 Tom Dubose replied: \u201cI guess just to confirm your interest and what next steps should we\n 7 be taking with the city of Imperial.\u201d\n 8 82. On November 6, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner and City Manager\n 9 Morita:\n10 \u201cWe\u2019re eager to move this forward. We plan to procure reclaimed water from\n11 both Imperial and El Centro, with most of that recycled water being directed\n to the Salton Sea. This makes the project net water-positive by a factor of 6 to 1,\n12\n meaning we are treating six times more water than we consume. The consultants we\n13 spoke with indicated that this approach could help address some of the environmental\n14 challenges affecting the Sea. If you need any more information to finalize the\n reclaimed water arrangements, please don\u2019t hesitate to let me know\u201d (Exhibit 31).\n15\n16 83. On Nov. 7, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner and City Manager Morita:\n\n17 \u201cWe have continued to assure our hyperscale tenant that the City of Imperial is\n genuinely interested in providing reclaimed water for their data center on Aten\n18\n and Clark Road. Given the extended delay, we would appreciate a letter from the City\n19 confirming the sale of reclaimed water. The letter can state that we will cover all\n20 costs associated with engineering and any required plant upgrades necessary to\n produce recycled water, and the city will then sell reclaimed water, etc.\u201d\n21\n (Exhibit 32).\n22\n23 84. On November 7, 2025, at 2:57 PM, City Attorney Turner emailed Plaintiff: \u201cCan you\n\n24 forward me those earlier email conversations to make sure we are looking at the same documents?\u201d\n\n25 (Exhibit 33). At 4:20 pm that day, Plaintiff emailed the City Attorney twelve emails documenting\n\n26 the prior discussions regarding reclaimed water (Exhibit 34).\n\n27 85. On November 12, 2025, City Attorney Turner emailed Plaintiff: \u201cDo you have any\n\n28 public meeting scheduled with the County?\u201d (Exhibit 35).\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 19\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.20 Page 20 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 86. On November 12, 2025, Plaintiff emailed City Attorney Turner:\n 2 \u201cThere are no public hearings that I am aware of because our project--located on\n 3 industrially zoned land--is a ministerial approval under the County\u2019s zoning code.\n Our applications to the City of Imperial were similarly exempted. As you are aware,\n 4\n after investing millions in engineering and site control, we shifted our focus to\n 5\n adjacent parcels in the County and the City of El Centro, both of which recognized\n 6 that a data center is permitted as of right on industrial land. We remain\n 7 confident in our legal position and the clarity of our rights, as outlined in multiple\n 8 memos, and we are prepared to litigate this issue if necessary. Your email doesn\u2019t\n\n 9 address our outstanding reclaimed water request, which has been pending for some\n time and may have taken an unexpected detour. If the City of Imperial does not wish\n10\n to sell recycled water, please let us know directly.\u201d (Exhibit 36).\n11\n12 87. On November 14, 2025, Tom Dubose sent a text to City Manager Morita: \u201cI wanted\n\n13 to see if I can come in to see you about the reclaimed water from WWTP and how we can get that\n\n14 moving forward.\u201d City Manager Morita responded that he was getting his people together for\n\n15 Monday afternoon and would \u201cconfirm time on Monday morning.\u201d\n\n16 88. On November 20, 2025, at 12:22 PM, Tom Dubose texted City Manager Morita:\n\n17 \u201cChecking to see how Katie is coming along with a draft Will Serve agreement for reclaimed water?\n\n18 Hoping to be able to have that before we meet. . . .\u201d City Manager Morita replied: \u201cI am given to\n\n19 understand draft will be done shortly. I will pass it along as long as I have it. We can meet early\n\n20 next week.\u201d\n\n21 89. On November 26, 2025, at 12:14 PM, City Manager Morita sent a text to Tom\n\n22 Dubose stating: \u201cA quick note to let you know we are working on the re-claimed water will-serve.\n\n23 You had indicated you would reach out to Abraham for permission to provide us with a copy of the\n\n24 will-serve given to you. We are also contacting El Centro.\u201d\n\n25 90. On November 26, 2025, at 1:53 PM, the City posted on its Facebook page that the\n\n26 City \u201chas recently become aware\u201d the County is finalizing approval for a data center. The post stated\n\n27 \u201cbecause this project is unprecedented in its magnitude and use, the City Council feels it is critical\n\n28 to notify our residents\u201d and \u201cto empower\u201d residents to provide feedback:\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 20\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.21 Page 21 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 \u201cNotice regarding the County of Imperial potential approval associated with a\n 2 large-scale Data Center Complex at the Southeast corner of Aten Blvd & Clark Road.\n The City of Imperial has recently become aware that the County of Imperial has\n 3\n approved, or is in the process of finalizing approval for, an approximately\n 4\n 950,000-square-foot data center (330 MW) and Energy Storage System (862 MWh).\n 5 The project is planned to be built on 75 acres situated on the southeast corner of the\n 6 intersection of Aten and Clark roads. The City of Imperial is not the permitting\n 7 authority because the property is within the unincorporated County limits. Because\n\n 8 this project is unprecedented in its magnitude and use, the City Council feels it is\n critical to notify our residents of this project. While the City supports\n 9\n development, economic progress, and job creation, it is important to empower our\n10\n residents to provide feedback to the County when such larger projects are built in\n11 our neighborhood.\u201d\n12\n 91. On November 26, 2025, at 3:05 PM, Tom Dubose emailed City Manager Morita a\n13\n copy of the will-serve letter after he \u201creceived permission from the city of El Centro\u201d allowing him\n14\n \u201cto share this with you as you had requested earlier. Again, pointing out that this conditional will\n15\n serve letter . . . for a site in El Centro that is being considered. Please confirm the City of Imperial\u2019s\n16\n continued interest in doing the same...\u201d (Exhibit 37).\n17\n 92. On December 12, 2025, two weeks after City Manager Morita contacted the City of\n18\n El Centro, a post on El Centro\u2019s website stated:\n19\n \u201cThe City of El Centro is aware of information circulating regarding a privately\n20\n proposed data center ... related to the use of reclaimed wastewater. ... no\n21 commitments or decisions have been made regarding any proposed data center... The\n22 City did receive a request for a will-serve letter from the data center developer ... A\n will-serve letter ... was issued... the City has not entered into any agreement or made\n23\n any commitments related to a data center project.\u201d\n24\n25 CITY\u2019S TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH EL CENTRO WATER AGREEMENT\n\n26 93. The above correspondence reveals a calculated pattern by the City of Imperial to\n\n27 renege on its implied contract to sell reclaimed water and, subsequently, to actively sabotage\n\n28 Plaintiff\u2019s alternative water arrangements with the City of El Centro.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 21\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.22 Page 22 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 94. Despite Plaintiff funding studies and the City Engineer confirming capacity, City\n 2 officials began a campaign of feigned ignorance and delay. On November 7, 2025, City Attorney\n 3 Turner attempted to reset the clock, asking Plaintiff to \u201cforward me those earlier email\n 4 conversations,\u201d despite the long history of negotiations.\n 5 95. On November 20 and 26, 2025, City Manager Morita misled Plaintiff, stating via text\n 6 that a \u201cdraft will-serve [agreement] will be done shortly\u201d and that \u201cwe are working on the re-claimed\n 7 water will-serve.\u201d These statements induced the Plaintiff to believe the City was honoring its\n 8 obligation, while in reality, no such draft was forthcoming.\n 9 96. Under the false pretense of drafting Imperial\u2019s own agreement, City Manager Morita\n10 maneuvered to undermine the Plaintiff\u2019s relationship with the City of El Centro. On November 26,\n11 2025, City Manager Morita requested a copy of the City of El Centro\u2019s Will-Serve letter, implying\n12 it was needed to finalize Imperial\u2019s own agreement. Relying on this representation Plaintiff provided\n13 the El Centro will serve letter in good faith.\n14 97. Instead of using the will serve letter to draft an agreement, the City used it to interfere.\n15 On November 26, 2025, Imperial posted a hostile notice on Facebook to rally opposition against the\n16 data center. Morita admitted he was \u201ccontacting El Centro.\u201d\n17 98. The City\u2019s interference yielded immediate negative results. The City of El\n18 Centro--which had previously issued a will-serve letter--publicly retreated.\n19 99. On December 12, El Centro posted a disclaimer stating \u201cno commitments or decisions\n20 have been made,\u201d effectively destabilizing the Plaintiff\u2019s secondary water source.\n21 100. The City of Imperial did not merely breach its agreement to sell water; it used the\n22 promise of that agreement as bait to obtain information, which it then weaponized to interfere with\n23 the Plaintiff\u2019s contractual expectancy with the City of El Centro.\n24 CITY BLOCKS RECLAIMED WATER TO SALTON SEA (ENVIRONMENTAL PRETEXT)\n25 101. As confirmed in the November 6, 2025 email (Exhibit 31), Plaintiff proposed a\n26 revolutionary water strategy: procuring 6 million gallons per day (MGD) of reclaimed water--2 MGD\n27 from Imperial and 4 MGD from El Centro. Plaintiff required only 0.75 MGD for cooling (12.5% of\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 22\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.23 Page 23 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 the total). The remaining 5.25 MGD of treated freshwater would be released into the watershed\n 2 feeding the Salton Sea.\n 3 (a). For every 1 gallon consumed, Plaintiff would pay to treat and release 8 gallons into the\n environment.\n 4\n 5 (b). Plaintiff offered to fund $20 million in upgrades to the Cities\u2019 aging wastewater\n infrastructure at no cost to ratepayers, while generating an estimated $3 million annually in\n 6 new revenue for the City.\n 7\n 102. CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR THE SALTON SEA: This project converted a municipal liability\n 8\n (wastewater) into a critical environmental asset.\n 9\n10 (a). DUST SUPPRESSION: By directing a consistent, high-volume flow of water into the Sea, the\n11 project would help submerge the exposed lakebed (playa), preventing the toxic dust storms\n that plague Imperial Valley\u2019s respiratory health.\n12\n13 (b). SALINITY DILUTION: The massive infusion of treated freshwater acts as a diluent, lowering\n salinity in discharge areas to support endangered fish and bird populations.\n14\n (c). POTABLE WATER PRESERVATION: By using 100% reclaimed water, the project explicitly\n15\n preserved Colorado River allocations for residential and agricultural use.\n16\n 103. CITY\u2019S REJECTION PROVES MALICE: If the City\u2019s opposition were truly motivated by\n17\n environmental concern, they would have embraced this proposal. Instead they:\n18\n (a). SABOTAGING THE ECOSYSTEM: By blocking the project, the City actively prevented the flow\n19\n of millions of gallons of clean water into a dying ecosystem. They prioritized stopping the\n20 Plaintiff over the respiratory health of their own citizens.\n21\n (b). PRETEXTUAL OBJECTIONS: The Defendants\u2019 sudden invocation of \u201cenvironmental impact\u201d\n22\n is a calculated pretext. A genuine environmental steward would not torpedo a project that\n23 subsidizes regional water infrastructure and provides a massive, free infusion of freshwater\n24 to the Salton Sea.\n\n25\n (c). INTENT TO DESTROY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Defendants went further, weaponizing\n26 the \u201cwill-serve\u201d process to attack El Centro\u2019s participation and cut off Plaintiff\u2019s alternative\n27 water supply. This obstructionism confirms that their goal was never environmental\n protection, but the intentional destruction of a permitted land use.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 23\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.24 Page 24 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 104. Data centers are often criticized for using drinking (potable) water for cooling.\n 2 Plaintiffs proposal uses recycled water, which preserves precious Colorado River allocation and\n 3 creates a sustainable industrial model where \u201cwaste\u201d is repurposed for cooling, supports the\n 4 environment and Plaintiff cover all costs for engineering and any required plant upgrades.\n 5 105. By reneging on the agreement, Defendants actively prevented the flow of millions of\n 6 gallons of treated water into a dying ecosystem. Defendants sudden invocation of environmental\n 7 concern are not genuine; it\u2019s a calculated pretext designed to obscure that Defendants are actively\n 8 sabotaging one of the most significant private environmental investments in Imperial\u2019s history.\n 9 106. Instead of facilitating this environmental win, Defendants sough to torch Plaintiff\u2019s\n10 alternative water supply. Defendants\u2019 actions are designed to block a permitted land use, regardless\n11 of the cost to the Salton Sea or the public health of the Valley\u2019s residents.\n12 RETALIATORY SHAM LITIGATION FILED FOR SOLE PURPOSE OF DELAY\n13 107. ESCALATION TO HOSTILITY: The Sham Petition (December 4, 2025) The City\u2019s\n14 opposition escalated from administrative delay to active hostility in late 2025. On December 4, 2025,\n15 the City filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus (City of Imperial v. County of Imperial, Case No.\n16 ECU00457), seeking to invalidate the ministerial grading permit issued by the County. The Petition\u2019s\n17 central theory--that the project required discretionary Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) and a \u201czone\n18 change\u201d--was a fabrication directly contradicted by the plain text of the County\u2019s ordinances.\n19 108. CITY MANAGER\u2019S FALSE TESTIMONY: To support this baseless Petition, City Manager\n20 Morita falsely attested under penalty of perjury that the \u201cdata center project is not eligible for\n21 ministerial approval\u201d because \u201cdiscretionary approvals are required\u201d alleging:\n22 (a). That the substation required \u201ca CUP in the M-1 zone\u201d (City Petition \u00a7 60);\n23 (b). That the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) required \u201ca CUP in the M-2 zone\u201d (City\n24 Petition \u00a7 62); and\n25 (c). That the project required a \u201czone change\u201d (City Petition \u00a7 56).\n26 109. OBJECTIVE FALSITY OF THE CLAIMS: City Manager Morita\u2019s sworn statements were\n27 objectively false and legally untenable at the time they were made. The County Land Use Ordinance\n28 expressly permits these uses by right:\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 24\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.25 Page 25 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 (a). Data Centers are permitted by right in M-1 and M-2 zones (\u00a7\u00a7 90515.01(bbb), 90516.01(w));\n 2 (b). Substations are permitted by right in the M-1 zone (\u00a7 90515.01(vvvvvvv)); and\n 3 (c). Battery Storage is permitted as accessory structures in the M-2 zone (\u00a7 90516.01(hh)).\n 4 110. Most importantly, the County had already issued a formal determination on\n 5 September 4, 2025, confirming the Data Center is a permitted use--a fact City Manager Morita\n 6 admitted he was aware of the County\u2019s determination in his declaration (City Petition \u00a7\u00a7 34, 41).\n 7 111. RETALIATORY MISUSE OF PROCESS: The filing of the December 2025 Petition\n 8 exemplifies Defendants\u2019 retaliatory course of conduct. Having failed to block the project within its\n 9 own jurisdiction, the City sought to export its obstructionist tactics to the County. The Petition was\n10 a \u201csham\u201d litigation designed to interfere directly with Plaintiff\u2019s property rights. Defendants did not\n11 honestly believe the claim was meritorious; no reasonable litigant could expect success on a claim\n12 arguing that a \u201cpermitted use\u201d requires a \u201czone change\u201d when the zoning map already designates the\n13 land as industrial.\n14 112. INTENT TO HARASS AND DELAY: The City\u2019s goal was not to win the lawsuit--which\n15 was destined to fail on the law--but to use the pendency of the lawsuit to create uncertainty, delay\n16 construction, and force Plaintiff to abandon the project. This constitutes an abuse of the\n17 governmental process, distinct from the outcome of that process. The City\u2019s simultaneous social\n18 media campaign to \u201cempower residents\u201d against the project confirms the intent was political\n19 harassment rather than legitimate legal redress.\n20 113. ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF MINISTERIAL STATUS: The City\u2019s filing was not merely\n21 negligent; it was malicious. Plaintiff had repeatedly placed the City on actual notice that the project\n22 was a by-right, ministerial use under both City and County codes. The City\u2019s persistence in filing the\n23 lawsuit despite this knowledge demonstrates reckless indifference to Plaintiff\u2019s rights. The record\n24 of correspondence confirms the City\u2019s knowledge:\n25 (a). May 15, 2025 (Letter): Plaintiff cited \u00a7 24.19.550: \u201cThe ministerial aspects of the Site Plan\n26 is apparent from the 15 day limit for Site Plan Review ...Within 15 days...the Director shall\n\n27 approve ... or disapprove ... Failure of the Director to act within 15 days shall be deemed\n approval of the application.\u201d (Exhibit 6).\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 25\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.26 Page 26 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 (b). May 30, 2025 (Email): \u201cThe zoning code supports approval of this facility as-of-right. If the\n City chooses to require CEQA review... we will pivot and focus on other data center sites\n 2 in the region that can be approved as of right.\u201d (Exhibit 8).\n 3\n (c). June 4, 2025 (Email): Plaintiff provided the County analysis: \u201cData Center #2 is located in\n 4 Imperial County and under \u00a7 90515-01, permitted uses in the M-1 zone include \u2018Data center\u2019\n 5 uses, which \u2018are permitted... as of right. I have attached a draft plan of the data center\n located on contiguous land in the County.\u201d (Exhibit 10).\n 6\n (d). June 6, 2025 (Memo): Plaintiff provided the City Attorney a list of 25 data centers approved\n 7 as-of-right in industrial zones, including 14 in California. (Exhibit 11).\n 8\n (e). June 23, 2025 (Email): \u201cDuring our first meeting...we shared the zoning code and our view\n 9 that we were a permitted use...If the City believes a data center is not a permitted\n10 use...proceed with a similar use determination...\u201d (Exhibit 16).\n\n11 (f). July 18, 2025 (Email): \u201cFrom the outset, I selected the City because... our data center would\n be a permitted use and exempt from CEQA.\u201d (Exhibit 18).\n12\n13 (g). August 21, 2025 (Email): \u201cWe exceed all zoning requirements... From the beginning, we\n intended to proceed through the ministerial process.\u201d (Exhibit 25).\n14\n15 (h). September 4, 2025 (County Determination): \u201c[Under] 90515.01, Subsection (bbb) of the\n Imperial County Land Use Ordinance, a Data Center is a permitted use within the M-1\n16 (Light Industrial) zoning district. Ancillary components directly incidental to the primary\n data center operation-such as long-term power backup generators, electrical substation,\n17 short-term power backup battery energy storage system ... are likewise considered permitted\n18 uses within the M-1 zoning district.\u201d (Exhibit 27).\n\n19 (i). November 12, 2025 (Email): In response to a City inquiry about public hearings, Plaintiff\n20 replied: \u201cThere are no public hearings... because our project--located on industrially zoned\n land--is a ministerial approval under the County\u2019s zoning code. . . after investing\n21 millions in engineering and site control, we shifted our focus to adjacent parcels in the\n County... which recognized that a data center is permitted as of right on industrial\n22 land..\u201d (Exhibit 36).\n23\n 114. PUBLIC MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN: Despite this overwhelming record, on\n24\n December 29, 2025, the City posted a misleading statement on its website and social media: \u201cAfter\n25\n many months of staff-level review and the adherence to the City\u2019s commitment to public hearings\n26\n and CEQA compliance, the developer voluntarily withdrew... the City did not mislead the public...\u201d\n27\n This post was a repeated act of bad faith, attempting to rewrite the history of the City\u2019s\n28\n obstructionism and refusal to process a valid ministerial application.\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 26\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.27 Page 27 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 115. The City\u2019s goal was not to win the lawsuit but to use the pendency of the lawsuit to\n 2 create uncertainty, delay construction, and force the Plaintiff to abandon the project. The social\n 3 media campaign to \u201cempower residents\u201d confirms the intent was political harassment rather than\n 4 legal redress. The conduct was motivated by reckless indifference to Plaintiff\u2019s protected rights.\n 5 DEFENDANTS ENGAGE IN PUBLIC MISREPRESENTATION CAMPAIGN\n 6 116. The legal filing was accompanied by a public relations campaign. The City posted\n 7 hyperlinks to the lawsuit and inflammatory commentary on its official website and Facebook page,\n 8 urging residents to \u201cprovide feedback\u201d and characterizing the project as \u201cunprecedented in its\n 9 magnitude.\u201d This coordinated effort to mobilize public opposition and use the judicial process to\n10 harass the Plaintiff is classic \u201csham litigation.\u201d\n11 117. On November 26, 2025 at 1:53 pm the City posted on its Facebook page that the City\n12 \u201chas recently become aware\u201d the County is finalizing approval for a data center and \u201cbecause this\n13 project is unprecedented in its magnitude and use, the City Council feels it is critical to notify our\n14 residents\u201d and \u201cto empower\u201d residents to provide feedback:\n15 \u201cNotice regarding the County of Imperial potential approval associated with a\n large-scale Data Center Complex at the Southeast corner of Aten Blvd & Clark Road.\n16\n The City of Imperial has recently become aware that the County of Imperial has\n17 approved, or is in the process of finalizing approval for, an approximately\n18 950,000-square-foot data center (330 MW) and Energy Storage System (862 MWh).\n The project is planned to be built on 75 acres situated on the southeast corner of the\n19\n intersection of Aten and Clark roads. The City of Imperial is not the permitting\n20 authority because the property is within the unincorporated County of Imperial limits.\n21 Because this project is unprecedented in its magnitude and use, the City Council\n feels it is critical to notify our residents of this project. While the City Council\n22 supports development, economic progress, and job creation, it is important to\n23 empower our residents to provide feedback to the County when such larger\n projects are built in our neighborhood.\u201d\n24\n25 118. On December 15, 2025, at 11:49 pm, the City of Imperial posted on its Facebook page\n26 a hyperlink to its lawsuit, and stated in the post: \u201cIn our continued commitment of transparency\n27 and keeping our residents informed, the City of Imperial has posted the petition recently filed in the\n28 Superior Court by the City of Imperial on our website.\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 27\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.28 Page 28 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 119. On December 18, 2025, at 6:32 pm the City posted on its Facebook page a hyperlink\n 2 to its 86-page letter to the County Planning Commission, located on the City\u2019s website. The posting\n 3 stated that the \u201cCity of Imperial has submitted a letter to the Imperial County Planning Commission\n 4 urging commissioners to deny the proposed lot merger for the Data Center Project.\u201d\n 5 120. The City DID NOT post Plaintiff\u2019s response to that letter which was emailed to City\n 6 officials and confirms the City\u2019s objections were based on patently false statements.\n 7 121. On December 29, 2025, at 9:46 pm the City posted on its Facebook page a full copy\n 8 of a hyperlink to its ten page objections to the lot merger, and appeal to Board of Supervisors. The\n 9 City\u2019s posting stated:\n10 \u201cThe City supports responsible economic development. In fact, the City worked with\n11 this Developer who filed an application in the City of Imperial to develop a data\n center at a location . . . After many months of staff-level review and the adherence\n12\n to the City\u2019s commitment to public hearings and CEQA compliance, the\n13\n developer voluntarily withdrew his application with the City of Imperial. . .\u2019\u201d\n14\n15 \u201c. . . the City did not mislead the public concerning any substantive elements of\n16 the proposed development. Unfortunately, the proponent of the development has,\n\n17 by way of paid advertisements and presentations to local service clubs, seen fit to\n attack the City. Such attacks run counter to our efforts to involve our citizens\n18\n in the process associated with reasoned, responsible development.\u201d\n19\n20 122. Plaintiff had a property interest in the City processing the site plans as ministerial, and\n\n21 for approvals under \u00a7 24.19.550 which imposes a hard deadline and failure to timely deny the site\n\n22 plans \u201cshall be deemed approval\u201d of the three site plans.\n\n23 123. Plaintiff repeatedly submitted complete site plans, revised them and provided\n\n24 countless studies. The City manufactured \u201cdiscretion\u201d (text amendment) to arrive at CEQA.\n\n25 124. The decisions were being made by officials with final policymaking authority, and\n\n26 include the involvement by City Manager, City Attorney, Planning Director, Mayor and Council. The\n\n27 decisions to not process a compliant application were made/ratified by officials and employees at\n\n28 the highest level.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 28\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.29 Page 29 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 DEFENDANTS AND IID\u2019S COORDINATED MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN\n 2 125. Plaintiff is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that Defendants engaged in\n 3 a parallel track of obstruction, misrepresentations, and harassment in concert with the Imperial\n 4 Irrigation District (\u201cIID\u201d). Starting in late November 2025, the City and IID executed a coordinated\n 5 media campaign of misinformation designed to incite public hostility and sabotage Plaintiff\u2019s data\n 6 center project.\n 7 126. The City and IID processed multiple applications for over a year by mid-November;\n 8 however, the false media campaign disseminated to the public using government websites and social\n 9 media pages portrayed them as \u201cinforming\u201d the public of a data center that was moving quickly\n10 through approvals in the County without oversight, despite the Defendants\u2019 prior deep involvement.\n11 At no time did a single article identify the data center\u2019s ministerial rights for which it was securing\n12 approvals by the County.\n13 127. The motive underlying IID\u2019s obstruction was the prioritization of a competing project\n14 involving Z-Global, an energy consulting firm with a history of deep and improper entanglements\n15 with IID management. Following a year-long investigation by The Desert Sun, the engineering firm\n16 ZGlobal Inc. terminated its $9-million contract with IID, ending the relationship a year ahead of\n17 schedule.\n18 128. The termination followed revelations that ZGlobal, while acting as a public consultant\n19 for IID, had significant conflicts of interest by simultaneously working for private developers\n20 conducting business with the utility. The central issue identified was that ZGlobal was \u201cworking both\n21 sides of the street,\u201d advising the public utility on decisions that benefited its private-sector clients.\n22 129. In 2015, IID placed senior engineers on administrative leave based on ZGlobal\u2019s\n23 analysis and were subsequently replaced with ZGlobal consultants under a $9 million contract.\n24 130. ZGlobal ran IID\u2019s transmission and planning unit while consulting for solar\n25 developers seeking to connect to IID\u2019s grid. ZGlobal\u2019s founder, Ziad Alaywan, while acting as a\n26 public consultant for IID, maintained significant conflicts of interest by simultaneously working for\n27 private developers conducting business with IID and holding interests in multiple LLCs doing\n28 business with the utility.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 29\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.30 Page 30 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 131. By way of example, ZGlobal advised IID to spend $9.4 million building a power line\n 2 which enabled the construction of solar farms developed by ZGlobal\u2019s private clients. In another\n 3 instance, IID awarded a $35-million contract to a company led by a former IID board member after\n 4 rejecting cheaper bids from experienced firms; ZGlobal wrote the proposal for said company while\n 5 simultaneously working for IID.\n 6 132. Furthermore, ZGlobal\u2019s founder owned land where a community solar project was\n 7 to be built while advising IID on that very project. In one case, IID agreed to sell 1,400 acres of\n 8 farmland to a solar developer working with ZGlobal for $5.77 million; the property was shortly\n 9 flipped to another company for $14.2 million, resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue for IID.\n10 133. As a result of the investigation prompted by The Desert Sun, IID canceled a\n11 $75-million solar contract and a $7-million battery storage expansion. Former IID employees who\n12 were replaced by ZGlobal staff subsequently sued, alleging retaliation for raising concerns about the\n13 consultant.\n14 134. IID\u2019s General Manager, Jamie Asbury, unlawfully obstructed, delayed, and\n15 discriminated against Plaintiff\u2019s $10 billion AI Data Center project. This project is projected to\n16 generate between $22 million and $30 million in net annual revenue for IID.\n17 135. Between late 2024 and mid-2025, Plaintiff completed multiple technical studies\n18 required by IID, all of which confirmed the project\u2019s viability. A load injection study by Power\n19 Engineers in December 2024 established that IID\u2019s infrastructure possessed ample capacity, up to\n20 557.8 MW, to accommodate the project. In May 2025, IID\u2019s own Feasibility Study for 250 MW\n21 demonstrated no thermal violations or voltage exceedances. Furthermore, the System Impact Studies\n22 completed by IID in July 2025 and September 2025 showed no thermal, voltage, or stability\n23 violations, deeming the project \u201cfeasible\u201d.\n24 136. Despite these technical clearances, IID General Manager Jamie Asbury actively\n25 sought to derail the project commencing in late August 2025. This most troubling because in early\n26 2025, IID implemented a whopping 69% increase in public electricity rates, the highest increase\n27 in the utility\u2019s history spanning over a century.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 30\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.31 Page 31 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 137. On August 22, 2025, Asbury cancelled critical meetings regarding power supply,\n 2 citing a need for \u201cinternal conversations\u201d. Subsequently, on September 4, 2025, Asbury instructed\n 3 IID staff to \u201cput everything else aside\u201d and prioritize six projects from \u201cZ-Global\u201d--a direct\n 4 competitor with a competing data center project--thereby delaying Plaintiff\u2019s Facility Study.\n 5 138. The Facility Study was the final technical prerequisite before entering into a power\n 6 agreement. IID initially estimated it would be completed in six weeks (by Sept. 15, 2025), IID later\n 7 claimed--once Jamie Asbury intervened--it could not perform the study. This forced Plaintiff, who\n 8 had already paid IID for the study, to retain Power Engineers to complete the study. The study is now\n 9 expected to be completed in mid-January. These acts delayed the project by six months. The\n10 prioritization of Z-Global projects over Plaintiff\u2019s Facility Study was improper, and discriminatory.\n11 139. On September 16, 2025, Asbury informed Plaintiff that IID would not provide service\n12 absent a 15-year prepayment of electric fees, totaling over $4 billion. This demand patently violates\n13 standard electric utility practices, FERC regulations, and IID\u2019s own open access transmission tariff.\n14 140. In an effort to mitigate IID\u2019s alleged risk, Plaintiff proposed a wholesale supply\n15 arrangement utilizing a cost-plus model. (Exhibit 38). Under this proposal, IID would receive a fee\n16 for scheduling coordinator time and expenses, its transmission rate, and an administrative markup.\n17 Plaintiff estimated these fees would generate between $22 and $30 million in positive annual\n18 revenue to IID. All economic and reliability risk is borne solely by the data center, which will\n19 absorb all energy, capacity, and administrative costs. This allowed the data center to proceed while\n20 long-term agreements are secured, generating permanent jobs and tax revenue.\n21 141. On October 14, 2025, Jamie Asbury, on behalf of IID, rejected the proposal and\n22 falsely claimed Plaintiff had misrepresented generator data, and therefore had to restart of the entire\n23 application process. (Exhibit 39).\n24 142. On October 17, 2025, Plaintiff emailed and called IID Board members Karin Eugenio,\n25 and Alex Cardenas (Exhibit 40). When Tom Dubose approached Alex Cardenas for assistance, text\n26 messages confirmed he was communicating with Z-Global senior managers while simultaneously\n27 feigning concerns that IID was delaying a $10 billion project for Z-Global\u2019s benefit. This conduct\n28 is in stark contrast to IID\u2019s repeated statements of \u201chonesty, integrity, and transparency.\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 31\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.32 Page 32 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 143. After Plaintiff raised legitimate legal concerns, IID\u2019s General Manager Asbury\u2019s\n 2 directive precluding Plaintiff from communicating with IID staff constituted clear retaliation against\n 3 protected speech and a violation of IID and FERC regulations. Under Asbury\u2019s leadership, IID failed\n 4 to process requests on a non-discriminatory, timely basis and obstructed the Facility Study despite\n 5 receiving payment and executing the necessary agreements. IID\u2019s prioritization of Z-Global projects\n 6 and the issuance of the baseless $4 billion prepayment demand constitute intentional interference\n 7 with Plaintiff\u2019s business relationships and financing opportunities.\n 8 144. On October 17, 2025, Plaintiff emailed IID\u2019s General Manager asserting its intent to\n 9 exercise legal rights and seek remedies, submitting an arbitration brief (Exhibit 41) with relevant\n10 emails as exhibits. (Exhibit 42).\n11 145. This communication constituted protected activity. Asbury responded immediately\n12 by banning Plaintiff from communicating with IID staff, explicitly stating that this prohibition was\n13 a result of the mention of litigation. IID effectively barred Plaintiff from communicating directly with\n14 technical staff, restricting contact solely to Paul Rodriguez and IID\u2019s outside counsel, whose services\n15 are believed to cost ratepayers $1,000 per hour. Plaintiff immediately emailed IID withdrawing the\n16 arbitration, believing the incident was resolved. (Exhibit 43).\n17 146. The above conduct constitutes classic unconstitutional retaliation. IID cannot legally\n18 penalize Plaintiff for exercising its right to petition regarding Z-Global\u2019s preferential treatment. Nor\n19 can IID deny Plaintiff access to staff regarding an active application. By severing access to technical\n20 staff, IID imposed a penalty on Plaintiff in retaliation for the threat of litigation. This \u201cchilling effect\u201d\n21 is precisely the type of suppression prohibited by the First Amendment; the right to be free from\n22 retaliation for threatened litigation is a fundamental constitutional protection.\n23 147. Concurrent with these events, unknown text messages were sent to the County Board\n24 of Supervisors with derogatory information regarding Sebastian Rucci, Plaintiff\u2019s general manager.\n25 Plaintiff further recently discovered that a retaliatory campaign commenced at that time, with Asbury\n26 and various IID Board members using the utility\u2019s website and social media pages to attack the data\n27 center--a project positioned to provide over $30 million in net revenue to IID.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 32\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.33 Page 33 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 148. Plaintiff also recently learned that the manager of the data center project, Jose-Said\n 2 Ambriz, who disclosed that Jamie Asbury was holding up the project to benefit Z-Global had\n 3 suddenly retired from IID.\n 4 149. The parallel track of obstruction, misrepresentations, and harassment was further\n 5 evidenced by the actions of Karin Eugenio, IID Board representative for District 5, which\n 6 encompasses the City of Imperial. Eugenio, who is set to serve as Board Chair in 2026, served as the\n 7 City of Imperial\u2019s Mayor in 2021, concurrent with Defendant Katherine Burnworth\u2019s service on the\n 8 City Council. Plaintiff is informed and believes that Burnworth and Eugenio engaged in numerous\n 9 discussions during November and December 2025 to coordinate the campaign against the data\n10 center.\n11 150. On November 26, 2025, IID launched a public information initiative purported to\n12 address community concerns regarding transparency, costs, and environmental factors. The stated\n13 effort claimed to aim for a balance between economic growth and the protection of ratepayers,\n14 resources, and system stability amidst a national trend of data center development.\n15 151. On November 26, 2025, IID, over one year after the first data center application,\n16 launched a public information campaign on data centers, stating that data centers: \u201cmay result in\n17 environmental impacts to natural resources close to their location, particularly if not appropriately\n18 mitigated through California\u2019s Environmental Quality Act required compliance... IID requires:\n19 Developers adhere to all environmental rules and regulations.\u201d The statement about CEQA was\n20 intended to force a ministerially compliant data center, exempt from CEQA, to proceed to CEQA\n21 under threat of withholding electricity. Fully aware that CEQA would provide an opportunity for\n22 Comite Civico Del Valle, an environmental group known to engage in public extortion through its\n23 founder, Jose Luis Olmedo Velez who is commonly known in Imperial County for obstructing\n24 development projects by abusing the CEQA process.\n25 152. On November 28, 2025, regarding a post on the Instagram account for \u201cConcerned\n26 Imperial Residents\u201d questioning energy sources, Karin Eugenio (identifying herself as IID Director\n27 Division 5) commented: \u201cIt is not a sound proposal. It is environmentally degrading, and it would\n28 raise all of our energy rates.\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 33\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.34 Page 34 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 153. IID stands to sell roughly $250 million in electricity per year to the data center and\n 2 receive a recoupment cost of approximately $30 million annually. Yet, after imposing a 69% rate\n 3 increase on customers in early 2025, Karin Eugenio appears willing to casually forfeit this revenue\n 4 to protect Z-Global\u2019s interests. Discarding tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue is\n 5 irreconcilable with her fiduciary duties to IID ratepayers.\n 6 154. On December 5, 2025, IID issued a news release announcing a public workshop\n 7 scheduled for December 9, 2025, to discuss general data center development and potential impacts\n 8 on the District\u2019s service area. This workshop was ostensibly part of IID\u2019s ongoing commitment to\n 9 transparency. Over one year, after Plaintiff had gone through four studies at IID, on December 9,\n10 2025, IID hosted a public workshop to discuss general data center development and potential impacts\n11 on the District\u2019s service area. This workshop was ostensibly part of IID\u2019s ongoing commitment to\n12 transparency, and some of those in attendance were paid to attend by Comite Civico Del Valle.\n13 155. On December 10, 2025, IID issued a public statement on its website and social media\n14 pages that following the community workshop about data centers, to \u201censure clear, factual\n15 information, IID provides the following clarifications: IID has not approved or endorsed the project\n16 ... Technical studies do not equal approval ... Public claims that the project poses no grid risk are not\n17 based on IID\u2019s findings ... Revenue claims ... have not been reviewed or validated by IID.\u201d This time\n18 IID was directly attacking the data center, but IID was not posting the data center\u2019s position on these\n19 issues. It was classic abuse by IID to provide false information using its government website and\n20 social media pages.\n21 156. The next day, on December 11, 2025, the City of Imperial hosted its general data\n22 center workshop; making specific attacks on the data center. This workshop was over one year after\n23 Plaintiff went through three plans with the City. In effect, the City found no need to hold workshops\n24 when actual applications were before it. But somehow found it proper to hold a workshop when\n25 applications not before the City, but approved by the County who had jurisdiction, were approved.\n26 The coordinated conspiracy jumps off the pages as to timing of the workshops.\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 34\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.35 Page 35 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 157. On December 13, 2025, Karin Eugenio provided a letter to the Editor in the Desert\n 2 Review and the Calexico Chronicle titled \u201cWhy I Oppose the Proposed Imperial Data Center By\n 3 Karin Eugenio, IID Director \u2013 Division 5\" and stated:\n 4 \u201cI represent Imperial, where families have built their lives around quiet\n 5 neighborhoods, nearby schools, and a sense of safety and wellbeing. That is why I\n deeply understand the fear and frustration many residents are feeling about the\n 6\n proposed data center in our community. Imperial is not opposed to progress. But\n 7 residents are rightly worried about what this project could mean for their homes,\n 8 their children, and their quality of life. They are asking fair and necessary questions:\n Will this change our neighborhood forever? Will it strain our infrastructure? Will\n 9\n the promised benefits truly reach the community that would bear the impacts? Those\n10 concerns deserve respect. As a public servant, my responsibility is not just to listen,\n11 but to advocate. While the Imperial Irrigation District is not the authority that decides\n if or where projects are built -- that responsibility lies with Imperial County -- I\n12\n believe it is my duty to speak up when a proposal raises serious concerns about\n13\n ratepayers, reliability, and community well-being. Economic opportunity matters.\n14 Jobs matter. Growth matters. But growth without discretion can come at too high\n15 a cost. Development should enhance a community, not overwhelm it or make\n residents feel unheard or unsafe. The people I represent are asking for care,\n16\n transparency, and common sense. I believe they deserve nothing less.\u201d\n17\n18 158. Eugenio\u2019s letter explicitly utilized her official title as \u201cIID Director for Division 5.\u201d\n\n19 This constitutes a strategic editorial by a sitting IID Director (and incoming Chair) signaling that the\n\n20 $10 billion data center pending before IID is unwelcome. This opposition appears motivated by\n\n21 political calculus rather than legitimate energy concerns, as the project would alleviate, not\n\n22 aggravate, rate pressures.\n\n23 159. On December 24, 2025, the Desert Review published an article titled \u201cIID board\n\n24 moves to protect ratepayers amid interest in data centers.\u201d The article noted that the IID Board of\n\n25 Directors adopted a resolution establishing \u201cguideline principles\u201d for data centers. Director Eugenio\n\n26 was quoted stating: \u201cOur concern is for the overall well-being of our ratepayers by having proper\n\n27 parameters in place... We are not opposed to progress, but development should enhance the\n\n28 community...\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 35\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.36 Page 36 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 CONSPIRACY TO EXTORT: COORDINATION WITH \u201cGREENMAIL\u201d OPERATIVES\n 2 160. On November 12, 2025, Defendant Katherine Burnworth attended a meeting at the\n 3 Democratic United Group in El Centro where the data center was discussed publicly for the first\n 4 time. She was accompanied by Kristian Salgado, who subsequently authored multiple anti-data\n 5 center letters to various newspapers. Plaintiff recently discovered that Mr. Salgado works for, or in\n 6 concert with, Comite Civico Del Valle (\u201cCCV\u201d), a California non-profit corporation. CCV\u2019s\n 7 Executive Director, Jose Luis Olmedo Velez (\u201cLuis Olmedo\u201d), has an established history in Imperial\n 8 County of utilizing the CEQA process to halt development projects to extract financial settlements.\n 9 161. Luis Olmedo\u2019s and CCV\u2019s \u201cGreenmail\u201d business model were exposed in a Desert Sun\n10 investigation in 2025 titled \u201cNonprofit sought $83 million ahead of lawsuit that stalled Hells Kitchen\n11 lithium project.\u201d The article detailed Olmedo\u2019s modus operandi:\n12 \u201cClosed-door negotiations over a long-stalled lithium project ... included a request\n by the nonprofit\u2019s head for more than $80 million in payments over 30 years ... Luis\n13\n Olmedo, executive director of Comite Civico del Valle, sought $2.75 million a year\n14 ... according to a confidential settlement document seen by The Desert Sun ...\n15 Olmedo said \u2018the $2.75 million annual community impact fee was \u2026 intentionally\n crafted to be reasonable ... the proposed payments would total $83 million over\n16 three decades ...\u201d\n17\n \u201c... after CTR declined to make the payments last year, Comite Civico del Valle ...\n18\n sued rural Imperial County officials alleging that they and CTR violated CEQA ...\n19 After losing ... they challenged the defeat in appellate court ... [Olmedo] noted CEQA\n challenges of large projects are common ... Riverside County on May 7 approved a\n20\n $77 million payment ... in exchange for its support of a controversial hydropower\n21 project ... [CTR tried] to negotiate with [Olmedo] in spring 2024 to avoid the initial\n22 lawsuit ...\u201d\n\n23 \u201cCritics of Olmedo say the lengthy litigation has thrown a monkey wrench not just\n24 into CTR\u2019s project, but the widely acclaimed Lithium Valley ... As for criticisms that\n the litigation is delaying the entire region\u2019s growth, [Olmedo] is unbowed, noting that\n25\n state law allows anyone to challenge unfair or potentially harmful government actions\n26 ... he was aghast at what added up to at least an $83 million request, and told\n Olmedo there was no way they could or would pay so much ... Olmedo wouldn\u2019t\n27\n budge ... the ensuing lawsuit badly delayed a thoroughly vetted project that would\n28 bring hundreds of jobs, tax dollars and other benefits to the area ...\u201d\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 36\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.37 Page 37 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 162. Public tax records confirm that CCV has secured over $22 million in grants over the\n 2 past five years. CCV has an extensive resume of using CEQA litigation as leverage to extract\n 3 payments. The ministerial approval of Plaintiff\u2019s data center represents an existential threat to this\n 4 business model because it eliminates the discretionary \u201chook\u201d required to launch CEQA litigation\n 5 and extort settlements.\n 6 163. In 2022, California enacted Pub. Res. Code \u00a7 21169.17 (Assembly Bill 195) to curb\n 7 the abuse of CEQA settlements by private entities. The statute imposes a \u201cpublic benefit\u201d nexus on\n 8 settlements, requiring that funds be applied to \u201cprojects or programs that will produce environmental\n 9 benefits... within the geographic area of the project\u201d and mandating disclosure to the Attorney\n10 General to prevent \u201chush money\u201d agreements.\n11 164. By engaging in litigation to collect funds that are statutorily mandated for public use,\n12 CCV acts not as a private litigant, but as a deputized environmental collector for the State, a \u201cPrivate\n13 Attorney General.\u201d Under the \u201cState Action\u201d doctrine, when a private entity performs a traditionally\n14 exclusive public function (assessing and collecting mitigation fees), its actions are fairly attributable\n15 to the State. Consequently, CCV is subject to the constitutional limitations of the Fifth Amendment.\n16 165. On information and belief, Defendant Burnworth engaged in a parallel track of\n17 obstruction with Luis Olmedo and CCV. Following Plaintiff\u2019s efforts to enforce the City\u2019s zoning\n18 code and pursue ministerial approval in the County, Burnworth and Olmedo held multiple meetings\n19 to coordinate their opposition. Their shared objective was to force the ministerial data center into a\n20 discretionary CEQA process, thereby creating the leverage necessary for CCV to demand a\n21 settlement.\n22 166. A recent newspaper article in KPBS by Kori Suzuki states that the \u201ccity also accused\n23 county officials in the suit of violating the California Environmental Quality Act by evaluating\n24 individual components instead of the project as a whole.\u201d\n25 167. Threats and opposition at public hearings from CCV personnel--including Kristian\n26 Salgado and Gilbert Manzanarez--were coordinated with Defendants. Individuals associated with\n27 CCV appeared with uniform signage and utilized intimidation tactics against decision-makers. On\n28 information and belief, certain participants were compensated by CCV to amplify this opposition.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 37\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.38 Page 38 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 168. Because the Defendants and CCV are acting under color of state law to enforce a\n 2 \u201csham\u201d requirement, their conduct is subject to the unconstitutional conditions doctrine.\n 3 169. A demand to convert a vested ministerial project into a discretionary one solely to\n 4 extract fees bears no nexus to any legitimate land use impact. As the Supreme Court held in (Nollan\n 5 v. California Coast Commission, 483 U.S. 825, 837 (1987), where the condition is unrelated to the\n 6 impact, the demand \u201cis not a valid regulation of land use but \u2018an out-and-out plan of extortion.\u2019\u201d\n 7 170. The City\u2019s Petition for Writ of Mandate (the \u201cSham Petition\u201d) is the vehicle for this\n 8 extortion. The Petition is founded on the objectively false claim that a Conditional Use Permit and\n 9 rezoning are required for a project on industrial land. Despite knowing the zoning is correct, the City\n10 filed the lawsuit to manufacture a dispute. This was confirmed when, notwithstanding Plaintiff\u2019s\n11 intention to file a motion for judgment on the pleadings, the City immediately demanded a settlement\n12 meeting. The lawsuit is a pretext to force a financial settlement in exchange for rights the Plaintiff\n13 already possesses.\n14 171. EVIDENCE OF BAD FAITH AND MALICE. Defendants\u2019 refusal to process the ministerial\n15 application is malicious, not negligent. Defendants were repeatedly informed of the project\u2019s\n16 ministerial status, yet persisted in obstruction. Specific evidence of bad faith includes: (a) Repeated\n17 acknowledgments by City staff that the industrial zoning was compliant; (b) Detailed negotiations\n18 regarding reclaimed water and pipeline routing, which imply acceptance of the use; (c) Receipt of\n19 multiple memos articulating the \u201cas-of-right\u201d entitlement; (d) The City\u2019s sudden pivot to demanding\n20 a \u201ctext amendment\u201d while refusing to process a \u201csimilarity of use\u201d determination; and (e) The\n21 subsequent filing of the Sham Petition based on a \u201cfake rezoning\u201d theory.\n22 172. CONSPIRACY TO DEPRIVE RIGHTS. The City\u2019s actions--orchestrating a misinformation\n23 campaign, collaborating with a known \u201cgreenmail\u201d operative, and filing a factually baseless lawsuit--\n24 demonstrate an arbitrary, punitive, and conspiratorial intent. Defendants have weaponized the CEQA\n25 process not for environmental protection, but to deprive Plaintiff of vested property interests and to\n26 facilitate a scheme of extortion in violation of 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983.\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 38\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.39 Page 39 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 MATRIX SHOWING COORDINATED MISINFORMATION\n 2\n Date Actor Action\n 3 Nov 26 City Website & Facebook posts: City \u201chas recently become aware\u201d the\n 4 County is finalizing approval for a data center and \u201cbecause this\n project is unprecedented in its magnitude and use, the City Council\n 5 feels it is critical to notify our residents\u201d and \u201cto empower\u201d residents\n 6 to provide feedback against the data center\n\n 7 Nov 26 City Contacting El Centro to block the Plaintiff\u2019s reclaimed water deal.\n Nov 26 IID IID launched public information on data center: \u201cmay result in\n 8\n environmental impacts to natural resources close to their location,\n 9 particularly if not appropriately mitigated through California\u2019s\n Environmental Quality Act required compliance... IID requires:\n10\n Developers adhere to all environmental rules and regulations.\u201d\n11 Nov 28 IID Instagram Concerned Imperial Residents. Karin Eugenio - IID\n12 Director stated: \u201cIt is not a sound proposal. It\u2019s environmentally\n degrading, and would raise all of our energy rates.\u201d\n13\n Dec 1 Senator Senator Steve Padilla sent a letter to Imperial County\n14\n Dec 4 City City Filed \u201cSham\u201d Petition ECU00457 to block permits.\n15 Dec 4 KPBS Senator Steve Padilla called for public review of data center\n16 Dec 5 IID Schedules Public Workshop on Data Centers. \u201cThe workshop is part\n17 of the District\u2019s ongoing commitment to transparency.\u201d\n Dec 9 IID Hosted general data center workshop; making specific attacks.\n18\n Dec 10 IID IID issued a statement following the community workshop about data\n19 centers ... To ensure clear, factual information, IID provides the\n20 following clarifications: IID has not approved or endorsed the project\n ... Technical studies do not equal approval ... Public claims that the\n21 project poses no grid risk are not based on IID\u2019s findings ... Revenue\n22 claims ... have not been reviewed or validated by IID.\u201d\n\n23 Dec 10 IID Karin Eugenio wrote on Facebook Rants and Raves: \u201cI am the IID\n director for Imperial. We had a meeting last night at the IID\n24 headquarters to discuss data centers ... IID is establishing extensive\n25 criteria for any future developments, in this realm, to avoid projects\n that can potentially degrade our community fiscally and/or\n26 environmentally... I am fighting every day to keep predatory\n27 development out of our neighborhoods.\u201d\n\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 39\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.40 Page 40 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 Date Actor Action\n 2 Dec 11 City Hosted general data center workshop; making specific attacks.\n 3 Dec 12 El Post on City website: \u201caware of information. . . related to the use of\n Centro reclaimed wastewater. . . . no commitments or decisions have been\n 4\n made regarding any proposed data center...\u201d\n 5 Dec 13 IID IID Director Eugenio letter to the editor: \u201cunderstand the fear and\n 6 frustration many residents are feeling about the data center ...\n residents are rightly worried about what this project could mean ...\n 7 when a proposal raises serious concerns about ratepayers, reliability,\n 8 and community well-being ... growth without discretion can come at\n too high a cost. Development should enhance a community, not\n 9\n overwhelm it or make residents feel unheard or unsafe ...\u201d\n10 Dec 15 City Website & Facebook posts linking to sham litigation: \u201ccommitment\n11 of transparency and keeping our residents informed, the City of\n Imperial has posted the petition\u201d\n12\n Dec 18 City Website & Facebook post linking 86-page Planning commission\n13 letter. The letter falsely claims rezoning and CUP are required.\n14 Dec 23 IID IID press release adopting guideline principals for data centers\n\n15 Dec 29 City Website & Facebook post linking objections to lot merger:\n \u201cCity did not mislead the public concerning any substantive elements\n16 of the development\u201d Plaintiff \u201cseen fit to attack the City. Such\n17 attacks run counter to our efforts\u201d\n\n18\n DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY THE PLAINTIFF\n19\n 173. The damages sustained by Plaintiff are multifaceted and severe, comprising direct\n20\n delay costs, unnecessary redesign expenses, and lost business opportunities. Plaintiff expended\n21\n millions of dollars in engineering, architectural, and legal fees to prepare three separate site plan\n22\n applications, technically complex studies: Traffic, Air Pollution, Soils Report, Phase I Environmental\n23\n Report, Reclaimed Water Reports, Alta Survey, and Multiple Site Plans, and revised the site plans\n24\n to appease the City\u2019s shifting and arbitrary demands. These costs were incurred for a project that the\n25\n City had no intention of approving, representing a total loss of capital.\n26 174. Plaintiff has secured letters of intent and preliminary agreements with a \u201chyperscale\u201d\n27 tenant to lease the facilities. The value of this lease agreement over the life of the project is estimated\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 40\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.41 Page 41 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 in the billions of dollars. The City\u2019s intentional delays and public disparagement campaign have\n 2 jeopardized this relationship, threatening the loss of the entire income stream from the development.\n\n 3 175. The City\u2019s tortious interference with the City of El Centro caused the loss of a secured\n\n 4 secondary water source, necessitates the identification and procurement of alternative, likely more\n\n 5 expensive, water sources, effectively increasing the project\u2019s long-term operational costs by millions\n\n 6 of dollars over the facility\u2019s life-span.\n\n 7 176. In reliance on the City\u2019s initial confirmation in September 2024 that the data center\n was a permitted use by right, Plaintiff invested over $1 million to secure approval for the $12 million\n 8\n purchase for the 95-acres within the City of Imperial.\n 9\n 177. On June 2, 2025, plaintiff wired the initial deposit to Webb, on July 14, 2025, the\n10\n second payment and September 5, 2025, the third payment. These payments were made in direct\n11\n reliance on the City\u2019s implied contract to sell reclaimed water and the City Engineer\u2019s assurance that\n12\n the project was feasible and desired. By subsequently refusing to sell the water and interfering with\n13\n the El Centro supply, the City rendered these expenditures entirely futile.\n14\n 178. Defendant\u2019s Katherine Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora\u2019s\n15\n conduct, as described above, was intentional, malicious, fraudulent, and undertaken with a conscious\n16\n and deliberate disregard of Plaintiff\u2019s rights. Defendant\u2019s Katherine Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie\n17\n Turner, and Othon Mora knew, or recklessly disregarded the fact, that their actions were substantially\n18\n certain to cause harm, yet proceeded in order to advance its own interests.\n19 COUNT 1 - VIOLATION OF PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983)\n20 (Against defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth, Dennis\n Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, Jointly and Severally)\n21\n 179. The previous paragraphs of this Complaint are incorporated into this cause of action\n22\n by this reference as though fully set forth herein.\n23\n 180. Defendants conduct gives rise to constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983 which\n24\n allows for the recovery of compensatory and punitive damages against individual officials who,\n25\n acting under color of law, deprive Plaintiff of its federally protected rights.\n26\n 181. Plaintiff seeks to vindicate its protected property rights and expose the underlying bad\n27\n faith obstruction of the data center project.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 41\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.42 Page 42 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 182. At all times relevant hereto, Defendants acted under color of state law to deprive\n 2 Plaintiff of rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution of the United States.\n 3 Defendants engaged in a pattern of verifiable misconduct, ranging from ignoring self-executing\n 4 municipal code provisions to retaliating against the exercise of property rights.\n 5 183. Imperial\u2019s Site Plan Review procedure, codified at \u00a7 24.19.500, is a ministerial\n 6 process. It limits the City\u2019s authority to a technical verification of compliance with objective\n 7 standards, such as permitted uses, setbacks, height limits, and lot coverage. It does not grant\n 8 Defendants the discretion to subjectively evaluate the \u201cmagnitude\u201d or political desirability of a\n 9 project that complies with zoning ordinances.\n10 184. Plaintiff possesses a legally protected property interest in the approval of its site plans.\n11 This interest derives from the mandatory language of the City\u2019s own ordinances. Specifically,\n12 Plaintiff holds a protected property interest in the strict enforcement of the 15-day review deadline\n13 prescribed by \u00a7 24.19.550. Under this statute, the City\u2019s failure to act within the statutory window\n14 results in automatic approval by operation of law.\n15 (a). First Application: Deemed approved on March 19, 2025\n16 (b). Second Application: Deemed approved on August 19, 2025\n17 (c). Third Application: Deemed approved on October 16, 2025\n18 185. Once these statutory deadlines had passed, the Plaintiff\u2019s entitlement to the permits\n19 vested. Defendants deprived Plaintiff of this protected property interest by refusing to acknowledge\n20 the ministerial status of the applications and by refusing to honor the deemed-approval mechanism.\n21 Instead of issuing the permits as required by law, Defendants arbitrarily treated the vested approvals\n22 as void, without providing Plaintiff notice or an opportunity to be heard regarding the revocation of\n23 these vested rights.\n24 186. Defendants, acting under color of state law, deprived Plaintiff of its protected property\n25 interest through actions that were arbitrary, irrational, and undertaken in bad faith, including:\n26 (a). Intentionally demanding the ministerial application be process under discretionary\n27 procedures in an effort to create public hearings and CEQA review;\n28 (b). Intentionally allowing deadlines to lapse and then ignoring the legal consequences;\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 42\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.43 Page 43 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 (c). Inventing new discretionary requirements (e.g., text amendments and conditional use\n 2 permits) for uses already permitted by right; and\n 3 (d). Soliciting confidential information under false pretenses to interfere with third-party\n 4 contracts, as a means to block the entitlement.\n 5 187. Defendants\u2019 actions violate Plaintiff\u2019s rights to Procedural Due Process as provided\n 6 by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The City\u2019s refusal to follow its own\n 7 mandatory, non-discretionary statutes deprived Plaintiff of a multi-million dollar entitlement without\n 8 due process of law and is compensable under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983.\n 9 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against Defendants City of Imperial, Katherine\n10 Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally:\n11 A. For compensatory damages against Defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth,\n12 Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally, in an\n13 amount to be determined upon trial of this action;\n14 B. Defendant Katherine Burnworth\u2019s conduct constitutes oppression, fraud, and malice within\n15 the meaning of applicable law and justifies the imposition of punitive and exemplary\n16 damages. Plaintiff seeks punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish Defendant\n17 Katherine Burnworth for her misconduct, to deter others from engaging in similar conduct\n18 in the future, and to promote respect for the Constitution and laws of the United States;\n19 C. For costs of suit and reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees in accordance with 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1988; and\n20 D. For such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.\n21\n COUNT 2 - FIRST AMENDMENT RETALIATION (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983)\n22 (Against defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth, Dennis\n Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, Jointly and Severally)\n23\n 188. The previous paragraphs of this Complaint are incorporated into this cause of action\n24\n by this reference as though fully set forth herein.\n25\n 189. Defendants\u2019 conduct gives rise to constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983,\n26\n which allows for the recovery of compensatory and punitive damages against individual officials\n27\n who, acting under color of state law, deprive Plaintiff of its federally protected rights.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 43\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.44 Page 44 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 190. The First Amendment guarantees the right to petition the government for a redress\n 2 of grievances. This right is broad and encompasses not only filing lawsuits but also applying for\n 3 government permits, communicating with public officials, criticizing government delays, and\n 4 advocating for one\u2019s business interests in public forums.\n 5 191. Plaintiff engaged in clearly established protected activity by:\n 6 (a). Insisting on strict compliance with the Imperial Municipal Code\u2019s ministerial review process;\n 7 (b). Petitioning the County of Imperial for land use approvals after the City\u2019s obstruction;\n 8 (c). Speaking at service club meetings to counter the City\u2019s false narrative in public forums; and\n 9 (d). Threatening litigation regarding the City\u2019s delays and regarding conflicts of interest\n10 involving Z-Global with IID.\n11 192. In response to this protected activity, Defendants took severe adverse actions designed\n12 to punish Plaintiff and chill the exercise of these rights. These actions included:\n13 (a). Refusing to honor the mandatory \u00a7 24.19.500 Site Plan Review Procedure and the \u00a7\n14 24.19.550 \u201cdeemed approved\u201d status;\n15 (b). Suddenly demanding a discretionary CEQA process and text amendments for a project that\n16 is permitted by right, solely to force Plaintiff into a regulatory morass;\n17 (c). Distributing City-authored flyers containing false statements and posting hostile messages\n18 on the City\u2019s official social media pages to incite public opposition;\n19 (d). Soliciting confidential documents to sabotage Plaintiff\u2019s water agreement with the City of\n20 El Centro; and\n21 (e). Filing baseless lawsuits and administrative appeals against the County\u2019s approvals.\n22 193. While the City possesses a general right to petition the courts, that right is not\n23 absolute when used as a weapon against a citizen. Defendants\u2019 litigation and administrative appeals\n24 against the County fall under the sham litigation exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine. These\n25 legal actions are \u201cobjectively baseless\u201d because the City lacks jurisdiction over County land use\n26 decisions, and they are subjectively motivated by a desire to harass the Plaintiff and drain its\n27 resources rather than a legitimate expectation of success on the merits.\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 44\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.45 Page 45 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 194. The retaliatory motive is evidenced by the temporal proximity of the adverse actions.\n 2 The harassment campaign began immediately after Plaintiff asserted its rights under the City code\n 3 and moved the project to the County. The City was content to ignore the project until Plaintiff sought\n 4 redress elsewhere; once the County approval appeared imminent, Defendants escalated their\n 5 obstruction from passive delay to active tactics, including the smear campaign and the sham\n 6 litigation.\n 7 195. Defendants\u2019 adverse actions--specifically the public disparagement, the interference\n 8 with the El Centro water contract, and the filing of a lawsuit--would chill a person of ordinary\n 9 firmness from continuing to engage in the protected activity. Indeed, the City\u2019s actions were\n10 calculated to force the Plaintiff to abandon the project entirely or submit to an extra-legal\n11 discretionary process.\n12 196. Defendants\u2019 actions were substantially motivated by Plaintiff\u2019s protected conduct. But\n13 for Plaintiff\u2019s persistence in asserting its \u201cby-right\u201d status and its successful petitioning of the\n14 County, Defendants would not have engaged in this extraordinary campaign of interference.\n15 197. The actions alleged above violate Plaintiff\u2019s rights under the First Amendment to the\n16 United States Constitution. Any violation of these rights is compensable under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983.\n17 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against Defendants City of Imperial, Katherine\n18 Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally:\n19 A. For compensatory damages against Defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth,\n20 Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally, in an\n21 amount to be determined upon trial of this action;\n22 B. Defendant Katherine Burnworth\u2019s conduct constitutes oppression, fraud, and malice within\n23 the meaning of applicable law and justifies the imposition of punitive and exemplary\n24 damages. Plaintiff seeks punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish Defendant\n25 Katherine Burnworth for her misconduct, to deter others from engaging in similar conduct\n26 in the future, and to promote respect for the Constitution and laws of the United States;\n27 C. For costs of suit and reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees in accordance with 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1988; and\n28 D. For such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 45\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.46 Page 46 of\n 52\n\n\n 1\n 2\n 3\n 4\n 5\n 6\n 7\n 8\n 9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 46\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.47 Page 47 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 COUNT 3 - EQUAL PROTECTION CLASS OF ONE CLAIM (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983)\n (Against defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth, Dennis\n 2 Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, Jointly and Severally)\n 3 198. The previous paragraphs of this Complaint are incorporated into this cause of action\n 4 by this reference as though fully set forth herein.\n 5 199. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects individuals from\n 6 intentional and arbitrary discrimination, even if they do not belong to a protected class. Under the\n 7 \u201cClass of One\u201d theory established in Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562 (2000), a\n 8 plaintiff states a claim by alleging they were intentionally treated differently from others similarly\n 9 situated and that there was no rational basis for the difference in treatment. As the Supreme Court\n10 held: \u201cThe allegations that this was \u2018irrational and wholly arbitrary\u2019 was enough to make an equal\n11 protection case.\u201d (Id. at 1075).\n12 200. Plaintiff is similarly situated to other property owners and developers in the I-2\n13 Rail-Served Industrial Zone. Defendants routinely process site plans for these similarly situated\n14 entities ministerially under \u00a7 24.19.500. Specifically, the City Code and Defendants\u2019 past practices\n15 permit heavy industrial uses--including livestock sales, feed yards, bottling plants, cement product\n16 manufacturing, and lumber yards--to proceed by right or with minimal administrative review. For\n17 example, Vilore Foods, a 289,000 square foot warehouse, located at 2421 Vilore Way, in the City,\n18 and Alford Distributing, located at 344 Crown Court, in the City, are both large Industrial buildings\n19 approved under the ministerial site plan review procedure.\n20 201. Despite Plaintiff\u2019s project being less intrusive than these permitted heavy industrial\n21 uses (producing less traffic, no retail foot traffic, and contained entirely indoors), Defendants\n22 intentionally treated Plaintiff differently. While similarly situated industrial applicants are granted\n23 permits through objective staff verification, Defendants singled out Plaintiff, demanding that it\n24 submit to a discretionary \u201cConditional Use Permit\u201d process, text amendments, and environmental\n25 reviews not required of others.\n26 202. Defendants further demonstrated disparate treatment regarding the \u201cSimilarity of Use\u201d\n27 provision (\u00a7 24.19.200). Defendants have historically utilized \u00a7 24.19.200 to administratively\n28 classify unlisted uses as permitted when they are similar in character to listed uses. Plaintiff\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 47\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.48 Page 48 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 repeatedly requested Defendants to apply the similarity of use standard to the data center. Defendants\n 2 arbitrarily refused to exercise the similarity of use procedure, instead insisting on a legislative text\n 3 amendment which would take 6 to 9 months.\n 4 203. There is no rational basis for this difference in treatment. It is irrational and wholly\n 5 arbitrary to require a lengthy discretionary review and legislative amendment for a low-impact data\n 6 center while ministerially approving high-impact uses like cement manufacturing or feed yards in\n 7 the same zone. The distinction was not based on any legitimate government interest, such as public\n 8 health or safety, but was motivated by a malicious intent to obstruct Plaintiff\u2019s project and retaliate\n 9 against Plaintiff\u2019s assertion of rights.\n10 204. The actions alleged above violate Plaintiff\u2019s rights to Equal Protection as provided\n11 by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Any violation of the Fourteenth\n12 Amendment is compensable under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983.\n13 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against defendants City of Imperial, Katherine\n14 Burnworth, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally:\n15 A. For compensatory damages against Defendants City of Imperial, Katherine Burnworth,\n16 Dennis Morita, Katie Turner, and Othon Mora, individually, jointly and severally, in an\n17 amount to be determined upon trial of this action;\n18 B. Defendant Katherine Burnworth\u2019s conduct constitutes oppression, fraud, and malice within\n19 the meaning of applicable law and justifies the imposition of punitive and exemplary\n20 damages. Plaintiff seeks punitive damages in an amount sufficient to punish Defendant\n21 Katherine Burnworth for her misconduct, to deter others from engaging in similar conduct\n22 in the future, and to promote respect for the Constitution and laws of the United States; and\n23 C. For costs of suit and reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees in accordance with 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1988; and\n24 D. For such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.\n25 //\n26 //\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 48\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.49 Page 49 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 COUNT 4 - MUNICIPAL LIABILITY (MONELL) (42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983)\n (Against defendant City of Imperial)\n 2\n 205. The previous paragraphs of this Complaint are incorporated into this cause of action\n 3\n by this reference as though fully set forth herein.\n 4\n 206. Defendant City of Imperial is a municipality and a \u201cperson\u201d subject to suit under 42\n 5\n U.S.C. \u00a7 1983. Under Monell v. Dep\u2019t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658 (1978), the City is liable for\n 6\n constitutional deprivations caused by the implementation of its official policies, customs, or\n 7\n practices, or by the decisions of officials with final policymaking authority.\n 8\n 207. The constitutional violations alleged herein--including the denial of Procedural Due\n 9\n Process, First Amendment Retaliation, and Equal Protection violations--were not the result of rogue\n10\n actions by low-level employees. Rather, they were the direct result of deliberate decisions made by\n11\n officials with final policymaking authority for the City regarding land use and code enforcement.\n12\n Specifically:\n13\n (a). Planning Director Othon Mora: Possesses final authority over Site Plan Reviews and the\n14\n interpretation of the Zoning Code. His decision to refuse to process the ministerial\n15\n application and demand text amendments constitutes the official policy of the City.\n16\n (b). City Manager Dennis Morita: Possesses final administrative authority. His direct\n17\n involvement in the meetings, his direction to withhold the \u201cwill-serve\u201d water agreement, and\n18\n his authorization of the interference with the City of El Centro represent official municipal\n19\n acts.\n20\n (c). City Council/Katherine Burnworth: The involvement of Council members and the use of the\n21\n City\u2019s official social media channels confirm that the legislative body ratified the\n22\n obstructionist strategy.\n23\n 208. The City established and maintained an unconstitutional custom or usage of ignoring\n24\n mandatory ministerial duties in favor of arbitrary discretionary review when politically expedient.\n25\n Despite the clear language of the I-2 Rail-Served Industrial Zone permitting \u201cbusiness, professional,\n26\n and research offices,\u201d the City adopted a policy of manufacturing \u201cdiscretion\u201d (via demands for\n27\n CUPs, text amendments, and CEQA) to delay and obstruct Plaintiff\u2019s vested rights. This practice is\n28\n so permanent and well-settled as to constitute a \u201ccustom or usage\u201d with the force of law.\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 49\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.50 Page 50 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 209. Furthermore, the public smear campaign on Facebook were not isolated incidents.\n 2 These were deliberate municipal actions ordered by senior City officials, printed with City resources,\n 3 and distributed by City employees during working hours. This concerted use of government\n 4 machinery to disparage a private applicant and incite public opposition constitutes an official policy\n 5 of retaliation ratified by the City\u2019s highest officials.\n 6 210. The City, through its policymakers, had actual or constructive knowledge of the\n 7 constitutional deprivations being foisted upon Plaintiff and failed to take corrective action, thereby\n 8 ratifying the unconstitutional conduct.\n 9 211. By failing to override the Planning Director\u2019s arbitrary refusal to follow the code, and\n10 by actively participating in the interference with the City of El Centro reclaimed water contract, the\n11 City Council and City Manager approved the unconstitutional acts.\n12 212. As a direct and proximate result of the City of Imperial\u2019s official policies, customs,\n13 and ratified acts, Plaintiff has suffered significant damages, including the loss of use of its property,\n14 the cost of futile studies, the destruction of its contractual relationship with the City of El Centro,\n15 and impact to the potential economic benefit of the relationship between Plaintiff and the Hypercale\n16 Tenant valued in the hundred of million of dollars.\n17 WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays for judgment against the City of Imperial as follows:\n18 A. For compensatory damages against the City of Imperial in an amount to be determined upon\n19 trial of this action, which amount is estimated to exceed One Million Dollars;\n20 B. For costs of suit and reasonable attorneys\u2019 fees in accordance with 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1988; and\n21 C. For such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.\n22\n23 PLAINTIFF DEMANDS A TRIAL BY JURY ON ALL ISSUES SO TRIABLE\n24\n LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n25\n26\n27 Date: January 9, 2026 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n Attorney for Plaintiff\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 50\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.51 Page 51 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 VERIFICATION\n 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )\n )\n 3 COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )\n 4 I, Sebastian Rucci, declare as follows:\n 5 I, Sebastian Rucci, am the managing member of Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing,\n 6 LLC, the entity which filed for the data center permits at issue. I have read the foregoing Verified\n 7 Complaint and know the contents to be true and that the same are true of my own knowledge, except\n 8 as to matters which are therein stated upon my information or belief, and as to those matters that I\n 9 believe it to be true.\n10 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States and under the laws of\n11 California that the foregoing is true and correct.\n12 Executed on January 9, 2026 at Riverside, California.\n13\n14 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING, LLC\n15\n16\n Sebastian Rucci, managing member\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 51\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.52 Page 52 of\n 52\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF EXHIBITS\n 2 Exhibit 1 Email to City Site Plans (1-17-25)\n Exhibit 2 Email to City - Meeting Plans; Reclaimed Water (2-28-25)\n 3 Exhibit 3 City email - Site Plan Application (3-04-25)\n 4 Exhibit 4 Reclaimed Water Emails (3-07-25)\n Exhibit 5 Site Plan Review Letter (4-04-25)\n 5 Exhibit 6 Letter to City Amended Plans (5-14-25)\n 6 Exhibit 7 City email Reclaimed Water (5-20-25)\n Exhibit 8 Email to City on Zoning (5-30-25)\n 7 Exhibit 9 Email to City about County Zoning (6-03-25)\n Exhibit 10 Email to City Copy of County Plans (6-04-25)\n 8 Exhibit 11 Email to City - As of Right Memo (6-06-25)\n 9 Exhibit 12 Email to City - Reclaimed Water Cost (6-17-25)\n Exhibit 13 Email from City - Reclaimed Water Cost (6-17-25)\n10 Exhibit 14 Email to City - Reclaimed Water Cost (6-17-25)\n11 Exhibit 15 Letter to Imperial - Permitted Use (6-23-25)\n Exhibit 16 Email to City - Data Center Permitted Use (6-23-25)\n12 Exhibit 17 City email - Path Forward (7-15-25)\n Exhibit 18 City to email - Alternative Suggestions (7-18-25)\n13 Exhibit 19 Email to City - Revised Plans on Industrial (7-22-25)\n14 Exhibit 20 Email from City - Working on Plans (7-30-25)\n Exhibit 21 Email from City - Reclaimed Water Report (8-14-25)\n15 Exhibit 22 Email to City - Reclaimed Water Site Plan (8-16-25)\n16 Exhibit 23 Email from City - Forwarding Site Plan to Engineer (8-18-25)\n Exhibit 24 Email from City - Rejecting Site Plan on Industrial Zone (8-20-25)\n17 Exhibit 25 Email to City - Withdrawing Project (8-21-25)\n Exhibit 26 Email from City - Continued Cooperation (9-03-25)\n18 Exhibit 27 County Letter - Data Center is Permitted Use (9-04-25)\n19 Exhibit 28 Email to City - Copies of Six Studies (9-09-25)\n Exhibit 29 Email from City Attorney - Reclaimed Water Questions (9-18-25)\n20 Exhibit 30 Email to City - Reclaimed Water Answers (10-07-25)\n21 Exhibit 31 Email to City - Reclaimed Water Questions (11-06-25)\n Exhibit 32 Email to City - Reclaimed Water (11-07-25)\n22 Exhibit 33 Email from City - Reclaimed Water emails (11-07-25)\n Exhibit 34 Email to City - Reclaimed Water emails (11-07-25)\n23 Exhibit 35 Email from City - County Hearings (11-12-25)\n24 Exhibit 36 Email to City - No County Hearings (11-12-25)\n Exhibit 37 Email from Tom to City of Imperial (11-26-25)\n25 Exhibit 38 Wholesale Market Proposal to IID (10-02-25)\n26 Exhibit 39 Email from IID Rejecting Proposal (10-14-25)\n Exhibit 40 Email to Director Eugenio and Cardenas (10-14-25)\n27 Exhibit 41 Arbitration Statement (10-20-25)\n Exhibit 42 Arbitration Statement Exhibits\n28 Exhibit 43 Email to IID Board - Arbitration Withdrawn and Case Close (10-22-25)\n\n VERIFIED CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT Page 52\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:19:22.993253-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":null,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111069","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":1,"description":"Complaint","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739414/","id":464739414,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/1/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.116698-08:00","date_modified":"2026-06-24T14:26:47.680567-07:00","sha1":"8a98425f36a1c64bac21012226aa861f4d8c97dc","page_count":1,"file_size":312965,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.1_1.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.1.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":"recap-thumbnails/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/464739414.thumb.1068.png","thumbnail_status":1,"plain_text":" Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJWCIVIL\nJS 44 (Rev. 03/24) DocumentCOVER 1-1 SHEET Filed 01/09/26 PageID.53 Page 1\n of 1\nThe JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as\nprovided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the\npurpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)\nI. (a) PLAINTIFFS DEFENDANTS\n IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING, CITY OF IMPERIAL, a California municipal corporation\n LLC, a California limited liability company\n (b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff Riverside County of Residence of First Listed Defendant Imperial\n (EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES) (IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)\n NOTE: IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF\n THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.\n\n (c) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number) Attorneys (If Known)\n Law Offices of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.; 16400 PCH, Suite\n '26CV128 JLS BJW\n 212, Huntington Beach, CA 92649; Ph. 562-901-0199\nII. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an \u201cX\u201d in One Box Only) III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an \u201cX\u201d in One Box for Plaintiff\n (For Diversity Cases Only) and One Box for Defendant)\n 1 U.S. Government \u2716 3 Federal Question PTF DEF PTF DEF\n Plaintiff (U.S. Government Not a Party) Citizen of This State \u2716 1 \u2716 1 Incorporated or Principal Place \u2716 4 \u2716 4\n of Business In This State\n\n 2 U.S. Government 4 Diversity Citizen of Another State 2 2 Incorporated and Principal Place 5 5\n Defendant (Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III) of Business In Another State\n\n Citizen or Subject of a 3 3 Foreign Nation 6 6\n Foreign Country\nIV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an \u201cX\u201d in One Box Only) Click here for: Nature of Suit Code Descriptions.\n CONTRACT TORTS FORFEITURE/PENALTY BANKRUPTCY OTHER STATUTES\n 110 Insurance PERSONAL INJURY PERSONAL INJURY 625 Drug Related Seizure 422 Appeal 28 USC 158 375 False Claims Act\n 120 Marine 310 Airplane 365 Personal Injury - of Property 21 USC 881 423 Withdrawal 376 Qui Tam (31 USC\n 130 Miller Act 315 Airplane Product Product Liability 690 Other 28 USC 157 3729(a))\n 140 Negotiable Instrument Liability 367 Health Care/ INTELLECTUAL 400 State Reapportionment\n 150 Recovery of Overpayment 320 Assault, Libel & Pharmaceutical PROPERTY RIGHTS 410 Antitrust\n & Enforcement of Judgment Slander Personal Injury 820 Copyrights 430 Banks and Banking\n 151 Medicare Act 330 Federal Employers\u2019 Product Liability 830 Patent 450 Commerce\n 152 Recovery of Defaulted Liability 368 Asbestos Personal 835 Patent - Abbreviated 460 Deportation\n Student Loans 340 Marine Injury Product New Drug Application 470 Racketeer Influenced and\n (Excludes Veterans) 345 Marine Product Liability 840 Trademark Corrupt Organizations\n 153 Recovery of Overpayment Liability PERSONAL PROPERTY LABOR 880 Defend Trade Secrets 480 Consumer Credit\n of Veteran\u2019s Benefits 350 Motor Vehicle 370 Other Fraud 710 Fair Labor Standards Act of 2016 (15 USC 1681 or 1692)\n 160 Stockholders\u2019 Suits 355 Motor Vehicle 371 Truth in Lending Act 485 Telephone Consumer\n 190 Other Contract Product Liability 380 Other Personal 720 Labor/Management SOCIAL SECURITY Protection Act\n 195 Contract Product Liability 360 Other Personal Property Damage Relations 861 HIA (1395ff) 490 Cable/Sat TV\n 196 Franchise Injury 385 Property Damage 740 Railway Labor Act 862 Black Lung (923) 850 Securities/Commodities/\n 362 Personal Injury - Product Liability 751 Family and Medical 863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g)) Exchange\n Medical Malpractice Leave Act 864 SSID Title XVI 890 Other Statutory Actions\n REAL PROPERTY CIVIL RIGHTS PRISONER PETITIONS 790 Other Labor Litigation 865 RSI (405(g)) 891 Agricultural Acts\n 210 Land Condemnation \u2716 440 Other Civil Rights Habeas Corpus: 791 Employee Retirement 893 Environmental Matters\n 220 Foreclosure 441 Voting 463 Alien Detainee Income Security Act FEDERAL TAX SUITS 895 Freedom of Information\n 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 442 Employment 510 Motions to Vacate 870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff Act\n 240 Torts to Land 443 Housing/ Sentence or Defendant) 896 Arbitration\n 245 Tort Product Liability Accommodations 530 General 871 IRS\u2014Third Party 899 Administrative Procedure\n 290 All Other Real Property 445 Amer. w/Disabilities - 535 Death Penalty IMMIGRATION 26 USC 7609 Act/Review or Appeal of\n Employment Other: 462 Naturalization Application Agency Decision\n 446 Amer. w/Disabilities - 540 Mandamus & Other 465 Other Immigration 950 Constitutionality of\n Other 550 Civil Rights Actions State Statutes\n 448 Education 555 Prison Condition\n 560 Civil Detainee -\n Conditions of\n Confinement\nV. ORIGIN (Place an \u201cX\u201d in One Box Only)\n\u2716 1 Original 2 Removed from 3 Remanded from 4 Reinstated or 5 Transferred from 6 Multidistrict 8 Multidistrict\n Proceeding State Court Appellate Court Reopened Another District Litigation - Litigation -\n (specify) Transfer Direct File\n Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):\n 42 U.S.C. 1983\nVI. CAUSE OF ACTION Brief description of cause:\n (1) Violation of Procedural Due Process; (2) First Amendment Retaliation; (3) Equal Protection Class of One Claim; and (4) Municipal Liability\nVII. REQUESTED IN CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION DEMAND $ CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:\n COMPLAINT: UNDER RULE 23, F.R.Cv.P. 10,000,000 JURY DEMAND: \u2716 Yes No\nVIII. RELATED CASE(S)\n (See instructions):\n IF ANY JUDGE DOCKET NUMBER\nDATE SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD\n1/09/2026\nFOR OFFICE USE ONLY\n\n RECEIPT # AMOUNT APPLYING IFP JUDGE MAG. 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I have attached the latest data\n center site plan. We also have an alternative site plan with a much larger substation area (26 acres). It is still in its initial\n drawings, so we are not sure which one Google will select, but your comments on any glaring issues would be\n appreciated. Also attached are some 3D sketches.\n\n The following email is separated due to size. It is a video of Data Center Site #1. Tom Duboise is doing site work on the\n project and will soon have more detailed site plan drawings. I will keep you updated with additional videos as they are\n created. But for now, our concept is being formulated, and your initial comments would be greatly appreciated. Tom and I\n can come to you anytime that works best for you to talk about your initial observations.\n\n Thank you.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n\n 3 attachments\n Data Center (1-16-25).pdf\n 4421K\n Data Center Alternative (1-16-25).pdf\n 6039K\n Building Sketches (1-16-25).pdf\n 2299K\n\n\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM\n To: Omora@cityofimperial.org, DDale@imperial.ca.gov\n Cc: tom@dubosedesigngroup.com\n\n\n\n 3D Animation of Data Center (1-16-25).mp4\n\n Attached is a video of Data Center Site #1 (the 95 acres in the City of Imperial)\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r5429627064754945527&simpl=msg-a:r514044237298620\u2026 1/1\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-2 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.56 Page 3\n of 5\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-2 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.57 Page 4\n of 5\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-2 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.58 Page 5\n of 5\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:32:37.778599-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":2,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111071","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 1","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739416/","id":464739416,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/3/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.230570-08:00","date_modified":"2026-06-24T14:26:51.708656-07:00","sha1":"b8cd1c8a27f0b1aef75251fe1db0624031f2005b","page_count":3,"file_size":231792,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.3_2.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.3.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":"recap-thumbnails/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/464739416.thumb.1068_1.png","thumbnail_status":1,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-3 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.59 Page 1\n of 3\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 2\n Email to City - Meeting Plans;\n Reclaimed Water\n (2-28-25)\n\f Case\n12/31/25, 2:24 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail1-3 Filed 01/09/26\n - Pre-Application PageID.60\n Meeting for Data Center Page 2\n of 3\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Pre-Application Meeting for Data Center\n 9 messages\n\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM\n To: Omora@imperial.ca.gov, DDale@imperial.ca.gov, communitydevelopment@imperial.ca.gov\n Cc: Tom DuBose , Hector Casas , gary@ruccilaw.com\n Bcc: Hector Cassas , Gary Messina \n\n Good Morning, Othon and David,\n\n We are finally ready to proceed with submitting for the data center. I've attached our site plan for the data center project\n for Site #1\u2014the 95 acres at Imperial and Aten Road.\n Please schedule a pre-application meeting at your convenience to discuss compliance and purchasing reclaimed water,\n etc. I can update you at the meeting on our progress since our last in-person meeting.\n In the following emails, building sketches and animation videos are attached. I separated them due to size.\n Please let me know what day next week works best for you. We are excited to make a formal submittal after our meeting.\n Thank you.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n\n Data Center Site Plan (2-28-25).pdf\n 1320K\n\n\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM\n To: Omora@imperial.ca.gov, DDale@imperial.ca.gov, communitydevelopment@imperial.ca.gov\n Cc: Tom DuBose , Hector Casas , gary@ruccilaw.com\n\n Attached are building sketches and three-dimensional plans\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n 2 attachments\n Building Sketches (2-09-25).pdf\n 5411K\n Three Dimmension Plans (1-29-25).pdf\n 14769K\n\n\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM\n To: Omora@imperial.ca.gov, DDale@imperial.ca.gov, communitydevelopment@imperial.ca.gov\n Cc: Tom DuBose , Hector Casas , gary@ruccilaw.com\n\n Attached are three animations of the data center campus.\n (1) Animation overlayed on drone footage,\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r-7918776960841967214&simpl=msg-a:r629579460334391\u2026 1/6\n\f Case\n12/31/25, 2:24 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail1-3 Filed 01/09/26\n - Pre-Application PageID.61\n Meeting for Data Center Page 3\n (2) animation of building #1 (250 MW on 95 acres), and of 3\n (3) animation of all three contiguous buildings in the Imperial and Aten Road area.\n\n Animation with Drone Footage (2-20-25).mp4\n\n\n Animation Building No. 1 (2-09-25).mp4\n\n\n Annimation All Three Buildings (1-29-25).mp4\n\n On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM Sebastian Rucci wrote:\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n Yvonne Cordero Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM\n To: Sebastian Rucci , Othon Mora , David Dale\n \n Cc: Tom DuBose , Hector Casas , \"gary@ruccilaw.com\"\n \n\n\n Good Afternoon Mr. Rucci,\n\n\n We look forward to working with your team on this exciting project.\u00ac I can arrange a pre-application\n meeting for next week.\u00ac Our staff is available:\n \u00ac \u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac Tuesday 3-5pm\n \u00ac\u00ac \u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac\u00ac Thursday 8am-12pm and 3-5pm\n Please advise of your team\u2019s availability and I will follow up with a meeting invite.\n\n\n Best Regards,\n\n\n\n\n PLEASE NOTE MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED\n\n\n\n\n From: Sebastian Rucci \n Sent: Friday, February 28, 2025 11:17 AM\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r-7918776960841967214&simpl=msg-a:r629579460334391\u2026 2/6\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:32:50.358033-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":3,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111072","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 2","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739417/","id":464739417,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/4/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.251747-08:00","date_modified":"2026-06-24T14:26:54.864225-07:00","sha1":"3a42755c3e7da0935e5255b94774621c6d41bc83","page_count":4,"file_size":2084227,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.4_2.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.4.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":"recap-thumbnails/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/464739417.thumb.1068.png","thumbnail_status":1,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-4 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.62 Pagel\nof 4\n\nEXHIBIT 3\nCity email - Site Plan Application\n(3-04-25)\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-4 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.63 Page 2\nof 4\n\nThe Law Office of\nSebastian Rucci \nSEBASTIAN RUCCI, ec. @\n\nSPR 25-03 IV Computer Manufacturing LLC\n\n1 message\n\nYvonne Cordero Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM\nTo: Sebastian Rucci , Hector Casas \n\nCc: Othon Mora , Lorena Galindo , Tom DuBose\n\n\nGood afternoon,\n\nAttached please find the executed Planning Application for Site Plan Review 25-03 for your records.\n\nBest Regards,\n\nYVONNE CORDERO\nPLANNER\nyeordero@imperial.ca.gov\nCommunity Development Department\njoo S, Imperial Avenue, Suite 101\nImperial, CA 92251\n\n(760)955-9326\n\nPLEASE NOTE MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED\n\na Planning Application.pdf\n813K\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-4\n\nof 4\n\nPlanning\nApplication\n\nFiled 01/09/26 PagelD.64 Page3\n\nCommunity Development Department\n400 South Imperial Avenue, Suite 101\nImperial, CA 92251\n\nPhone (760) 355-1152 | Fax (760) 355-4718\n\nPermit Number\n\nYs) se PAO hae ere cel)\n\nApplicant: Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n\nOwner Name(s):\n\nContact Person: Tom Dubose ( Authorized Agent)\n\nImperial Valley Computer Manufacturing. LLC\n\nMailing Address: 1065 West State Street, El Centro,CA - 92243\n\n\u2014 16400 PCH. Suite 212,\nMailing Address: Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n\nEmail: tom@dubosedesigngroup.com / annette@dubosedesigngroup.com\n\nEmail: sebastian@ruccilaw.com\n\nPhone: (760) 353-8110\n\nPhone: (760) 353-8110\n\nUL en\nAdministrative Review\nL_] Lot Line Adjustment\nL_] Parcel Map Waiver\nL_] Downtown Architectural Permit\n[_] Off-Site Improvements\n(_] Temporary Use Permit\n_] Temporary Use Permit for Mobile Food Facility\n_] Other\n\nCommission/Council Review\n\n[] Zoning & Code Text Amendment\n_] Zone Change / Pre-Zone\n\n[_] General Plan Amendment\n\nL_] Planned Unit Development\n\n_] Specific Plan / Specific Plan Amendment\nC1 Variance\n\n[_] Conditional Use Permit\n\n(_] Land Use Classification\n\n[_] Tentative Map\n\n_] Annexation\n\nOther _ Site Plan Review\n\npd xey (seme Aaiie)auitslule) a]\n\nProject Location (address):\n\nAssessor's Parcel Number(s):\n\n385 W. Aten Road, Imperial CA 92251\n\n044-220-035-, 049, -059, -065, -056\n\nExisting Zoning: _C-2\n\nParcel/Lot Size: 94.54\n\nProposed Zoning: C-2\n\nBuilding Sq Ft: TBD\n\nDetailed Project Description (attach additional sheets if necessary):\n\nPriliminary Site Plan Review for proposed Imperial Valley Data Center Campus.\n\nEvery application, request for permit, or request for a planning review or service procedure to the Community Development\nDepartment shall include a fee and deposit as prescribed herein. The department shall not accept or receive any such request\nwithout the proper fee, and no fee shall be waived by the department.\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-4 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.65 Page4\nof 4\n\nWTR Tete en\n\nThe Community Development Department, at the discretion of the Community Development Director, may use or employ outside\nindependent consultants to assist in processing applications, conduct special studies or provide expertise not available within the\ndepartment.\n\nThe cost for such consultants shall be a charge against the project and is in addition to the City\u2019s fees. As consultant fees are\npaid, the applicant may be required to maintain the deposit at a level determined by the Community Development Director.\nFailure to maintain the required deposit shall result in a cessation in the processing of the subject application. The City shall return\nthat portion of the deposit, if any, remaining at project completion. In accordance with City policy to ensure cost recovery, staff time\nspent on these projects will be tracked, and developers will be billed based on actual labor, material, equipment, and the indirect cost\nrate. The deposit amount will be maintained in a City Trust Fund account and used to pay for staff and consultant services on a time\nand materials basis. If the consultant's services amount exceeds the deposit, the applicant will be billed for the difference. The deposit\nmust be maintained in the full amount as directed by the Community Development Director.\n\nApplicant is responsible for any fees associated with the City of Imperial City Clerk\u2019s office and any department required for\nprocessing said application from the County of Imperial.\n\nFire Department Fees are paid and processed separately from the Community Development Department.\n\nMerce Celia ess\n\nApplicant and Owner agree, as part of and in connection with each and any of the application(s), to defend, indemnify, and hold\nharmless the City of Imperial (\u201cCity\u201d) and its officers, contractors, consultants, attorneys, employees and agents from any and all\nclaim(s), action(s), or proceeding(s) (collectively referred to as \u201cproceeding\u201d) brought against City or its officers, contractors,\nconsultants, attorneys, employees, or agents to challenge, attack, set aside, void, or annul:\n\na. Any approvals issued in connection with any of the above described application(s) by City; and/or\n\nb. Any action taken to provide related environmental clearance under the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as\namended (\u201cCEQA\u201d) by City\u2019s advisory agencies, boards or commissions; appeals boards or commissions; Planning Commission,\nor City Council. Applicant\u2019s indemnification is intended to include, but not be limited to, damages, fees and/or costs awarded\nagainst or incurred by City, if any, and costs of suit, claim or litigation, including without limitation attorneys\u2019 fees and other\ncosts, liabilities and expenses incurred in connection with such proceeding whether incurred by Applicant, City, and/or parties\ninitiating or involved in such proceeding.\n\nApplicant\u2019s defense and indemnification of City set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect throughout all stages of litigation\nincluding any and all appeals of any lower court judgments rendered in the proceeding.\n\nAfter review and consideration of all of the foregoing terms and conditions, Applicant, by its signature below, hereby agrees to be\nbound by and to fully and timely comply with all of the foregoing terms and conditions.\n\nExecuted at Wea eussile California on ,202\n\nApplicant _ Property Owner\n\u2014 +, (If different from Applicant)\n2\nBy: Signature: *\u00bb Tog Signature:\nai\nPrinted Name Annette Leon, Authorized Agent Printed Name oe i oo. ae ous sf ea\nTitle: Vice President, Dubose Design Group, Inc. Title: #A7G AG, Co\n\nThe undersigned hereby declare and certify that they are all the owners of the property described in this application and that the\ninformation stated above and on forms, plans and other materials submitted herewith in support of the application is true and correct\nto the best of our knowledge.\n\nApplicant Property Owner\n(If different from Applicant) hax Pea atachyr Lie\nFig Zerre| VeMey Ce mA cs\nBy: Signature: By: _ Signature: aa\n\u2014\u2014\u2014 os \u2018\nPrinted Name Annette Leon, Authorized Agent Printed Name ee wl: a ME et\n\nTitle: Vice President, Dubose Design Group, Inc. Title: LNG ace Bin 3 Siti\n\n","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:33:10.444396-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":4,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111073","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 3","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739418/","id":464739418,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/5/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.272985-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:38:15.469454-08:00","sha1":"d08f51df364bf555720775eb475863b5c82f0690","page_count":6,"file_size":390463,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.5_1.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.5.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-5 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.66 Page 1\n of 6\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 4\n Reclaimed Water Emails\n (3-07-25)\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW\n3/5/25, 2:59 PM Document 1-5- FW: Filed\n Rucci Law Mail 01/09/26ReportPageID.67\n Title 22 Engineering Page 2\n of 6\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n FW: Title 22 Engineering Report\n 1 message\n\n David Dale Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM\n To: \"sebastian@ruccilaw.com\" \n Cc: Christopher Kemp \n\n\n Sebastian,\n\n\n\n As I see it, we can do the Title 22 Report in two different ways. You can contract directly with Webb (see below) or deposit\n $30k with the City. Either way will work. The contract directly with Webb may work better since I may have to get legal to\n draft an agreement, and that may take some time.\n\n\n\n I have attached the WWTP report and water quality sampling data.\n\n\n\n\n David Dale, PE, PLS\n\n Public Services Director\n\n City of Imperial\n\n 420 S. Imperial Avenue\n\n Imperial, CA 92251\n\n 760-355-3336 direct\n\n\n\n\n From: Brian Knoll \n Sent: Friday, November 1, 2024 5:44 PM\n To: David Dale ; Shane Bloomfield ; Justin Logan\n \n Cc: Chris Kemp ; Jenell Guerrero \n Subject: RE: Title 22 Engineering Report\n\n\n\n\n CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments\n unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1825791016809060904&simpl=msg-f:1825791016809060904 1/4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW\n3/5/25, 2:59 PM Document 1-5- FW: Filed\n Rucci Law Mail 01/09/26ReportPageID.68\n Title 22 Engineering Page 3\n David of 6\n\n\n We have the original design report (Attached) for the Plant Upgrade project that has some of the background information to complete\n the Title 22 Engineer\u2019s report. This would be a good starting point. Some of the information not contained would be:\n\n Update of influent flows and characteristics\n discussion of redundancy and operation\n Controls, alarms, and diversions\n Distribution system, land use, containment, and operations (assume this would be fairly simple if it is only one user)\n\n\n\n The previous Title 22 Reports we have done with similar PDR level information have been in the $15-25K range but did not include\n distribution. I would assume this one will be in the range of $30k.\n\n\n\n An additional item that will be need to addressed is validating the UV system and the onsite bioassay test. I am not sure what the cost\n of that test are but it needs to be factored into the planning. I assume it would take us about 8-12 weeks to complete the report. Tasks\n outside our control that could extend the schedule would be influent water quality sampling/data gathering and the UV validation.\n\n\n\n If this seems reasonable and the applicant would like to move forward, we can prepare a detailed proposal.\n\n\n\n Let me know if you would like to proceed.\n\n\n\n Thank you.\n\n\n\n\n Brian Knoll, PE\n Chief Operations Officer\n\n\n T (951)248-4279 | C (951)830-3389\n E brian.knoll@webbassociates.com\n 3788 McCray St | Riverside, CA | 92506\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1825791016809060904&simpl=msg-f:1825791016809060904 2/4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW\n3/5/25, 2:59 PM Document 1-5- FW: Filed\n Rucci Law Mail 01/09/26ReportPageID.69\n Title 22 Engineering Page 4\n of 6\n From: David Dale \n Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 1:45 PM\n To: Shane Bloomfield ; Brian Knoll \n Cc: Chris Kemp ; Jenell Guerrero \n Subject: Title 22 Engineering Report\n\n\n\n Brian,\n\n\n\n Last week, the City Council approved the (5) \u201cOn-Call\u201d engineering firms. Webb is one of our On-Call engineering firms.\n\n\n\n A proposed solar power plant has approached the city to use recycled water for nonpotable uses - construction and dust\n control. We need a Title 22 Engineering Report to determine if the wastewater plant can meet Title 22 requirements for\n water quality, any additional sampling, the cost of necessary improvements, Title 22 permits, timeframes, and any other\n requirements.\n\n\n\n Can you provide a ballpark cost estimate to prepare the report? The recycled water user requested it to determine if they\n want to go that route. If they agree to cover the costs, we will request a proposal on a task-order basis. The city might\n request the report regardless of the needs of this particular user since it is becoming more likely that recycled water will\n be needed in the near future.\n\n\n\n Please see the following link:\n\n\n\n Guidelines for the Preparation of an Engineering Report for the Production, Distribution and Use of Recycled Water\n (ca.gov)\n\n\n\n If you have any questions, please get in touch with me.\n\n\n\n David Dale, PE, PLS\n\n Public Services Director\n\n City of Imperial\n\n 420 S. Imperial Avenue\n\n Imperial, CA 92251\n\n 760-355-3336 direct\n\n\n\n\n 6 attachments\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1825791016809060904&simpl=msg-f:1825791016809060904 3/4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW\n3/5/25, 2:59 PM Document 1-5- FW: Filed\n Rucci Law Mail 01/09/26ReportPageID.70\n Title 22 Engineering Page 5\n of 6\n Imperial CWSRF Report 9 SEP 2016 DRAFT.pdf\n 21251K\n 2024 Priority Pollutants Testing Results J185193-1 UDS Level 2 Report Final Report.pdf\n 1490K\n 2025-02-03 WC-825 M-926 RSW-002 Effluent Nutrients Imperial WWTP Final Report.pdf\n 891K\n 2025-02-05 Imperial WWTP Copper and Bis 2-ethylhexyl Phthalate Summary Final Report.pdf\n 1306K\n 2025-02-05 WC-839 Imperial WWTP BODTSS Oil Final Report.pdf\n 864K\n 2025-02-24 M-997 Imperial WWTP Final Report.pdf\n 839K\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1825791016809060904&simpl=msg-f:1825791016809060904 4/4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW\n3/7/25, 8:35 PM Document 1-5- FW: Filed\n Rucci Law Mail 01/09/26ReportPageID.71\n Title 22 Engineering Page 6\n of 6\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n FW: Title 22 Engineering Report\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM\n To: David Dale \n Cc: Christopher Kemp , Brian Knoll \n\n Good Evening David,\n\n I spoke with Brian from Webb Associates. He is very sharp and has a great memory. I will secure a proposal to have\n Webb do the engineering work to secure approval for the City to sell Google reclaimed water.\n Thank you for forwarding the information. I'll keep you posted as we move forward. Thank you.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n\n On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM David Dale wrote:\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r3679854045516454853&simpl=msg-a:r367985404551645\u2026 1/1\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:33:31.125804-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":5,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111074","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 4","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739419/","id":464739419,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/6/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.294722-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:12.662217-08:00","sha1":"944d14001bb717004013dbbfe8809cc41c50fb75","page_count":7,"file_size":311023,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.6_1.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.6.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.72 Page 1\n of 7\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 5\n Site Plan Review Letter\n (4-04-25)\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.73 Page 2\n of 7\n\n\n CITY COUNCIL\n James Tucker \u2013 Mayor\n Ida Obeso-Martinez \u2013 Mayor Pro-Tem\n Katie Burnworth \u2013 Councilmember\n Robert Amparano \u2013 Councilmember\n Stacy Mendoza \u2013 Councilmember\n\n CITY CLERK\n Kristina M. Shields\n\n CITY MANAGER\n Dennis H. Morita\n\n CITY ATTORNEY\n Katherine Turner\n\n\n\nApril 4, 2025\n\n\nImperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n16400 PCH, Suite 212\nHuntington Beach, CA 92649\n\nRE: SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus\n\nDear Mr. Sebastian:\n\nThe City of Imperial has reviewed the site plan submitted for the above-referenced project.\nOur Development Review Committee has reviewed your proposed site plans and has\nsubmitted the following departmental comments.\n\nGENERAL\n\n 1. The project consists of the development of Data Center, Battery Storage buildings and a\n substation to be constructed on APN 044-220-035, 044-220-049, 044-220-059, 044-\n 220-065 and 044-220-066.\n\n 2. Upon preliminary review of the site plan, the City of Imperial acknowledges that the\n project may have potential environmental considerations requiring further evaluation.\n At this stage, an Initial Study has not been conducted, and no determination has been\n made regarding the necessity of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or other\n environmental documentation under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).\n However, given the project's scale and characteristics, various environmental factors\u2014\n such as power demand, water consumption, hazardous materials management, traffic\n impacts, air quality, fire safety, noise, aesthetics, and landscaping\u2014may warrant\n additional analysis. As the project progresses through the review process, the City may\n require technical studies, including but not limited to a traffic impact analysis, water\n supply assessment, air quality study, noise study, and fire hazard evaluation, to assess\n potential impacts and determine appropriate mitigation measures, if necessary.\n\n\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.74 Page 3\n of 7\n\n 3. The submitted site plan does not clearly indicate the land use and zoning designation\n for the project site, and commercial and industrial zoning use data are not listed. While\n the applicant has stated that the intended use is a data center, this use is not explicitly\n listed in the city's zoning code, nor is the substation. Therefore, clarification is required\n to determine whether the proposed uses align with existing zoning regulations or if the\n project will necessitate a General Plan Amendment, Rezoning, and Zoning Text\n Amendment. Additionally, a comprehensive list of all project components and their\n respective land use classifications should be provided to ensure consistency with the\n city's zoning requirements. Furthermore, commercial frontage along SR-86 should be\n reserved for retail uses to allow for future retail development. To enhance site\n planning and minimize visual and operational impacts, the substation should be\n located at the rear (east) of the project site, while the data center should be positioned\n on the west side to provide a buffer and shield the substation from public view.\n Additionally, retention basins should be placed on the east side of the project site,\n ensuring they are not visible from SR-86, maintaining an aesthetically cohesive\n streetscape along the corridor.\n\n 4. Provide complete building dimensions, height and total square footage for all proposed\n structures. Show required and proposed setbacks consistent with applicable zoning\n regulations.\n\n 5. Provide direct access to the site from Wall Road and show all ingress/egress points and\n types of improvements proposed at the intersection of SR86 and Wall Road.\n\n 6. Provide proposed roadway improvements along Aten Road and SR86- Wall Road to\n accommodate project-related traffic, including but not limited to a deceleration lane,\n dedicated entrance lane, or other necessary modifications to ensure safe and efficient\n site access and circulation. Coordination with the City\u2019s Engineering Division may be\n required.\n\n 7. Clearly identify all existing and proposed utility easements on the site plan, including\n public utility access.\n\n 8. If the project is proposed in phases, include a phasing plan and timeline indicating the\n order and scope of construction activities.\n\n 9. Include parking calculations and a detailed parking layout showing the number of\n spaces required and provided.\n\n 10. Identify water and sewer connection points and how they will connect to existing\n public infrastructure.\n\n 11. Please existing and propose fire hydrants.\n\n 12. Show location and design of a trash enclosure that complies with city standards.\n\n\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.75 Page 4\n of 7\n\n 13. All improvements within the public right-of way shall be designed and built according\n to City standards and specifications and submitted for review with an encroachment\n permit.\n\n 14. The project shall comply with all other applicable State and City regulations,\n ordinances and resolutions.\n\n 15. Pursuant to Section 24.19.595 of the City of Imperial\u2019s Municipal Code, this Site Plan\n Review shall become null and void if not exercised within one year.\n\n 16. All utility connections shall be designed to coordinate with the architectural elements\n of the site so as not to be exposed except where necessary. Pad-mounted transformers\n and/or meter box locations shall be included in the site plan with an appropriate\n screening treatment. Power lines and overhead cables shall be installed underground.\n\n 17. The building shall be designed to minimize energy consumption requirements, and\n may include but not necessarily be limited to, the following conservation measures:\n a. Cogeneration;\n b. Eave coverage for windows;\n c. Double-glazed windows;\n d. Earth berming against exterior walls;\n e. Greenhouses;\n f. Deciduous shade trees\n\n 18. Front and street side yards shall be landscaped. Said landscaping shall consist\n predominantly of drought-tolerant low-maintenance plant materials. The proposed\n landscaping shall be permanently maintained in a healthy and thriving condition, free\n from weeds, trash, and debris. A landscaping plan consistent with MWELO is required\n for the City\u2019s review and approval. All landscaped areas shall be maintained in a clean,\n neat, and healthy condition whether the building is occupied or vacant. Maintenance\n shall include proper watering, fertilizing, weeding, removing litter, and replacement of\n plants when necessary.\n\n 19. The noise level emanating from any commercial use or operation shall not exceed five\n decibels (as defined in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) above the\n ambient lever of the area measured at the property line.\n\n 20. All ground-mounted mechanical equipment, including heating and air conditioning\n units, and trash receptacle areas, shall be completely screened from surrounding\n properties by use of a wall or fence or shall be enclosed within a building. Structural\n and design plans for any required screening under the provisions of this section shall\n be approved by the Community Development Director or Building Official.\n\n 21. All roof appurtenances including, but not limited to air conditioning units, and\n mechanical equipment shall be shielded and architecturally screened from view from\n on-site parking areas and adjacent public streets.\n\n\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.76 Page 5\n of 7\n\n 22. The project shall require an approved building permit prior to commencing any work\n at the project site. Provide the following electronic submittals with the building permit\n application:\n\n a. Building plans prepared by a professional designer for the Building Official\u2019s\n review and approval. Plans should include MEPs and calculations, underground\n utilities, landscape plans, green code notes, accessibility sheets and notes,\n structural calculations, geotechnical reports, truss calculations, and energy\n calculations.\n\n 23. Construction documents submitted for review shall be designed based on the 2022\n California Building Codes, including the 2022 Building Efficiency Standards and the\n 2022 California Green Code.\n\n 24. A construction water management plan shall be required and provided prior to the\n issuance of a building permit.\n\n 25. Prior to any building permit being issued, a grading permit from the Engineering\n Division shall be obtained.\n\n 26. Building permits will not be issued for any new construction related to the project until\n development impact and capacity fees are paid before final inspection.\n\n 27. Any water, sewer, and storm-drain systems onsite shall be maintained by the\n development and not by the City. Any future tie-ins to the onsite system shall first\n require a building permit. Any future work or maintenance of the onsite utilities shall\n be performed by a licensed contractor.\n\n 28. Irrigation, building, and fire backflow preventers shall be required and a plan depicting\n their location is necessary for review and approval by the Public Services Department.\n\n 29. All required off-street parking spaces shall be designed, located, constructed, and\n maintained to be fully usable during workday periods or as needed by the use of the\n premises. With the exception of providing parking for a minimum of five (5) bicycles\n and one (1) motorcycle, vehicle parking requirements on the provided site have been\n met. Bicycle parking facilities shall be a stationary storage rack or device designed to\n secure the frame and wheel of the bicycle. The motorcycle space shall be clearly\n marked and appropriately spaced to prevent automobile usage.\n\n 30. ADA and motorcycle parking spaces shall be located within 100 feet of an entrance to\n the facility.\n\n 31. All parking facilities shall be maintained in good operating condition for the duration of\n the building\u2019s use and shall not be used for any storage or repair of vehicles or\n equipment.\n\n\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.77 Page 6\n of 7\n\n 32. All parking facilities shall have lighting designed and installed so as to confine direct\n rays to the site. Parking lot lights shall be a maximum height of eighteen (18) feet from\n the finished grade of the parking surface and directed away from all property lines.\n\n 33. An accessible pathway shall be provided to the facility entrance from the public right-\n of-way.\n\n 34. Parking areas shall be separated from structures by either a raised concrete walkway\n or landscaped strip, preferably both.\n\n 35. The required parking spaces must be designated on concrete or asphalt and shall be\n designed in accordance with 24.13 of the City of Imperial\u2019s Municipal Code. All\n drivable areas shall be paved with concrete or asphalt.\n\n 36. Enhanced paving shall be provided at a minimum depth of ten feet at the primary\n vehicular driveway entrance, immediately behind the street right-of-way line to the\n development.\n\n 37. In compliance with Senate Bill 1383, State regulation, and the City of Imperial\u2019s\n procurement requirement, the applicant shall integrate compost and mulch from a\n CalRecycle-certified composter in all landscaped areas. Proof of eligible compost\n supplier must be submitted to the City prior to the issuance of a Certificate of\n Occupancy.\n\n 38. In compliance with Senate Bill 1383, the proposed fast food restaurant will be subject\n to the law\u2019s requirement and the City\u2019s monitoring of recycling organic waste by\n subscribing to the organics collection service, providing an organic waste receptacle\n for customers to dispose of their organic waste with identifying signage, educating staff\n about proper recycling disposal, conducting inspections for contamination and\n donating excess edible food.\n\n 39. Section 140.10 of the 2022 California Energy Code requires the installation of PV solar\n with a battery backup for all new commercial construction projects. PV solar plans\n must be included during the building permit submittal process.\n\n POLICE DEPARTMENT\n\n 40. Security precautions such as sufficient lighting, security cameras, or other crime\n prevention measures shall be required.\n\n 41. An enclosed, lockable trash enclosure shall be required.\n\n 42. The proposed use and associated structures shall not interfere with existing or future\n public safety radio communications, including those used by police, fire, and\n emergency services. The applicant may be required to coordinate with the City\u2019s public\n safety departments to ensure there is no signal disruption.\n\n PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-6 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.78 Page 7\n of 7\n\n\n\n 43. A precise grading plan is required.\n\nPlease review and address the items above before resubmitting the site plan. If you have any\nquestions or if we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our office.\n\nSincerely,\n\n\n\n\nOthon Mora MCM, CBO\nCommunity Development Director\n\ncc: Deputy Fire Marshal Andrew Loper, Imperial County Fire Department\n Chief Aaron Reel, Imperial Police Department\n Captain Max Sheffield, Imperial Police Department\n David Dale, Public Services Director\n Cody Cole, Building Inspector II\n\n\n\n\n 400 SOUTH IMPERIAL AVENUE, SUITE 101 \u2022 IMPERIAL, CA 92251 \u2022 TEL (760) 355-3840 \u2022 WWW.CITYOFIMPERIAL.ORG\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:38:03.468114-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":6,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111075","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 5","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739420/","id":464739420,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/7/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:11.312588-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:14.065496-08:00","sha1":"d5d2419afb2c1dee3af8ce3fe9a4485a0cff8211","page_count":27,"file_size":4437247,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.7_1.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.7.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.79 Pagel\nof 27\n\nEXHIBIT 6\nLetter to City Amended Plans\n(5-14-25)\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.80 Page 2\nof 27\n\nIMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING, LLC\n16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\nHuntington Beach, CA 92649\nPhone: (562) 901-0199\nFax: (562) 249-6910\nEmail: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n\nMay 14, 2025\n\nOthon Mora, Community Dev. Director (OQMora@Imperial.CA.gov)\n\nDavid Dale, Public Services Director (Ddale@Imperial.CA.gov)\n\nMichael Bracken (Michael @dmgeconomics.com)\n\nAndrew Loper, Deputy Fire Marshal (AndrewLoper@co.Imperial.CA.us)\n\nChief Aaron Reel, Imperial Police Department (AReel @ CityofImperial.org)\n\nCaptain Max Sheffield, Imperial Police Department (MSheffield @CityofImperial.org)\nCody Cole, Building Inspector II (CCole @ CityofImperial.org)\n\nYvonne Cordero (Y Cordero @Imperial.CA.gov)\n\nTom Dubose (Tom @DuboseDesignGroup.com)\n\nCITY OF IMPERIAL\nAttn: Othon Mora, Community Dev. Director\n400 South Imperial Avenue, Suite 101, Imperial, CA 92251\n\nRe: SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus\nDear Director Mora:\n\nAlong with this letter, I've attached a PDF file of revised plans. The 17-page plans\ninclude a parking plan, conceptual landscaping, grading plan, architectural elevations, and\n\nmore. I will soon submit updated video animations of the proposed Data Center projects.\n\nREVISED PLANS PROVIDE FULL COMPLIANCE\nThe City\u2019s comments are addressed within the new 17-page plan set, which includes:\n\nC-1 Title Sheet C-7 Retail Parking C-13 Alta Survey\nC-2 Site Plan (Part 1) C-8 Grading (Part 1) C-14 Alta Survey Notes\nC-3 Site Plan (Part 2) C-9 Grading (Part 2) C-15 Architectural Plans\n\nC-4 Utility Plan (Part 1) C-10 Road Improvements | C-16 Construction Details\n\nC-5 Utility Plan (Part 2) C-11 Landscape (Part 1) C-17 Construction Notes\n\nC-6 Data Center Parking | C-12 Landscape (Part 2)\n\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.81 Page3\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 2\n\nThe new plan set comprises 17 pages which show the required and proposed\nsetbacks, direct access to the site directly across Wall Road, existing and proposed utility\neasements are shown, water and sewer connection to existing public infrastructure is\nprovided, existing and proposed fire hydrants are identified, location and design of a trash\nenclosure is identified [see C-2 Site Plan (Part 1) and C-3 Site Plan (Part 2)]. Deceleration\nlanes are provided [see C-10 Road Improvements]. Parking calculations with a detailed\nparking layout are provided [see C-6 Data Center Parking and C-7 Retail Parking].\nProposed grading of the development [see C-8 Grading (Part 1) and C-9 Grading (Part 2)].\nThe Notes in the plans confirm compliance with the comments provided in the Site Plan\nReview letter dated April 4, 2025 (SPR 25-03 -- IV Data Center Campus).\n\nWe provided an 8-foot landscaped wall along the perimeter of the property. [see C-11\nLandscape (Part 1) and C-12 Landscape (Part 2)]. We have reduced the prior battery storage\nfrom 500 MWhr to 100 MWhr. At capacity, this provides 20 minutes of battery storage. [see\nC-2 Site Plan (Part 1) and C-3 Site Plan (Part 2)]. We included an 8-foot concrete wall\naround the battery storage. In effect, we have two walls surrounding the battery storage. We\nincluded a 25-foot landscape strip to buffer the project from the people traveling to the area.\n\nCOMMERCIAL FRONTAGE ALONG SR-86 IS PROVIDED\n\nPer the City\u2019s request, we provided commercial retail buildings along SR-86 to buffer\nthe Data Center development. The proposed commercial building is 213 feet deep, which\nmatches the depth of Sunbelt Rentals, and it is about 1,800 feet long. This provides more\nthan 8 acres of commercial space to buffer the view of the Data Center. The proposed uses\nwill include office spaces, retail stores, service establishments, and wholesale businesses,\noffering services to residents of the City and the surrounding area.\n\nDATA CENTER IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE\n\nThe City\u2019s zoning designation for the land comprises three zones: C-1 Commercial\nNeighborhood Zone, C-2 Commercial General Zone, and I-2 Rail Served Industrial Zone.\n\nThe Data Center building is situated on land zoned I-2, which permits \u201cBusiness,\nprofessional, and research offices\u201d as a permitted use by right in the I-2 Zone. (Imperial\nZoning Ordinance \u00a7 24.07.120 sub. C.4; Services in the I-2 Industrial Zone).\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.82 Page4\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 3\n\nThe Land Use plan designates the Data Center site as Gateway South which provide\nin part as follows: \u201cThis area includes the area along Highway 86, south of the airport. . .\nThis area has the potential to enhance the local economy, provide needed services and\nemployment opportunities, and serve as a gateway to the City. The Gateway South Character\nArea is intended to: \u00a2 Provide distinctive architecture and attractive streetscape * Provide a\nmixture of retail commercial shopping opportunities \u00a2 Permit large format retail * Foster job\ngrowth through light industrial and professional office.\u201d (Land Use pg. 14-15).\n\nSUBSTATION AND BATTERY STORAGE\nARE PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES IN COMMERCIAL ZONES\n\nThe Substation and Battery Storage are located on land zoned commercial, providing\nthat \u201cAccessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use\u201d are\npermitted by right in the C-1 and C-2 zones. (\u00a7 24.05.120 subsection E. Accessory Uses in\nCommercial Zones).\n\nThe Zoning Code includes the following definitions: \u201cACCESSORY BUILDING\nshall mean a building, part of a building, or structure, which is incidental or subordinate to\nthe main building or use on the same building site.\u201d (\u00a7 24.01.180 Definitions).\n\u201cACCESSORY USE shall mean a use incidental, related, appropriate and clearly\nsubordinate to the main use of the lot or building, which accessory use does not alter the\nprincipal use of such lot or building.\u201d (/d.)\n\nThe Substation and Battery Storage are permitted uses by right in the C-1 and C-2\nZones because they are uses and structures that are incidental, subordinate, and related to the\nmain building, the Data Center. The substation and Battery Storage are located on the same\nbuilding site as the Data Center, which is a permitted use in the I-2 Zone.\n\nThe City\u2019s EIR which is part of the General Plans states in part: \u201cThe electrical\ndemand from new commercial and industrial uses cannot be assessed at this time due to the\nfact the exact types of commercial and industrial uses are presently unknown. The additional\ndemand for electricity is significant and will require the IID to construct additional\nsubstations and electrical distribution lines between 1992 and the year 2015.\u201d (EIR pg. 45).\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.83 Page5\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 4\n\nIMPACT FEE CALCULATION\n\nWe included a note stating that building permits will not be issued until development\nimpact and capacity fees are paid, prior to the final inspection. Our initial calculation for the\nimpact fees, using the Data Center Building size of 570,000 SF and the Commercial\nBuilding size of 105,000 for a total of 675,000 square feet, are as follows: Administrative\nFacilities = $452.56 (per 1000 SF) = 675 x 452.56 = $305,478; Fire Facilities = $253.57 (per\n1000 SF) = 675 x 253.57 = $171,160; Law Enforcement Facilities = $495.05 (per 1000 SF)\n= 675 x 495.05 = $334,158; Circulation Facilities = $86.99 (per ADT) = 80 x 86.99 =\n$6,959; Library Facilities = $0; Park Facilities = $0. Total Impact Fees = $817,756.\n\nSITE PLAN REVIEW FOCUSES MAINLY ON AESTHETIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES\n\nThe Site Plan Review Procedure, \u00a7 24.19.500, provides in part that the \u201cCity of\nImperial finds that a Site Plan Review process supports the implementation of the Imperial\nGeneral Plan.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B). The quality of commercial, and industrial \u201chas a\nsubstantial impact upon the visual appeal, environmental soundness, economic stability, and\nproperty values of the City. This Section is not intended to restrict imagination, innovation\nor variety, but rather to focus on design principles which can result in creative imaginative\nsolutions for the project and quality design for the City.\u201d Ud.)\n\nThe purpose of the Site Plan Review Procedure is as follows: \u201cRecognize the\ninterdependence of land values and aesthetics and provide a method by which the City may\nimplement this interdependence to its benefit.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B.1). \u201cEncourage the\norderly and harmonious appearance of structures and property within the City along with\nassociated facilities, such as but not limited to signs, landscaping, parking areas, and streets.\u201d\n(\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B.2). \u201cMaintain the public health, safety and general welfare, and property\nthroughout the City.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B.3). \u201cAssist private and public developments to be\nmore cognizant of public concerns for the aesthetics of development.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub.\nB.4). \u201cReasonably ensure that new developments . . . do not have an adverse aesthetic,\nhealth or any kind of adverse effect on adjoining properties, or the City in general.\u201d (\u00a7\n24.19.510 sub. B.5). \u201cEnsure that the proposed development complies with all of the\nprovisions of the Zoning Ordinance and the General Plan.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B.6).\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.84 Page6\u00e9\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 5\n\nSITE PLAN REVIEW CRITERIA\n\n\u201cPrior to the construction of any building or structure on any lot within the I Zones,\na Site Plan Review is required.\u201d (\u00a7 24.07.130). \u201cPrior to the construction of any building or\nstructure on any lot within the C Zones a Site Plan Review is required.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.130).\n\nThe Site Plan Review Procedure, \u00a7 24.19.500, provides that a \u201cSite Plan Review\napproval shall be required prior to the issuance of any building permit for . . . commercial\nor industrial establishments . . .\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.520). \u201cAny applicant for a building permit for .\n.. the establishment of commercial or industrial, uses ... shall submit\u201d site plan, conceptual\nlandscaping, grading and drainage plan to the Director of Planning for review. (\u00a7\n24.19.530).\n\nThe site plan review procedure is concerned with the visual appeal, the appearance\nof structures and the aesthetics of development. (\u00a7 24.19.510). \u201cThe Director shall review\nand evaluate development plans for conformance with the site plan review standards and\ncriteria set forth in the pertinent sections of the Zoning Ordinance. (\u00a7 24.19.540 sub. A).\nThis requires the Director to review of the plans to determine conformance with the Property\nDevelopment Standards in the I Zones (\u00a7 24.07.140) and the C Zones (\u00a7 24.05.140).\n\nIn the Industrial Zone, the Special Performance Standards (\u00a7 24.07.140) require\nthe Director to determine that the provided setbacks are proper (\u00a7 24.07.130 sub. B.1-2).\nThat \u201cthree foot high landscaped earthen berm\u201d are provided if the industrial project is\nlocated next to residential zoned property. (\u00a7 24.07.130 sub. B.3). That the streetscape\npermit \u201cparking\u201d in the \u201csetback areas to help buffer adjoining parcels from one another.\u201d\n(\u00a7 24.07.130 sub. B.4). That reciprocal ingress and egress, circulation and parking\narrangements are provided to \u201cfacilitate ease of vehicular movement between adjoining\nproperties and to limit superfluous driveways.\u201d (\u00a7 24.07.130 sub. B.5).\n\nIn the Industrial Zone, the Performance Standards (\u00a7 24.07.140) require the\nDirector to determine from the submitted plans that setbacks are landscaped with \u201cdrought\ntolerant, low maintenance plant materials and shall be irrigated by automatic sprinklers.\u201d (\u00a7\n24.07.140 sub. A). All ground mounted HVAC units and trash receptacle areas shall be\n\u201ccompletely screened from surrounding properties by use of a parapet, wall or fence.\u201d (\u00a7\n24.07.140 sub. B). Pad-mounted transformers and meter boxes shall be appropriately\nscreened. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. C). \u201cAll light sources shall be shielded in such a manner that no\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.85 Page7\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 6\n\nlight is visible from streets or adjoining properties.\u201d (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. D). No use shall\ncreate changes in temperature or direct glare that extend beyond the site boundaries. (\u00a7\n24.07.140 sub. E). \u201cAdequate emergency sprinklers and smoke detectors shall be installed.\u201d\n(\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. F). No noise from the site shall exceed five decibels above the ambient\nlevel of the area at the property line. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. G). No odor detectable beyond the\nsite boundary is permitted. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. H). Radioactive materials are prohibited. (\u00a7\n24.07.140 sub. I). Site shall not generate recurrent ground vibration. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. J).\nNo air emissions darker than No. | on the Ringelman Chart from Information Circular 7718\nby U.S. Bureau of Mines are permitted. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. L). Outdoor storage areas shall\nbe entirely enclosed by solid masonry walls 8 feet high to adequately screen view from the\nexternal boundaries of the property. (\u00a7 24.07.140 sub. M).\n\nIn the Commercial Zone, the Performance Standards (\u00a7 24.05.140) require the\nDirector to determine from the submitted plans that front and street side yards are landscaped\nwith \u201cdrought tolerant low maintenance plant materials.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. A). Six foot\nmasonry wall separates the commercial use from any residential zone. (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. B).\nNo noise from the site shall exceed five decibels above the ambient level of the area at the\nproperty line. (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. D). All ground mounted HVAC units and trash receptacle\nareas shall be \u201ccompletely screened from surrounding properties by use of a parapet, wall\nor fence.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. E). \u201cAll roof appurtenances including, air conditioning units,\nand mechanical equipment shall be shielded and architecturally screened from view from\nonsite parking areas and adjacent public streets.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. F). \u201cReciprocal ingress\nand egress, circulation and parking arrangements shall be required to facilitate the ease of\nvehicular movement between adjoining properties.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. G). \u201cAll light sources\nshall be shielded in such a manner that no light is visible from streets or adjoining\nproperties.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. H). Pad-mounted transformers and meter boxes shall be\nappropriately screened. (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. I). Outdoor storage areas shall be entirely enclosed\nby solid masonry walls that are at least 6 feet high to screen the view of the outdoor storage\nareas. (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. J). \u201cBuildings shall be located on the site to provide adjacent\nbuildings adequate sunlight for solar access.\u201d (\u00a7 24.05.140 sub. K).\n\nTECHNICAL STUDIES AND MITIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED\nThe Site Plan Review comment letter dated April 4, 2025 stated: \u201cAs the project\n\nprogresses through the review process, the City may require technical studies, including but\nnot limited to a traffic impact analysis, water supply assessment, air quality study, noise\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelID.86 Page8\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 7\n\nstudy, and fire hazard evaluation, to assess potential impacts and determine appropriate\nmitigation measures, if necessary.\u201d We agree to comply with any request from the City for\n\u201ctechnical studies\u201d such as \u201ctraffic impact analysis, water supply assessment, air quality\nstudy, noise study, and fire hazard evaluation, to assess potential impacts and determine\nappropriate mitigation measures, if necessary.\u201d We have included a note to this effect on the\nSite Plan.\n\nWe also agree with the April 4, 2025 Site Plan Review letter that \u201cgiven the project\u2019s\nscale and characteristics, various environmental factors--such as power demand, water\nconsumption, hazardous materials management, traffic impacts, air quality, fire safety, noise,\naesthetics, and landscaping--may warrant additional analysis.\u201d\n\nWe agree that future studies may be requested, and may require mitigation; however,\nwe respectfully disagree that a Site Plan Review may require an Environmental Impact\nReport (EIR) under CEQA, as noted in the April 4, 2025 Site Plan Review letter comment\nthat \u201cthe project may have potential environmental considerations requiring further\nevaluation. At this stage, an Initial Study has not been conducted, and no determination has\nbeen made regarding the necessity of an EIR or other environmental documentation under\nthe CEQA.\u201d\n\nEIRs are only required for \u201cdiscretionary projects.\u201d (Cal. Pub. Res. \u00a7 21080 sub. (a)).\nThis applies to General Plan amendments, among other things. EIRs are not required for\n\u201cMinisterial projects\u201d (Cal. Pub. Res. \u00a7 21080 sub. (b)(1)) such as Site Plan Review with\na use that is permitted as of right under the Zoning Ordinance. Cal. Code Regs. \u00a7 15268\nprovides that \u201c(a) Ministerial projects are exempt from the requirements of CEQA... (b)...\nthe following actions shall be presumed to be ministerial: (1) Issuance of building permits.\u201d\n\nThe agreement to provide technical studies and an EIR under CEQA is entirely\ndifferent. The Site Plan Review Procedure is ministerial in nature. There is no requirement\nfor an EIR under the Site Plan Review procedure. The Site Plan Review Procedure is\nintended \u201cto focus on design principles\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.510 sub. B), and our revised plans have\nmet all Property Development Standards in the I Zones (\u00a7 24.07.140) and the C Zones (\u00a7\n24.05.140). Additionally, the proposed uses are permitted as of right, and by design, such\nuses comply with the Zoning Ordinance and General Plan, both of which were approved by\nthe City with a detailed EIR.\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.87 Page9Q\nof 27\n\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 8\n\nThe City\u2019s EIR which is part of the General Plan provide in part as follows: \u201cThe\ndevelopment of the project area with new residential, commercial and industrial uses is not\nanticipated to cause significant impacts to water quality.\u201d (EIR pg. 25-33). \u201cNew industrial\nuses will most likely be light industrial type uses . . . These type of uses should not be\ndetrimental to public health and safety.\u201d (EIR pg. 54). \u201cMitigation Measures To Protect\nVisual Resources (a). Require developers of projects to submit landscaping plans and to\nprovide appropriate landscaping for all new projects, thereby improving the visual aesthetics\nin the General Plan area. (b). Enforce the height limits as contained in the zoning ordinance.\n(c). Require appropriate screening of Commercial and Industrial projects in order to improve\nvisual aesthetics of these projects. Screening should consist of solid masonry walls, dense\nlandscaping, or a combination thereof.\u201d (EIR pg. 59-60).\n\nThe City\u2019s EIR in the General Plan provides in part the following about mitigation:\n\u201cZoning Ordinance contains performance standards for industrial uses that prevent uses\nwhich cause smoke, excessive noise, vibration, dust, wastes or other pollution which could\nbe hazardous to human health. These standards should mitigate the health and safety\nconcerns related to the development of industrial uses.\u201d (EIR pg. 55). \u201cThe following\nmitigation measures will be implemented by the City to ensure protection of the public\nhealth and safety within the General Plan area: (a). Enforce the performance standards\ncontained in the Zoning Ordinance when new industrial uses are established.\u201d (EIR pg. 57).\n\nBy complying with the Property Development Standards in the I Zone (\u00a7 24.07.140)\nand the C Zone (\u00a7 24.05.140) the plans comply with the mitigation measures identified in\nthe City\u2019s EIR; hence, there is no requirement for an independent EIR because the Data\nCenter use and Substation and Battery Storage are accessory structures which comply with\nthe existing Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan, including the EIR prepared by the City.\n\nThe ministerial aspects of the Site Plan is also apparent from the fifteen day limit for\nSite Plan Review: \u201cThe Director shall have the authority to approve, deny or modify\napplications for Site Plan Review. Within fifteen (15) days of the date that application is\ndeemed complete by the Director, the Director shall approve, conditionally approve, or\ndisapprove the application, or shall request the applicant to revise said applications. Failure\nof the Director to act within fifteen (15) days shall be deemed approval of the application\nunless the applicant shall consent to an extension of time.\u201d (\u00a7 24.19.550 Action by Director).\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Documenti1-7 Filed 01/09/26 PagelD.88 Page 10\n\nof 27\nMay 14, 2025 SPR 25-03 Imperial Valley Data Center Campus Page 9\n\nWe agree with the request for \u201ctechnical studies\u201d and \u201cappropriate mitigation\nmeasures, if necessary,\u201d as the project progresses. However, the Site Plan Review Procedure,\nwhich focuses primarily on design principles, including aesthetics, is ministerial. Since our\nbuilding use is permitted as of right in the Zoning Ordinance and General Plan, approval of\nthe Site Plan is appropriate. Since the revised plans comply with all Site Plan Review\nrequirements, they should be approved as submitted, subject to further review, including\ntechnical studies and possible mitigation measures, in the future as needed.\n\nThank you.\n\nSincerely,\n\nSebastian Rucci\n\fTar OH ase\n\n5 Sons Sew : \u2018\ned +] \u201c30nd ua i Alri\nty\n\nMFEmSZo aa] YO \u201cWIS SO ALD\na2 _SNdWWo HSINS9 VIVO AD TIVA TwItadiAll\n\nfO I3SHS XSCNI WL |- aie ieee pst [nunca || mara, S>\n\nSHY TMOTEe AO AGINIIKS aha! WA OSAGHricl#] ama) a SM OGRSY \u2122! | Loy SOGSE TancUoON\n\nC da a fair Mot Sot on tren on 9 afd ee Sen end op asa ns\n\nSaLON NOWONMISNOD-213 AST Tee iti mera Heh IrLapen Sos est nope NaN! 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PageID.228\n of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page 2\n of 4\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Asbury, Jamie Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM\n To: Sebastian Rucci \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"wstrumpfer@gmail.com\" \n\n\n Dear Mr. Rucci:\n Thank you for your recent energy service option proposal for the Imperial Valley\n Computer Manufacturing, LLC data center project (Project). IID appreciates your\n efforts to advance this initiative. However, the proposed service plan does not\n comply with the IID Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). The IID OATT aligns\n with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations, specifically\n Order No. 888, issued in 1996, which mandate non-discriminatory access to\n transmission systems and standardized interconnection processes to ensure grid\n reliability and fairness. These rules govern all interconnections to IID\u2019s transmission\n system, including IID-owned facilities. The OATT ensures equitable treatment for all\n interconnection requests, and IID is obligated to adhere to this standardized process\n without exception.\n The OATT requires project developers to secure sufficient transmission capacity to\n serve wholesale loads within IID\u2019s network transmission system. Your reference to\n Network Integration Transmission Service, Section 30.6, appears to be a\n misinterpretation, as the OATT mandates arranging necessary transmission capacity\n for your Project from a generation source to the load. Currently, over 3,000 MW of\n transmission service reservations have been submitted and are being analyzed by\n the IID, primarily for battery energy storage systems. These reservation requests are\n in queue for access to the California Independent System Operator (ISO) system at\n two separate inter-tie points with the IID. Most of these reservations are tied to\n projects with executed generator interconnection agreements and approved\n environmental entitlements. Short-term transmission service is available through\n IID\u2019s Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS) on a daily or weekly\n basis, subject to securing capacities through a \u201cfirst come-first serve\u201d process.\n It is critical to distinguish between wholesale and retail services in this context.\n Wholesale services, governed by the OATT and FERC regulations, involve the\n transmission of energy across IID\u2019s system to serve large-scale loads, such as your\n data center, typically delivery of energy to other utilities or entities. These services\n require adherence to standardized interconnection and transmission reservation\n processes to ensure non-discriminatory access to the grid. In contrast, retail services\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 1/3\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 10:00 AM3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail 1-40\n - Proposal for Filed\n Temporary Supply01/09/26 PageID.229\n of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page 3\n\n involve the direct sale and delivery ofof energy\n 4\n to end-use customers, such as\n residential or commercial consumers, and are managed under IID\u2019s retail tariffs,\n which are separate from OATT requirements.\n Your Project, as proposed, is a large-scale load seeking interconnection to IID\u2019s\n transmission system, falls under wholesale services and must comply with OATT\n protocols. IID is legally obligated to treat all wholesale interconnection requests\n equitably, and we cannot circumvent these processes, as they are rooted in FERC\n mandates and industry standards for maintaining grid stability. Any generation\n impacting the Bulk Electric System must undergo rigorous studies to ensure grid\n reliability, consistent with industry standards for which IID is accountable.\n The feasibility study for your Project identifies available capacity at the proposed\n point of interconnection to IID\u2019s transmission system, marking the initial step in the\n interconnection process. However, upon review of your interconnection application,\n we noted the omission of critical generator data. This omission constitutes a material\n modification, requiring reanalysis that includes the 300MW of behind the meter\n generation. This step is critical, as your proposed data center will interconnect to\n IID\u2019s Bulk Electric System, a vital component of the western electric grid.\n To proceed with your amended request, IID will require (at a minimum) the following:\n 1. An updated interconnection application, including dynamic gas generation\n models in GE PSLF format.\n 2. A transmission service application specifying the generating facility\u2019s point of\n interconnection to the data center\u2019s load point of interconnection. This must be\n submitted via IID\u2019s OASIS platform, which manages transmission service\n requests in accordance with FERC orders. Upon submission, your request will\n be assigned a queue position and reference number for study purposes.\n 3. Generation interconnection request queue information designating the\n generation as a network resource serving your network load, accompanied by a\n written letter from the generation project owner confirming the transmission\n network configuration.\n 4. If a new generator interconnection application is required, the next study cycle\n opens in January 2026.\n Your Project\u2019s development involves multiple phases, including load and generation\n planning. While environmental permitting is critical, securing transmission capacity\n and energy access is equally essential. Should your Project necessitate upgrades to\n IID\u2019s transmission network to serve a specific location, your organization is\n responsible for the associated environmental permitting of those facilities.\n IID supports your data center Project and is committed to facilitating the\n interconnection process within the framework of FERC and OATT requirements.\n Upon receipt of the requested information, we will diligently process your application\n in accordance with OATT study timelines. For further assistance or to submit the\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 2/3\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 10:00 AM3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail 1-40\n - Proposal for Filed\n Temporary Supply01/09/26 PageID.230\n of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page 4\n of 4\n required materials, please contact Mrs. Lauren Olivo, Manager of Energy Business &\n Regulatory Compliance Programs at (760) 482-3448 or lolivo@IID.com.\n Best regards,\n\n\n\n\n Jamie L. Asbury\n General Manager\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 E Barioni Blvd, Imperial CA 92251\n (760) 339-9477 | email: jlasbury@IID.com\n Mobile (760) 791-7471\n\n\n\n The foregoing electronic message, together with any attachments thereto, is confidential and may be legally privileged against disclosure other than to the\n intended recipient. It is intended solely for the addressee(s) and access to the message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of\n this electronic message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is strictly\n prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic message in error, please delete and immediately notify the sender of this error.\n\n From: Sebastian Rucci \n Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2025 10:32 AM\n To: Asbury, Jamie \n Cc: Smelser, Matthew H ; Rodriguez, Paul ; Hamilton, Timothy L\n ; Gutierrez, Noe R ; Ambriz, Jose-Said ; Martinez,\n Jesus ; Garcia, Matthew ; Sampedro, Daniel ; Olivo,\n Lauren ; Carl Stills ; Tom DuBose \n Subject: Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n\n\n\n\n [CAUTION] This email originated from outside of the IID. Do not reply, click on any links or open any attachments\n unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 3/3\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:57:55.534948-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":40,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111109","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 39","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739454/","id":464739454,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/41/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:12.022729-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:43.993048-08:00","sha1":"65e4d7f53d34509e24014612ec92ff57761ccd47","page_count":2,"file_size":175371,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.41_1.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.41.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-41 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.231 Page 1\n of 2\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 40\n Email to Director Eugenio\n and Cardenas seeking meeting\n (10-14-25)\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 2:16 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - 1-41 Filed\n 330 MW Data 01/09/26\n Center PageID.232\n Project in Imperial County Page 2\n of 2\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n 330 MW Data Center Project in Imperial County\n Sebastian Rucci Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM\n To: kseugenio@iid.com, aacardenas@iid.com\n Cc: Tom DuBose , Carl Stills \n\n Dear Directors Eugenio and Cardenas,\n\n We would like to appear at a meeting of the board to discuss our $10 billion data center project (we also emailed Director\n Dockstader for this request). We met with the IID after our last email to you, and we listened carefully to the IID\u2019s\n concerns about risk and submitted a proposal specifically designed to address their concern (Email #1). Today, we\n received a response from the IID rejecting our efforts (Email #2). We responded with an email seeking a meeting (Email\n #3).\n\n The email today states that we have misrepresented our application and must reapply (\u201cupon review of your\n interconnection application, we noted the omission of critical generator data\u201d). This statement is made one year after we\n engaged the IID for this project. One year ago, we provided a load injection analysis from Powers Engineer showing that\n capacity exists for our load on the S-Line and R-Line. We have progressed through multiple studies from the IID, all of\n which have confirmed that our large load did not impact the S-Line or the R-Line.\n\n We have just been informed, one year after we started, that we must reapply because the same generators that have\n been on our plans for over a year are at issue. The fact is that at no time were the backup generators tied to the grid; they\n never have been and never will. Similarly, the onsite batteries are not exporting to the grid. We are simply a large load,\n and that is how our applications have been submitted, received, processed, and approved by the IID. We are at a loss to\n understand why backup generators, not tied to the grid, require a re-application to the IID, one year after multiple studies\n have been processed.\n\n We have submitted a proposal that allows IID to serve this load (Email #1). This proposal poses no risk to the IID and is\n expected to generate at least $22 million in annual revenue. The proposed AI data center represents a $10 billion\n investment in the Imperial Valley, offering substantial economic and technological benefits to the region. We're asking for\n the opportunity to present to the IID board at an open meeting, allowing them to consider our proposal and the numerous\n benefits it brings to the Valley and the IID.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n 3 attachments\n Email #3 Email to IID Seeking Meeting (10-14-25).pdf\n 142K\n Email #1 Wholesale Market Proposal to IID (10-02-25).pdf\n 175K\n Email #2 Email from IID Rejecting Proposal (10-14-25).pdf\n 228K\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r1351513092457241206&simpl=msg-a:r135151309245724\u2026 1/1\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:57:36.279256-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":41,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111110","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 40","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739455/","id":464739455,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/42/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:12.040373-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:22.006956-08:00","sha1":"fed781a16bead2ac47a73aebfc55ed03a92e88a0","page_count":20,"file_size":424718,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.42_2.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.42.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.233 Page 1\n of 20\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 41\n Arbitration Statement\n (10-20-25)\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.234 Page 2\n of 20\n\n\n 1 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n 2 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n 3\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n 4 Tel: (562) 901-0199\n 5 Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n 6\n Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n 7 Attorney for claimant IVCM\n 8\n 9\n10\n AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION\n11\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC )\n12 ) Case No.\n13 Claimant, )\n vs. ) CLAIMANT\u2019S ARBITRATION\n14\n ) STATEMENT\n15 IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT )\n16 (General Manager, Jamie Asbury) )\n )\n17\n Respondent. )\n18 )\n19\n IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC\n20\n ARBITRATION STATEMENT AGAINST\n21 IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT (General Manager, Jamie Asbury)\n22\n This arbitration is initiated under IID\u2019s Open Access Transmission Tariff \u00a7 12.2:\n23\n \u201cExternal Arbitration Procedures: Any arbitration initiated under the Tariff shall be\n24\n conducted before a single neutral arbitrator\u201d who \u201cshall conduct the arbitration in accordance\n25 with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.\u201d\n26\n27 COMES NOW Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC (\u201cIVCM\u201d), for its\n28 statement of claims against the Imperial Irrigation District (\u201cIID\u201d) , states as follows:\n\n\n Page 1\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.235 Page 3\n of 20\n\n\n 1 1 - INTRODUCTION TO IMPERIAL VALLEY 330 MW DATA CENTER\n 2 1.1 IID OVERVIEW: IID is a public power utility governed by a five-member Board\n 3 of Directors and headquartered in Imperial County, California. IID is the third largest public\n 4 power utility in California. IID operates the electric transmission system within its balancing\n authority area. IID\u2019s system includes interstate transmission lines that operate within and\n 5\n beyond its balancing authority area.\n 6\n 7\n 1.2 NATURE OF THE DISPUTE: This arbitration arises from IID\u2019s violations of\n 8 IVCM\u2019s rights under IID\u2019s governing rules and regulations. Specifically, IVCM alleges that\n 9 IID, through the actions and decisions of its General Manager, Jamie Asbury, has unlawfully\n10 interfered with IVCM\u2019s access to electric power transmission and operations services\n11 necessary for the development of IVCM\u2019s 330 MW AI Data Center in Imperial County,\n12 California. IID\u2019s conduct has directly and materially harmed IVCM\u2019s business operations and\n the broader economic development interests of Imperial County. IID\u2019s refusal to provide or\n13\n facilitate services for the 330 MW AI Data Center undermines regional economic\n14\n development, violates IVCM\u2019s rights under IID\u2019s regulatory framework, and constitutes\n15\n arbitrary and discriminatory conduct inconsistent with IID\u2019s obligations as a public utility.\n16\n17 1.3 THE 330MW AI DATA CENTER PROJECT : The 330 MW AI Data Center\n18 proposed by IVCM represents a transformative infrastructure project with long-term benefits\n19 to Imperial County and the State of California. The project entails a capital investment\n approaching $10 billion, and is designed to establish Imperial County as a premier hub for\n20\n artificial intelligence computing, digital infrastructure, and renewable energy integration. The\n21\n Data Center is projected to generate millions in recurring tax revenues, create over 1,500\n22\n construction jobs providing significant employment opportunities in the trades and\n23 supporting local economic recovery. Upon completion, the project will have 100 permanent\n24 employees across operations, technology, and maintenance functions, while indirectly\n25 supporting additional employment in logistics, hospitality, security, and technology services.\n26\n27 1.4 FISCAL IMPACT AND TAX REVENUE: The 330 MW AI Data Center will provide\n a one-time sales tax benefit of $72.5 million, which will directly support county services and\n28\n infrastructure. Annual real property taxes of $18.75 million, with an additional $10 million\n\n Page 2\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.236 Page 4\n of 20\n\n\n 1 in personal property taxes each year. These revenues will materially enhance funding for law\n 2 enforcement, municipal services, education, and other essential public programs. Through\n 3 the purchase of 330 MW of electric power from IID, the project will provide over $22\n 4 million in net annual revenue to IID. These funds will directly benefit IID\u2019s ratepayers and\n contribute to grid modernization, transmission reliability, and community reinvestment.\n 5\n 6\n 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE FOR IID AND IMPERIAL COUNTY: The 330 MW Data Center will\n 7\n be the largest data center by power capacity in California, positioning Imperial County as a\n 8 key hub for AI, and related technology. The Data Center will catalyze investment in clean\n 9 energy, advanced computing, and attract technology firms seeking low-latency connectivity,\n10 renewable power access, and data infrastructure clustering, thereby diversifying the region\u2019s\n11 tax base and fostering an ecosystem of innovation, education, and workforce development.\n12\n 1.6 JAMIE ASBURY\u2019S ACTIONS IMPACT ON IMPERIAL COUNTY: Imperial County has\n13\n a population of approximately 179,091 residents, of which 82 percent identify as Hispanic\n14\n and 23.3 percent live below the poverty level. Given the region\u2019s elevated unemployment and\n15\n poverty rates, IID\u2019s General Manager, Jamie Asbury\u2019s obstruction of a $10 billion economic\n16 development project constitutes a substantial deprivation of opportunity and public benefit,\n17 particularly where such actions contravene IID\u2019s established rules and procedures.\n18\n19 2 - POWER ENGINEERS INJECTION STUDY FOR DATA CENTER #1\n 2.1 LAND ACQUISITION: In early October 2024, IVCM secured control of\n20\n approximately a dozen contiguous parcels of industrially zoned land in Imperial County,\n21\n California. The parcels are situated adjacent to the IID\u2019s 230 kV S-line and 92 kV R-line,\n22\n making them uniquely suitable for large-scale data-center development. The contiguous\n23 acreage allows for the construction of three individual, yet integrated, data centers\n24 comprising a unified campus.\n25\n26 2.2 CONSULTANTS HIRED: Following the acquisition, IVCM retained professional\n27 consultants -- including electrical, civil, and environmental engineers -- to initiate the\n processes for land-use approval, reclaimed-water service, backup generation permitting,\n28\n fiber-optic connectivity, and electrical-supply interconnection with IID.\n\n Page 3\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.237 Page 5\n of 20\n\n\n 1 2.3 INITIAL CONTACT WITH IID: On October 15, 2024, IVCM held its first meeting\n 2 with IID to discuss the proposed AI Data Center Campus project. During this meeting, IID\n 3 advised that applications for new loads exceeding 34.5 kV must be submitted with its\n 4 16-page form titled \u201cCustomer Project Application for Services of 34.5 kV and Above.\u201d\n\n 5\n 2.4 FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH IID: On October 28, 2024, IID\u2019s transmission\n 6\n planning engineers met with IVCM to discuss the technical parameters of the proposed\n 7\n data-centers. Later that same day, IID emailed IVCM a Transmission Customer Service\n 8 Proposal, attaching the 16-page \u201cCustomer Project Application for Services of 34.5 kV and\n 9 Above.\u201d (See IID\u2019s published form: https://www.iid.com/power/new-construction)\n10\n11 2.5 ENGAGEMENT OF POWER ENGINEERS: IVCM engaged Power Engineers, a\n12 nationally recognized transmission-planning and electrical-engineering firm, to assist with\n the electrical issues of the data-center project. Power Engineers recommended initiating a\n13\n load-injection analysis to determine the available capacity of the 230 kV line under varying\n14\n load conditions.\n15\n16 2.6 POWER ENGINEERS LOAD INJECTION STUDY: On November 15, 2024, IVCM\n17 authorized Power Engineers to feasibility study of the 230 kV S-Line. The scope of work\n18 included analyzing IID\u2019s transmission system\u2019s capacity to accommodate incremental\n19 data-center loads and to identify any operational or reliability constraints within IID\u2019s bulk\n electric system.\n20\n21\n 2.7 LOAD-INJECTION STUDY FINDINGS: On December 4, 2024, Power Engineers\n22\n transmitted to IVCM a memorandum entitled \u201cLoad Injection Analysis--IID 230 kV S-Line\n23 and 92 kV R-Line\u201d (attached hereto as EXHIBIT 1). The memorandum concluded:\n24 \u2022 Summer load capacity (230 kV S-Line): 557.8 MW\n25 \u2022 Winter load capacity (230 kV S-Line): 823.1 MW\n26 \u2022 Summer load capacity (92 kV R-Line): 108.3 MW\n27 \u2022 Winter load capacity (92 kV R-Line): 99.8 MW\n These findings demonstrated that IID\u2019s existing transmission infrastructure possessed ample\n28\n thermal and contingency capacity to accommodate the proposed IVCM Data Center load.\n\n Page 4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.238 Page 6\n of 20\n\n\n 1\n 2\n 3\n 4\n 5\n 6\n 3 - IID FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR 250 MW DATA CENTER #1\n 7\n 3.1 FEASIBILITY STUDY APPLICATION: On December 13, 2024, IVCM emailed IID\n 8 the Power Engineers Load Injection Memorandum. On January 17, 2025, IVCM submitted\n 9 an application to IID for a data center campus consisting of 250 MW, 150 MW, and 100 MW\n10 facilities on three contiguous lots. The submission included the following materials:\n11 \u2022 Power Engineers Load Injection Memo\n12 \u2022 IID Project Application for a system impact study on the 230 kV S-line\n \u2022 One-Line Diagram, EPC Project Model, and DYD Composite Load Model\n13\n \u2022 Project site plan, site location, and site control documentation\n14\n15\n 3.2 MEETING WITH IID. On January 28, 2025, IID\u2019s Transmission Planning,\n16 Resource Planning, Customer Operations, and Environmental Compliance departments met\n17 with IVCM to discuss the data center project. During the meeting, IID suggested conducting\n18 a sensitivity analysis (feasibility study) to evaluate the project\u2019s viability by considering\n19 various load scenarios on the 230 kV S-line to determine the maximum load that could be\n supported without requiring transmission system upgrades.\n20\n21\n 3.3 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPLICATION: On February 10, 2025, IID emailed\n22\n IVCM a Sensitivity Analysis application, requesting IID to study 500, 250, 200, and 150 MW\n23 load scenarios on the 230 kV S-line. (attached as EXHIBIT 2). IID emailed a sensitivity\n24 study agreement to perform the study. IVCM asked for clarification on the references to the\n25 Generator Interconnection Process (GIP). On February 11, 2025, Lauren Olivo, replied that\n26 IID would remove all GIP references, clarified that the project does not fall under the GIP.\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 5\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.239 Page 7\n of 20\n\n\n 1 3.4 SENSITIVITY STUDY AGREEMENT BY IID: On March 3, 2025, IID sent IVCM\n 2 a Feasibility Study Agreement for the sensitivity analysis. IVCM executed the agreement. On\n 3 March 11, 2025, IID emailed a fully executed Feasibility Study Agreement (EXHIBIT 3).\n 4\n 3.5 PAYMENT FOR STUDY: On March 4, 2025, IID provided a cost letter estimating\n 5\n $50,000 for the feasibility study. IVCM approved the amount and requested wire\n 6\n instructions. IID responded with an invoice and wiring details. On March 5, 2025, IVCM\n 7\n emailed proof of a $50,000 wire transfer to IID\u2019s Chase Bank account.\n 8\n 9 3.6 IID FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS: On May 22, 2025, IID issued its Feasibility\n10 Study Report evaluating the 500, 250, 200, and 150 MW load cases on the 230 kV S-line\n11 (attached as EXHIBIT 4). The report provided detailed results for all requested load\n12 conditions and multiple generation/loading configurations. Key findings included:\n \u2022 No thermal violations for the 150, 200, and 250 MW load scenarios.\n13\n \u2022 No voltage exceedances or deviations observed at any buses under those scenarios.\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19 4 - IID SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY FOR 250 MW DATA CENTER #1\n20 4.1 MEETING TO DISCUSS FEASIBILITY STUDY RESULTS: On May 29, 2025, IID\n Transmission Planning Engineers met with IVCM to review the findings of the previously\n21\n completed Feasibility Study Report. Following the discussion, IVCM confirmed its intent to\n22\n proceed with a System Impact Study (SIS) for a 250 MW data center interconnecting to the\n23 230 kV S-line at Aten Road (referred to as Data Center #1).\n24\n25 4.2 SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT EXECUTION: On June 3, 2025, IID\n26 provided IVCM with a System Impact Study Agreement for the proposed 250 MW data\n27 center at the 230 kV S-line interconnection point. An executed copy of the agreement was\n emailed back to IID the same day. Subsequently, on June 12, 2025, IID transmitted to IVCM\n28\n an executed System Impact Study Agreement for Data Center #1 (attached as EXHIBIT 5).\n\n Page 6\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.240 Page 8\n of 20\n\n\n 1 4.3 IID SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY REPORT BY IID: On July 25, 2025, IID issued its\n 2 System Impact Study Report for Data Center #1 (attached as EXHIBIT 6). The study\n 3 evaluated the 250 MW interconnection under a range of system conditions and contingencies.\n The results demonstrated the following:\n 4\n \u2022 No thermal violations were identified within IID\u2019s transmission system.\n 5 \u2022 Project did not cause any voltage exceedances or deviations at any monitored buses.\n 6 \u2022 No transient stability violations were observed under any simulated contingencies.\n 7 \u2022 The study concluded: \u201cStudy results show that this project can be deemed feasible.\u201d\n 8\n 9\n10\n11\n12\n 5 - SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY FOR 80 MW DATA CENTER #2\n13\n 5.1 SUBMISSION OF SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY APPLICATION: On March 5, 2025,\n14 IVCM submitted a completed System Impact Study (SIS) application for an 80 MW data\n15 center located on Aten Road in Imperial County. The submission package included:\n16 \u2022 Power Engineers Load Injection Memo\n \u2022 80 MW Data Center Application for the 92 kV R-line (attached as EXHIBIT 7)\n17\n \u2022 One-Line Diagram, EPC project model, and DYD composite load model\n18\n \u2022 Project site plan, site location, and site control documentation\n19\n20 5.2 AGREEMENT TO PROCEED AND STUDY COST: On April 10, 2025, IVCM and IID\n21 agreed to proceed directly with an 80 MW System Impact Study on the 92 kV R-line, without\n conducting a preliminary sensitivity analysis. IID issued a cost letter estimating $50,000 for\n22\n the study, which IVCM approved. Subsequently: On May 8, 2025, IID emailed an invoice\n23 for $50,000 for the study. On May 9, 2025, IVCM emailed proof that the $50,000 wire\n24 transfer had been successfully sent to IID\u2019s Chase Bank account.\n25\n 5.3 EXECUTION OF SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT: On April 3, 2025, IID\n26\n emailed IVCM a System Impact Study Agreement for the 80 MW data center. An executed\n27\n copy was promptly returned by IVCM, and on April 15, 2025, IVCM emailed IID a fully\n28 executed System Impact Study Agreement for Data Center #2 (attached as EXHIBIT 8).\n\n\n Page 7\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.241 Page 9\n of 20\n\n\n 1 5.4 IID SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY RESULTS: On September 23, 2025, IID issued its\n 2 System Impact Study Report for Data Center #2, evaluating the 80 MW load interconnection\n 3 on the 92 kV R-line (attached as EXHIBIT 9). The study concluded that: \u201cThe Project can\n 4 be deemed feasible with some transmission infrastructure upgrades. The following upgrades\n must be installed in the new IVCM substation: one static var device rated 75 MVAR,\n 5\n configured in three switching blocks of 25 MVAR each, for reactive power support and\n 6\n voltage stability.\u201d The reactive power equipment is to be done at the new IVCM substation.\n 7\n 8 6 - IID FACILITY STUDY FOR 250 MW DATA CENTER #1\n 9 6.1 INITIATION OF FACILITY STUDY: On July 31, 2025, representatives from IID\n10 Transmission Planning and Resource Planning met with IVCM to discuss the status of the\n11 pending data center applications. Later that day, IID confirmed via email that:\n12\n \u201cThe system impact study was approved and IID will proceed to perform the\n13\n facility study for the 250 MW Imperial Data Center Campus #1. We estimate\n14\n a time frame of 6 weeks to complete the study.\u201d\n15\n16 This communication formally initiated the Facility Study phase for Data Center #1, following\n17 the completion and approval of the System Impact Study.\n18\n19\n20\n 6.2 BOTH LOADS, 250 MW AND 80 MW ON SAME PARCEL: On August 1, 2025,\n21\n IVCM emailed IID, that it wanted to proceed with both loads, 250MW and 80 MW, entirely\n22\n at the Clark and Aten Road location in the County of Imperial. The email attached the latest\n23 development plans, which included the data center, substation, BESS, and backup generators.\n24\n25 6.3 APPLICATION OF REMAINING STUDY FUNDS: On August 8, 2025, IID informed\n26 IVCM that approximately $38,876 remained unspent from the System Impact Study budget.\n27 IID engineering staff estimated that this remaining amount would be sufficient to cover the\n Facility Study effort, eliminating the need for an additional payment at that time.\n28\n\n\n Page 8\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.242 Page\n 10 of 20\n\n\n 1 6.4 POSTPONEMENT OF FACILITY STUDY: On August 22, 2025, IID sent an email\n 2 to IVCM stating that: \u201cIID management [Jamie Asbury] has requested to cancel the\n 3 meeting today due to the need to have some internal conversations before being ready to talk\n about power supply. I will reschedule the meeting as soon as I get a green light.\u201d This\n 4\n delayed discussions regarding power supply arrangements and interconnection logistics.\n 5\n 6\n 7\n 8 6.5 EXECUTION OF FACILITY STUDY AGREEMENT: On September 2, 2025, IID\n emailed IVCM a Facility Study Agreement for the 250 MW Data Center #1 interconnection\n 9\n at the 230 kV S-line. IVCM executed the agreement and returned a signed copy to IID on\n10 September 3, 2025. On September 16, 2025, IVCM received a fully executed Facility Study\n11 Agreement for Data Center #1 (attached as EXHIBIT 10).\n12\n 7 - IID\u2019S GENERAL MANAGER\u2019S ILLEGAL DELAY OF FACILITY STUDY\n13\n 7.1 SUSPICIOUS CANCELLATION OF MEETING: On August 22, 2025, while traveling\n14 to a meeting with IID resource planning, IVCM was informed that the meeting was canceled\n15 by upper management. This was the first time IVCM was made aware that IID\u2019s general\n16 manager, Jamie Asbury, was targeting the data center for delay. By that time, IVCM\n completed all required technical studies with each one demonstrating technical feasibility.\n17\n18\n 7.2 FURTHER DELAY AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: On September 4, 2025, IVCM\n19 was informed in a meeting by IID staff that its facility study project was being delayed\n20 because upper management, Jamie Asbury, instructed the engineering staff to prioritize six\n21 projects from Z-Global and to put everything else aside. On Sept 8, 2025, IID emailed IVCM\n that IID \u201ccannot start work on the subject facility study until probably November 2025.\u201d\n22\n23 7.3 On July 31, 2025, IID confirmed via email that: \u201cThe system impact study was\n24 approved and IID will proceed to perform the facility study for the 250 MW Imperial Data\n25 Center Campus #1. We estimate a time frame of six weeks to complete the study.\u201d The\n facility study was due September 15, 2026.\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 9\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.243 Page\n 11 of 20\n\n\n 1 7.4 OATT \u00a719.4 requires that, upon completion of the System Impact Study, a\n 2 Facility Study Agreement must be issued within 30 days and completed within 60 days. See\n 3 OATT \u00a7 19.4 (\u201cUpon receipt of an executed Facilities Study Agreement, the Transmission\n 4 Provider will use due diligence to complete the required Facilities Study within a sixty (60)\n day period.\u201d). The Facility Study Agreement was due on September 15, 2026.\n 5\n 6 7.5 PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF Z-GLOBAL PROJECTS: The facility study was\n 7 delayed because six projects from Z-Global were moved ahead by General Manager Asbury.\n 8 Upon information and belief, it is alleged that Jesse Montano, a former IID manager, and\n 9 now the head at Z-Global in Imperial, met Jamie Asbury on September 4, 2025 and asked her\n to priority Z-Global\u2019s projects. Jamie Asbury was fully aware this violated IID rules and\n10\n regulations, the OATT and that this would delay the data center project and illegally provided\n11\n preferential treatment to Z-Global\u2019s projects.\n12\n13 7.6 COMMUNICATION WITH IID\u2019S BOARD: Concluding that IID General Manager\n14 Jamie Asbury was acting to derail the data center project to benefit Z-Global. On September\n15 8, 2025, IVCM sent emails to IID Board Members Eugenio, Cardenas, and Dockstader,\n expressing concerns about the recent project delays and actions of General Manager Asbury\n16\n and requested a meeting. On September 11, 2025, IVCM emailed Jamie Asbury seeking: \u201cAn\n17\n opportunity to meet and discuss\u201d the data center project.\n18\n19 7.7 DISCRIMINATORY PREPAYMENT BY JAMIE ASBURY: On September 16, 2025,\n20 General Manager Jamie Asbury met with IVCM and raised several objections to the data\n21 center. First, she stated that IID could not provide the 330 MW load without a prepayment\n of 15 years of electric fees. This amounted to $4 billion in prepayment. She stated that the\n22\n 330 MW load presented risk to IID. The request for prepayment of $4 billion violates IID\u2019s\n23\n rules and regulations. The OATT provides in \u00a7 11 as follows: \u201cCreditworthiness: For the\n24 purpose of determining the ability of the Transmission Customer to meet its obligations\n25 related to service hereunder, the Transmission Provider [IID] may require reasonable credit\n26 review procedures. This review shall be made in accordance with standard commercial\n practices.\u201d The demand to prepay 15 years of services is in direct violation of the OATT, it\n27\n is not reasonable, and not in accordance with standard commercial practices. The demand to\n28\n prepay 15 years of service is patently discriminatory as it has never been applied to anyone.\n\n\n Page 10\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.244 Page\n 12 of 20\n\n\n 1 7.8 IVCM WHOLESALE SUPPLY PROPOSAL: Following the meeting, IVCM met with\n 2 consultants to discuss proposals to mitigate the risk which IID General Manager Jamie\n 3 Asbury stated. On October 2, 2025, IVCM emailed General Manager Asbury a proposal to\n 4 temporarily supply energy on a short-term basis through CAISO Day-Ahead and/or\n Real-Time markets (attached as EXHIBIT 11). The proposal removed any risk to IID, by\n 5\n offering a cost-plus revenue structure compensating IID for: Scheduling coordinator services;\n 6\n OATT transmission rate; and Administrative markup. IVCM estimated the arrangement\n 7\n would generate over $22 million per year in positive revenue for IID.\n 8\n 9 7.9 IID REJECTION AND MISREPRESENTATION ALLEGATION: On October 14, 2025,\n10 IID General Manager Jamie Asbury informed IVCM in an email that she had rejected the\n11 wholesale supply proposal (attached as EXHIBIT 12). The email also alleged that IVCM\u2019s\n12 interconnection application contained a misrepresentation: \u201cUpon review of your\n interconnection application, we noted the omission of critical generator data.\u201d She stated that\n13\n IVCM would have to restart the entire application process. It was clear that Jamie Asbury\n14\n was trying to delay and obstruct the data center.\n15\n16 7.10 IVCM RESPONSE PROJECT IS RECONFIGURED IMPROPERLY: Also, on October\n17 14, 2025, IVCM responded to IID General Manager Jamie Asbury disputing the allegation\n18 of misrepresentation, stating that she was mischaracterizing the project and objecting to IID\u2019s\n19 refusal to advance the project, and refusal to supply power, or consider the wholesale supply\n20 proposal (attached as EXHIBIT 13). IVCM asserted that the project had been pending before\n IID for over a year, that backup generators were not and had never been tied to the grid, and\n21\n that this configuration was accurately disclosed in all submitted materials. IVCM reiterated\n22\n that IID\u2019s position unfairly obstructed its ability to secure power and violated the OATT.\n23\n24 7.11 IID EMAIL RESTATING ILLEGAL RECONFIGURATION OF PROJECT: On October\n25 17, 2025, IID General Manager Jamie Asbury emailed IVCM restating her reconfiguration\n26 of the data center submittals and restating that \u201cIID analyzes all generators, even behind the\n27 meter resources, to ensure our base cases are accurate and have all scenarios identified and\n mitigated. There is no way to avoid the study process outlined in the tariff.\u201d (EXHIBIT 13).\n28\n\n\n Page 11\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.245 Page\n 13 of 20\n\n\n 1 7.12 IVCM REPLY TO MISSTATEMENTS: IVCM responded on October 17, 2025,\n 2 clarifying the procedural record of IVCM\u2019s data center project, to correct several factual and\n 3 procedural misstatements recently raised in the email, and to request IID\u2019s prompt\n 4 completion of its contractual obligations under the OATT (attached without exhibits as\n EXHIBIT 15). The email confirmed that the data center project has no transmission\n 5\n component and that her late-stage misrepresentation are unsupported deviation from over a\n 6\n year of technical and procedural consensus by IID\u2019s staff.\n 7\n 8 8 - FACILITY STUDY DELAY AND DISPARATE TREATMENT\n 9 8.1 FACILITY STUDY PROCEDURES: Pursuant to OATT \u00a7 19.4 \u201cIf a System Impact\n10 Study indicates that additions or upgrades to the Transmission System are needed to supply\n11 the Eligible Customer\u2019s service request\u201d the project will proceed to a System Impact Study.\n12 All IID studies confirmed feasibility, with no thermal, voltage, or stability violations (see\n EXHIBITS 1, 3, 6, 9). Hence, it is questionable if a facility study is actually required. If it\n13\n is required, the data center project completed all required technical studies with each study\n14\n demonstrating technical feasibility with no system violations, hence, the facility study should\n15\n be easy to complete. Pursuant to the OATT upon receipt of an executed Facilities Study\n16 Agreement, IID will complete the Facilities Study within 60 days.\n17\n18 8.2 UNEQUAL TREATMENT AMONG APPLICANTS BY GENERAL MANAGER ASBURY:\n19 On July 31, 2025, IID stated via email that the facility study would proceed and that IID\n\n20 estimated \u201ca time frame of six weeks to complete\u201d or September 15, 2025. On September 4,\n 2025, General Manager Asbury instructed staff to prioritize six projects from Z-Global and\n21\n to put everything else aside, including the data center facility study. Because upper\n22\n management prioritized six projects, which we later concluded were associated with\n23 Z-Global. This directive contradicts IID\u2019s previous written commitment and constitutes\n24 unequal treatment among applicants. The delay, despite technical clearance, is\n25 inconsistent with the OATT\u2019s due diligence requirement and undermines confidence in IID\u2019s\n26 impartial administration of its tariff obligations.\n27\n 8.3 IMPROPER 15-YEAR PREPAYMENT REQUIREMENT: During the meeting of\n28\n September 16, 2025, General Manager Asbury said that IID could not provide power service\n\n Page 12\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.246 Page\n 14 of 20\n\n\n 1 unless IVCM prepaid for 15 years of electricity. This amounts to $4 billion and is not found\n 2 anywhere in the OATT. On the contrary OATT \u00a711 mandates only \u201creasonable credit review\n 3 procedures in accordance with standard commercial practices.\u201d The 15-year demand is\n 4 therefore unsupported, commercially unreasonable, and discriminatory under the OATT,\n FERC, and federal law.\n 5\n 6\n 8.4 NON-NEUTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF IID'S TARIFF OBLIGATIONS: Also, on\n 7\n August 22, 2025, General Manager Asbury canceled a meeting with the resource department.\n 8 The email stated: \u201cIID management [Jamie Asbury] has requested to cancel the meeting\n 9 today due to the need to have some internal conversations before being ready to talk about\n10 power supply.\u201d This further delayed this process. When combined with project\n11 reprioritization in favor of Z-Global, these actions collectively suggest non-neutral\n12 administration of IID\u2019s tariff obligations.\n\n13\n 9 - RETALIATION AND PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS\n14\n 9.1 ATTEMPT TO PRECLUDE STAFF ACCESS: On October 17, 2025, General\n15\n Manager Asbury replied that she believed that the allegations in the prior email were serious\n16 and because litigation was mentioned, IVCM could no longer contact staff. (attached as\n17 EXHIBIT 16). This email is the standard play book by General Manager Asbury to further\n18 delay the project.\n19\n20 9.2 IVCM REPLY TO DENIAL OF ACCESS TO STAFF: IVCM responded on October\n 17, 2025, that IVCM\u2019s statement of intent to exercise its rights under OATT \u00a712.3 does not\n21\n preclude it from communicating with IID staff. General Manager Asbury\u2019s actions are\n22\n inconsistent with both the OATT and the First Amendment, and directly obstruct the ongoing\n23 development of a $10 billion data center project that satisfied every technical and procedural\n24 requirement before IID. (attached as EXHIBIT 17). OATT\u2019s \u00a7 12.2(External Arbitration\n25 Procedures) specifically exist to resolve disagreements while allowing the applicant to\n26 continue working with staff in good faith.\n27\n 9.3 DENIAL OF ACCESS CONSTITUTES RETALIATION: General Manager Asbury\u2019s\n28\n directive obstructs a live project and represents government retaliation for protected speech.\n\n Page 13\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.247 Page\n 15 of 20\n\n\n 1 IID is a public agency, and IVCM has a First Amendment right to petition IID regarding\n 2 grievances, including the right to assert its intent to seek remedies before FERC, federal, or\n 3 state courts. General Manager Asbury has no legal basis to obstruct the data center project\n 4 or deny communication with IID\u2019s personnel carrying out the IID\u2019s technical obligations.\n\n 5\n CAUSES OF ACTION\n 6\n COUNT 1 - VIOLATION OF IID OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION TARIFF\n 7\n (Against Respondent Imperial Irrigation District and General Manager Jamie Asbury)\n 8 10.1 Claimant realleges and incorporates by reference all preceding paragraphs of\n 9 this Statement of Claim as though fully set forth herein.\n10 10.2 IID's Open Access Transmission Tariff (\"OATT\") imposes binding obligations\n11 to provide non-discriminatory, transparent, and timely interconnection service to any eligible\n12 customer meeting the technical and procedural requirements of the tariff.\n 10.3 IID's own studies-including the Feasibility Study (May 22 2025) and System\n13\n Impact Study (July 25 2025)-confirmed that Claimant's proposed 250 MW and 80 MW\n14\n data-center loads were technically feasible and caused no violations of voltage, thermal, or\n15\n stability limits.\n16 10.4 Notwithstanding these findings, IID-acting through its General Manager, Jamie\n17 Asbury-unlawfully suspended the Facility Study phase and cancelled previously scheduled\n18 engineering meetings on August 22 2025, citing \"management review,\" without any technical\n19 or tariff-based justification.\n 10.5 IID's conduct constitutes a violation of OATT \u00a7\u00a7 3.4, 7, and 8, which require\n20\n IID to process interconnection requests on a fair, non-preferential, and timely basis.\n21\n 10.6 IID further violated its obligation under \u00a7 12.1 (\"Dispute Resolution and\n22\n Arbitration\") by using administrative delay and internal obstruction in place of the required\n23 transparent tariff procedures.\n24 10.7 As a direct and proximate result, Claimant suffered economic damages, project\n25 delays, and the loss of financing opportunities for the 330 MW Imperial Valley AI\n26 Datacenter campus.\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 14\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.248 Page\n 16 of 20\n\n\n 1 COUNT 2 - BREACH OF CONTRACT (FACILITY STUDY AGREEMENT)\n 2 (Against Respondent Imperial Irrigation District)\n 3 11.1 Claimant executed, and IID subsequently countersigned a written Facility Study\n 4 Agreement for the 250 MW Data Center #1 interconnection on the 230 kV S-line.\n 11.2 IID's System Impact Study having been completed and approved, the Facility\n 5\n Study Agreement obligated IID to commence and complete the Facility Study within six\n 6\n weeks, using remaining study funds already paid by Claimant.\n 7\n 11.3 IID breached that agreement by refusing to begin or complete the Facility\n 8 Study, cancelling the August 22 2025 meeting, and diverting engineering resources to\n 9 unrelated projects under the direction of General Manager Asbury.\n10 11.4 IID's refusal to perform was willful and without lawful excuse, constituting a\n11 material breach of contract.\n12 11.5 As a result, Claimant incurred significant damages, including sunk costs,\n carrying charges on land and equipment, loss of third-party investment, and impairment of\n13\n project financing.\n14\n15\n COUNT 3 - ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS CONDUCT / DISCRIMINATION\n16 UNDER PUBLIC UTILITY LAW\n17 (Against Respondent Imperial Irrigation District and Jamie Asbury)\n18 12.1 IID is a public power utility organized under the California Water Code and\n19 is obligated to operate in a non-arbitrary, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner\n consistent with California Water Code \u00a7 20532 and public-utility principles.\n20\n 12.2 Respondent Asbury's unilateral cancellation of the Facility Study, and her\n21\n directive to prioritize Z-Global projects ahead of Claimant's, constitutes arbitrary and\n22\n capricious administration of IID's public duties.\n23 12.3 Such conduct constitutes unlawful discrimination between similarly situated\n24 applicants and an abuse of discretion inconsistent with IID's charter and statutory obligations.\n25 12.4 Claimant seeks declaratory and injunctive relief compelling IID to perform its\n26 ministerial obligations in good faith and to cease discriminatory interference with Claimant's\n27 project.\n\n28\n\n\n Page 15\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.249 Page\n 17 of 20\n\n\n 1 COUNT 4 - TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL AND\n 2 PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS RELATIONS\n 3 (Against Respondent Jamie Asbury, Individually and in Official Capacity)\n 4 13.1 Claimant had valid contractual relationships with IID under the executed study\n agreements and prospective business relationships with project investors and technology\n 5\n partners dependent on IID's timely completion of those studies.\n 6\n 13.2 Respondent Asbury, with knowledge of those relationships, intentionally\n 7\n interfered by directing IID staff to delay and suspend work, issuing retaliatory emails to\n 8 Claimant, and reassigning engineering resources to unrelated projects.\n 9 13.3 Such interference was done with malice, motivated by favoritism toward\n10 competing consultants and animus toward Claimant's lawful requests for tariff-compliant\n11 treatment.\n12 13.4 As a direct and proximate result, Claimant sustained measurable economic\n harm and reputational injury.\n13\n14\n COUNT 5 - DECLARATORY AND EQUITABLE RELIEF\n15\n (Against Respondent Jamie Asbury, Individually and in Official Capacity)\n16\n 14.1 An actual controversy exists between Claimant and Respondents regarding the\n17\n parties' respective rights and obligations under IID's OATT and the executed interconnection\n18\n agreements.\n19\n 14.2 Claimant is entitled to declaratory and equitable relief determining that IID's\n20\n technical studies confirm project feasibility and compelling IID to perform its remaining\n21\n ministerial duties.\n22\n WHEREFORE IVCM prays for judgment against IID as follows:\n23\n (1). A declaration that IID General Manager, Jamie Asbury, violated the OATT by not\n24\n processing the facility study in accordance with procedures provided for in the OATT.\n25\n (2). A declaration that IID General Manager, Jamie Asbury, violated the OATT by\n26\n requiring non-grid-connected backup generators to apply for interconnection.\n27\n (3). A declaration that IID General Manager, Jamie Asbury, violated the OATT by\n28\n requiring a prepayment of electricity for 15 years to secure a service agreement.\n\n Page 16\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.250 Page\n 18 of 20\n\n\n 1 (4). A declaration that IID General Manager, Jamie Asbury, violated the OATT by\n 2 attempting to preclude access to staff for informing her that her violations permit\n 3 arbitration of that dispute accordance with procedures provided for in the OATT.\n 4 (5). A declaration that IID General Manager, Jamie Asbury, violated the OATT by giving\n 5 preference to Z-Global for its project and thereby delaying the data center project.\n 6 (6). A declaration that IID General Manager, Asbury, violated the OATT by denying a\n 7\n service agreement upon completion of a system impact study with no impacts.\n 8\n (7). An ORDER mandating that IID to finalize the facility study immediately;\n 9\n (8). An ORDER that non-grid-connected backup generators are not required to apply for\n10\n interconnection; and\n11\n (9). An ORDER mandating IID to issue a letter confirming IID's commitment to serve the\n12\n data center load.\n13\n14\n Respectfully submitted,\n15\n16 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n17\n Date: October 20, 2025\n18\n19 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n Attorney for complainant IVCM\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 17\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.251 Page\n 19 of 20\n\n\n 1 ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY E-MAIL\n 2 I, Sebastian Rucci, CERTIFY that I am an active member of the State Bar of\n 3 California and am not a party to this cause. My business address is 16400 Pacific Coast\n 4 Highway, Suite 212, Huntington Beach, CA 92649.\n 5\n 6\n I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT on October 20, 2025, the ARBITRATION\n 7\n STATEMENT was served electronically on IID's General Counsel, Wayne Strumpfer at\n 8\n wkstrumpfer@iid.com. The transmission was complete and without error and I did not\n 9\n receive an electronic notification to the contrary.\n10\n11 LAW OFFICES OF SEBASTIAN RUCCI, P.C.\n12\n Date: October 20, 2025\n13\n14 Sebastian Rucci (SBN 178114)\n15 Attorney for complainant IVCM\n\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 18\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-42 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.252 Page\n 20 of 20\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF EXHIBIT\n 2\n Ex. 1 Load Injection Memo by Power Engineer (12-04-24)\n 3\n 4 Ex. 2 Application for Sensitivity for Data Center #1 (4-15-25)\n 5 Ex. 3 Feasibility Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #1 (3-11-25)\n 6\n Ex. 4. Feasibility Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (5-22-25)\n 7\n 8 Ex. 5 System Impact Study Agreement for Data Center #1 (6-12-25)\n 9\n Ex. 6 System Impact Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (7-25-25)\n10\n Ex. 7 Application for System Impact Study for Data Center #2 (3-05-25)\n11\n12 Ex. 8 System Impact Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #2 (4-28-25)\n13\n Ex. 9 System Impact Study Report by IID for Data Center #2 (9-23-25)\n14\n15 Ex. 10 Facilities Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #1 and #2 (9-03-25)\n\n16 Ex. 11 Email to Jamie Asbury - Wholesale Market Proposal (10-02-25)\n17\n Ex. 12 Email from Jamie Asbury - Rejecting Proposal and Reconfiguring Project (10-14-25)\n18\n19 Ex. 13 Email to Jamie Asbury - Project is Being Reconfigured Improperly (10-14-25)\n20 Ex. 14 Email from Jamie Asbury - Illegal Reconfiguration of Project (10-17-25)\n21\n Ex. 15 Email to Jamie Asbury - Identifying Misstatements (10-17-25)\n22\n23 Ex. 16 Email from Jamie Asbury - No Contact With Staff (10-17-25)\n24\n Ex. 17 Email Response to Jamie Asbury - Rejecting Retaliatory Request (10-17-25)\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 19\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:39:21.350048-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":42,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111111","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 41","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739456/","id":464739456,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/43/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:12.059962-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:25.681744-08:00","sha1":"0503b13c273cfa139cdd5d7da16a6bc8cfda62af","page_count":132,"file_size":18050128,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.43.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.43.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.253 Page 1\n of 132\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 42\n Arbitration Statement Exhibits\n (10-20-25)\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.254 Page 2\n of 132\n\n\n 1 TABLE OF EXHIBIT\n 2\n Ex. 1 Load Injection Memo by Power Engineer (12-04-24)\n 3\n 4 Ex. 2 Application for Sensitivity for Data Center #1 (4-15-25)\n 5\n Ex. 3 Feasibility Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #1 (3-11-25)\n 6\n 7 Ex. 4. Feasibility Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (5-22-25)\n 8\n Ex. 5 System Impact Study Agreement for Data Center #1 (6-12-25)\n 9\n10 Ex. 6 System Impact Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (7-25-25)\n11\n Ex. 7 Application for System Impact Study for Data Center #2 (3-05-25)\n12\n13 Ex. 8 System Impact Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #2 (4-28-25)\n14\n Ex. 9 System Impact Study Report by IID for Data Center #2 (9-23-25)\n15\n16 Ex. 10 Facilities Study Agreement by IID for Data Center #1 and #2 (9-03-25)\n17\n Ex. 11 Email to Jamie Asbury - Wholesale Market Proposal (10-02-25)\n18\n19 Ex. 12 Email from Jamie Asbury - Rejecting Proposal and Reconfiguring Project (10-14-25)\n20\n Ex. 13 Email to Jamie Asbury - Project is Being Reconfigured Improperly (10-14-25)\n21\n22 Ex. 14 Email from Jamie Asbury - Illegal Reconfiguration of Project (10-17-25)\n23\n Ex. 15 Email to Jamie Asbury - Identifying Misstatements (10-17-25)\n24\n25 Ex. 16 Email from Jamie Ashbury - No Contact With Staff (10-17-25)\n26\n Ex. 17 Email Response to Jamie Ashbury - Rejecting Retaliatory Request (10-17-25)\n27\n28\n\n\n Page 12 of 12\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.255 Page 3\n of 132\n\n POWER ENGINEERS, INC.\n 1060 MAITLAND CENTER COMMONS\n SUITE 110\n ORLANDO, FL 32751 USA\n\n PHONE 321-214-3800\n FAX 321-214-3899\n\n\n\n\n MEMORANDUM\n\n DATE: December 4, 2024\n\n TO: Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing\n C: Hector Casas (IVCM)\n Christopher Nicolai (POWER-SAN)\n Jeff Varness, P.E. (POWER-PHX)\n PW 0255861_0000.1.2\n 24-0151-12712\n\n FROM: Christopher Goulet, P.E. (POWER-ORL)\n\n SUBJECT: 0255861_0000 IVCM Data Center Load Injection Analysis\n\n\n MESSAGE\n\n\n Sebastian,\n\n POWER has analyzed Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing\u2019s (IVCM) potential data center\n sites in Imperial County, California to determine potential load capacity at each site as well as to\n provide a high-level cost estimate for potential system upgrades. One Point of Interconnection (POI)\n was a tap of the 230 kV S-Line between El Centro 230 kV Substation and Imperial Valley 230 kV\n Substation. The other POI was the Central 92 kV Substation. Study assumptions were as follows:\n\n x The identified POIs were studied up to 1,100 MW loading under N-1 and N-1-1\n contingency scenarios to determine their maximum load serving capabilities.\n x Contingencies were created by compiling all transmission lines or transformers within 7\n buses of each POI.\n x A distribution factor cutoff of 3% was utilized to remove any non-significant results.\n x The WECC 2027 Heavy Summer and Heavy Winter planning base cases were used.\n o No additional generation, system upgrades, or path stressing was considered.\n x Generation was dispatched from Imperial Irrigation District (IID), San Diego Gas &\n Electric (SDGE), Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP), and Southern\n California Edison (SCE) to the POIs.\n o This dispatch was chosen to reflect system wide generation growth as well as to\n represent large queued generation projects near IID\u2019s system boundaries.\n\n\n\n\n ORL 24-0151-12711 0255861_0000 (2024-12-04) CK\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.256 Page 4\n of 132\n\n MEMORANDUM POWER ENGINEERS, INC.\n\n\n\n\n POI Site Map\n\n\n\n\n Please refer to Table 1 for load injection analysis results.\n\n TABLE 1: IVCM LOAD INJECTION ANALYSIS RESULTS - 2027\n SUMMER N-1 SUMMER N-1-1 WINTER N-1 WINTER N-1-1\n SITE\n CAPACITY [MW] CAPACITY [MW] CAPACITY [MW] CAPACITY [MW]\n 230 kV S-LINE TAP 557.8 342.0 823.1 528.9\n CENTRAL 92 kV\n 108.3 83.5 99.8 60.2\n SUBSTATION\n\n If desired, upgrades to local grid infrastructure can allow higher load injection than shown in\n Table 1. The high-level cost estimate provided below is based on values across the country and is\n not inherently specific to interconnections in California.\n\n Please note that rebuilding 92 kV transmission lines cost around $1,500,000 per mile 1 at present.\n Substation expansion costs are utility dependent and can vary significantly, as such, these costs\n are not included in the below cost estimate.\n\n 230 kV S-Line Tap\n Network upgrade cost to interconnect 750 MW: $13,350,000\n\n Central 92 kV Substation\n Network upgrade cost to interconnect 150 MW: $33,000,000\n\n\n Christopher Goulet, P.E. 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The base\n \u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u017d\u0189\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0147\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 //\u0018\u0003 \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u01c0\u015d\u0102\u0003 \u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0190\u017d\u01b5\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0189\u017d\u016f\u017d\u0150\u01c7\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\u0003 While it is impossible to study all the IID\n \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u016f\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u0190\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u0102\u0190\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u011e-Project base cases\n \u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u019a\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u016f\u01c7\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003 \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\n constraints at the POI. 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Table 2 describes the type of analysis completed on each base case.\n\n\n Steady\n PSLF Base Case Name Transient Stability Post Transient\n State\n 27HS_IVCM_Peak_pre.sav X X X\n 27HS_IVCM_250MW_Peak.sav X X X\n 27HS_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav X X\n 27HS_IVCM_250MW_Solar_Reduced.sav X X\n 27LSP_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav X X\n 27LSP_IVCM_250MW_Solar_Reduced.sav X X\n TABLE 2: DESCRIPTION OF THE ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON DEVELOPED BASE CASES VIA PSLF\n\n\n 3.2.1 ^\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\n The assessment considered all of IIDs credible single and \u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\n \u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0358\u0003\u001c\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u016c\u0176\u017d\u01c1\u0176\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n \u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u0190\u017d\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u0110\u017d\u0189\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7-state\n analysi\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0355\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u015d\u019a\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\n standard TPL-001-5.1 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003W\u03ed-W\u03f3\u0355\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0358\n\n 3.2.2 Transient Stability Analysis\n Transient stability \u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e-\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102ssesses the performance of the power system\n \u0190\u015a\u017d\u018c\u019a\u016f\u01c7\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0128\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0355\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u010f\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0358\u0003/\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0110\u015a\u0102\u018c\u0102\u0110\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u0003\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u015a\u0102\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0128\u018c\u017d\u0175\u0003\u011a\u01c7\u0176\u0102\u0175\u015d\u0110\u0003\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0110\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\n gen\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0358\u0003\u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u017d\u0189\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0003\u011e\u0175\u0189\u015a\u0102\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\n BES buses, and various non-BES buses in the IID system. These buses are the following:\n\n\u00be BES Buses\n x Alhambra Switching Station 161kV x Highline 230kV\n x Arkansas Switching Station 161kV x Hudson Ranch 230kV\n x Avenue 58 161kV x Midway 230kV\n x Calipatria Switching Station 230kV x Midway 92kV\n x Coachella Switching 92kV x Nelson Switching Station 230kV\n x Coachella Valley 92kV x Niland 161kV\n x Coachella Valley 161kV x Pilot Knob 161kV\n x Coachella Valley 230kV x Ramon 230kV\n x El Centro Switching Station 161kV x Sonora Switching Station 230kV\n x El Cento Switching Station 230kV x Yucca 161kV\n x El Centro Switching Station 92kV\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 8\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.306 Page\n 54 of 132\n\n\n \u0083 Non-BES Buses\n o Ave 42 92kV o Ave. 58 92kV\n o Niland 92kV o El Centro 34.5kV\n o Ramon 92kV o Blythe 161kV\n\n B\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0175\u011e\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a-of-\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0189\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance voltage dips and peak-to-\u0189\u011e\u0102\u016c\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003\n voltage plots also indicate system damping response and the expected bus voltage following the\n \u011a\u015d\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u010f\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0358\u0003 \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance\n \u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0190\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u0110\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c-frequency or under-\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003\n \u0004\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u016f\u01c7\u0355\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u01b5\u019f\u016f\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u011a\u01c7\u0176\u0102\u0175\u015d\u0110\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u001cW\u0012>\u0003\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u0189\u019a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u015d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0176\u015d\u019a\u017d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0175\u011e\u011e\u019a\u0003\n WECC regional criteria as shown in Figures 4 and 5\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\n d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003list contains the most severe\n \u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n\n # IID Critical Contingencies\n 1 P1 - Colorado River-Red Bluff 500kV Line Fault\n 2 P1 - Coachella Valley-Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 3 P1 - Coachella Valley-Ramon 230kV Line Fault\n 4 P1 - Devers-Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 5 P1 - Devers-Red Bluff 500kV Line Fault\n 6 P1 - EL Centro Bank#4\n 7 P1 - Eco-Miguel 500kV Line Fault\n 8 P1 - El Centro-Mall 92kV Line Fault\n 9 P1 - El Centro Steam #2\n 10 P1 - Hassayampa-Hoodoowash 500kV Line Fault\n 11 P1 - Hassayampa-North Gila 500kV Line Fault\n 12 P1 - Imperial Valley-Eco 500kV Line Fault\n 13 P1 - Midway-Coachella Valley 230kV Circuit 1 Line Fault\n 14 P1 - Midway 1 Tap-Midway 92kV Circuit 1 Line Fault\n 15 P1 - N. Gila-Imperial Valley 500kV Line Fault\n 16 P1 - Paloverde-Colorado River 500kV Line Fault\n 17 P1 - Ramon Bank #1\n 18 P1 - Ramon-Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 19 P1 - El Centro-Imperial Valley Data Center 230kV Line Fault\n 20 P1 - Imperial Valley Data Center-Imperial Valley 230kV Line Fault\n 21 P2 - Ave. 58 161kV Bus Fault\n 22 P2 - Colorado River Bus Fault\n 23 P2 - El Centro Bus #1 92kV Bus Fault\n 24 P2 - El Centro Bus #2 92kV Bus Fault\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 9\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.307 Page\n 55 of 132\n\n\n\n 25 P2 - Midway 230kV Bus Fault\n 26 P6 - Coachella Valley-Mirage & Ramon-Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 27 P7 - Devers-Mirage Circuit 1&2 230kV Line Fault\n 28 P7 - Coachella Valley-Mirage & Coachella Valley-Ramon 230kV Line Fault\n 29 P7 - Coachella Valley-Midway #1 and #2 230kV Line Fault\n TABLE 3: CRITICAL CONTINGENCIES USED FOR TRANSIENT AND POST-TRANSIENT ANALYSIS\n\n\n 3.2.3 Post-d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u037eZ\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003D\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u037f\n Post-transient stability analysis was performed on selected buses in the IID transmission system following\n selected, most se\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003 D\u017d\u018c\u011e\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003 \u0150\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u017d\u016f\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003 for the\n analysis. For each bus assessed, a synchronous condenser was modeled to determine the highest\n \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u01c0\u0102\u015d\u016f\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u0358\u0003\u0004\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0011\u001c^\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u0176-BES buses were monitored.\n During post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0189\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5sed:\n\n x Loads were modeled as constant MVAs, during the post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0003\u0128\u018c\u0102\u0175\u011e\n x Z\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0189\u01b5\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0190\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0175\u015d\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0189\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\n x E\u017d\u0003\u0175\u0102\u0176\u01b5\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003Ds\u0004Z\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\n x Remedial a\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0110\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u018c\u017d\u0189\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015a\u011e\u011a\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u010f\u016f\u017d\u0110\u016c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u01b5\u019a\u017d\u0175\u0102\u019f\u0110\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\n control were not considered for single outages\n\n W\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003&\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0355\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-transient\n stability analysis criteria are the following:\n\n x For transfer paths, all P0-W\u03ed\u0003 \u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003 \u0102\u019a\u0003 \u0102\u0003\n \u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03f1\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0128\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0189\u0102\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0358\u0003\n x For transfer paths, all P2-W\u03f3\u0003 \u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 margin at a\n \u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03ee\u0358\u03f1\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0128\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0189\u0102\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0358\u0003\n x For load areas, all P0-W\u03ed\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\n of 105 percent of forecasted peak load.\n x For load areas, all P2-P7 events shall demonstrate a posi\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\n of 102.5 percent of forecasted peak load.\n\n ^\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-transient stability analysis.\n d\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n 3.3 MODELING\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u011a\u017d\u0110\u01b5\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0175\u011e\u019a\u015a\u017d\u011a\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\n dynamics analyses.\n 3.3.1 Power Flow Modeling\n Equivalent load of project:\n x A 250MW equivalent load on the 230kV IVCM data center bus.\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 10\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.308 Page\n 56 of 132\n\n\n\n 3.3.2 Dynamic Models\n WECC approved models from the GE PSLF library was used to represent the Project. For this Project,\n dynamic stability models included models for the following:\n x Commercial and Industrial Load\n o WECC Composite Load Model: cmpldw\n\u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0003Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0004\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003^\u0110\u015a\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0003D\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0176\u0150\ns\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0004\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003^\u0110\u015a\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0190\u0003\u037eZ\u0004^\u037f\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0169\u01b5\u0176\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\n\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\u0004\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u0102\u018c\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u01b5\u019a\u017d\u0175\u0102\u019f\u0110\u0003\u0102\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u019a\u0102\u016c\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u010f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0357\n x South R-Line RAS: Open breaker \u201cRNO\u201d at Dixieland will send a trip signal to K\u0110\u017d\u019f\u016f\u016f\u017d\u0003t\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0190\u0003^\u017d\u016f\u0102\u018c\u0358\u0003\n x North R->\u015d\u0176\u011e\u0003Z\u0004^\u0357\u0003>\u017d\u0190\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0004\u0176\u01cc\u0102\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003K\u0102\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0004\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f1\u03f4\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003^\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u016f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0358\n x \u201cK\u201d line SPS: Loss of the \u201cK\u201d line, \u201cN\u201d Line, and the loss of the Niland 92/161kV transformer will\n send a trip signal to Colgreen.\n x Path 42 RAS:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage and the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line\n \u010f\u011e\u019a\u01c1\u011e\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0102\u0110\u015a\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0003s\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003Z\u0102\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage and the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line\n \u010f\u011e\u019a\u01c1\u011e\u011e\u0176\u0003Z\u0102\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003D\u015d\u018c\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Devers-Mirage 1 & 2: Loss of circuit numbers 1 and 2 will send a trip signal to the \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\n \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Path 42 RAS N-1:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Ramon will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Ramon and Mirage will send a trip signal to the\n \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Coachella Valley \u2013 Midway RAS:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Midway Transformer RAS N-1:\n \u00be Loss of either bank #1 or bank #2 92/230kV Transformer at Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x El Centro 161kV Bus RAS N-1:\n \u00be >\u017d\u0190\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u03ed\u03f2\u03ed\u016cs\u0003\u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u001c\u016f\u0003\u0012\u011e\u0176\u019a\u018c\u017d\u0003^\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\n \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 11\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.309 Page\n 57 of 132\n\n\n\n 3.4 SYSTEM UPGRADES/MITIGATIONS\n x Southern 92kV R-Line Upgraded \u2013 Y\u03ee\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f2\u0003\u037eK\u0110\u017d\u019f\u016f\u016f\u017d\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x \u0012\u017d\u0102\u0110\u015a\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0003s\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u01c7\u0003^\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003h\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0003\u2013 Q2 2026 (TPL-001)\n x Ramon-Mirage 230kV Circuit 2 \u2013 Q4 2028 (TPL-001)\n x \u03ed\u03ef\u03f1Ds\u0004Z\u0003Z\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003^\u01b5\u0189\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003Z\u0102\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0003\u03ee\u03ef\u03ec\u016cs\u0003\u2013 Q2 2026 \u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x ECSS RAS N-1 \u2013 Y\u03ef\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f1\u0003\u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x Northern 92kV R-Line Upgraded \u2013 Y\u03f0\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f2\u0003\u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x Midway Transformer RAS \u2013 Q4 2025 (IPP D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n 4. STUDY CRITERIA\nGrid Reliability Criteria, which incorporates the WECC and NERC planning criteria, was used for this\nassessment. IID\u2019s standards and procedures were followed during the study process.\n\n\n4.1 NERC RELIABILITY STANDARDS\nThe need \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01b5\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1as determined in accordance with NERC Reliability\nStandards. These standards set forth criteria for system performance requirements, which must be met\n\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u0110\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003Reliability Standards are applicable to the\nTransmission Operators (TOs) as registered NEZ\u0012\u0003W\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0176\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0004\u01b5\u019a\u015a\u017d\u018c\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003Transmission Planners, and are the\n\u0189\u018c\u015d\u0175\u0102\u018c\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0102\u018c\u011a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0176\u011e\u01c1\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0357\u0003\n\n x FAC-001: Facility \u0012\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003Z\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\n x FAC-\u03ec\u03ec\u03ee\u0357\u0003\u0012\u017d\u017d\u018c\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003W\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003E\u011e\u01c1\u0003&\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\n x TPL-001-5.1: Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements\n\n4.2 WECC RELIABILITY CRITERIA\nThe WECC TPL system performance criteria, TPL-001-WECC-CRT-4\u0355\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0102\u016f requirements that\n\u0175\u01b5\u0190\u019a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0175\u011e\u019a\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u01c0\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0355\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u019a\u0003\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u0110\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0175\u0102\u01c7\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0189\u0189\u016f\u015d\u0110\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003dK\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\nW\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0176\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0004\u01b5\u019a\u015a\u017d\u018c\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0358\n4.3 STEADY STATE STUDY CRITERIA\nThe system performance, \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a, was evaluated under n\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\nfollowing losses of a \u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003Bulk Electric System (BES) element(s), \u0102\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u012e\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0189\u0189\u016f\u015d\u0110\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\nreliability s\u019a\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0102\u018c\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0358\u0003 \u0003 &\u015d\u0150\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u03f0\u0357\u0003 >\u015d\u0190\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 dW>-001-5.1 P1-W\u03f3\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u0189\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\n\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u0102\u018c\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110ies per NERC Reliability Standards, and WECC Regional Criteria.\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 12\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.310 Page\n 58 of 132\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 4: LISTING OF TPL-001-5.1 P1-P7 CONTINGENCY DESCRIPTIONS\n 4.3.1 Normal Overloads\n E\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03ec\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003P0\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u037e\u0176\u017d\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u037f\u0358\u0003 E\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003 ^\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\n analysis, in accordance with the Reliability Standard, TPL-001-5.1. It is required that loading of all\n \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u015d\u018c\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003W\u03ec\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n 4.3.2 Emergency Overloads\n Emergency overloads are those that exceed 100 percent of emergen\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003t\u001c\u0012C\n Category P1-W\u03f3\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 \u001c\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003 ^\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003\n \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190is in accordance with Reliability Standards, TPL-001-5.1. It is required that loading of\n \u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u015d\u018c\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003W\u03ed-W\u03f3\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 13\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.311 Page\n 59 of 132\n\n\n\n 4.3.3 Voltage Criteria\n \u0004\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0110\u0110\u01b5\u018c\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190 within the transmission system, of each TO, fails to meet the\n r\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u012e\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u03f0. For Voltage Criteria, b\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u016f\u0102\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u0175\u015d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u0003\n voltages of the system under study.\n\n Normal Conditions Contingency Conditions\n Voltage Deviation\n (P0) (P1-P7)\nVoltage Level\n VMIN VMAX Load Buses Non-Load (P1) & All\n VMIN (p.u.) VMAX (p.u.)\n (p.u.) (p.u.) (P1) Buses (P2-P7)\n \u0447\u03ee\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n \u0448\u03ee\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n \u04485\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n TABLE 1: VOLTAGE CRITERIA\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u019a\u017d\u019a\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003W\u03ef\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003W\u03f2\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0175\u011e\u0102\u0190\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u018c\u017d\u0175\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u015d\u0190\u019a\u0190\u0003\n \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0128\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u0102\u016c\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u016f\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0003\n event. Buses within the IID controlled grid that cannot meet the requirements in Table 4 will be further\n \u015d\u0176\u01c0\u011e\u0190\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0358\u0003\n\n 4.3 TRANSIENT STABILITY DATA\n d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e-\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u011es the performance of the power system\n shortly before, during, and quickly \u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110y. Transient stability studies were performed to\n verify the stability of the system following a system fault. Transient stability analysis was performed\n based on the WECC Disturbance-Performance Criteria, for selected syste\u0175\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011encies, using Version\n \u03ee\u03ef\u0358\u03ec\u0358\u03f4\u0358\u03ee\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003'\u001c\u0003W^>&\u0003\u0190\u017d\u014c\u01c1\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0358\u0003d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003for a minimum of 10\n seconds, including 1 second of pre-disturbance data. Un\u016f\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0128\u0102\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 modeled as 3-\n phases with 4 cycles of breaker \u0110\u016f\u011e\u0102\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u019f\u0175\u011e\u0358\u0003 ^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 was assessed visually with the aid of\n stability plots.\n\n 4.4.1 Bus Voltage\n \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0175\u011e\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a-of-\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0189\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\n \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance voltage dips and peak-to-peak voltage \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003\n voltage plots also indicate system damping response and the expected bus voltage following the\n disturbance. WECC Regional Criteria, TPL-001-WECC-CRT-4, requires that the following criteria be\n applied:\n x Following fault clearing, the voltage shall recover to 80% of the pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\n \u03ee\u03ec\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003W\u03ed\u0003\u019a\u015a\u018c\u017d\u01b5\u0150\u015a\u0003W\u03f3\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003and for each applicable BES bus\n serving load.\n x Following fault clearing and voltage recovery above 80%, voltage at each applicable BES bus\n serving load shall neither dip below pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e, for more than 30 cycles, nor remain\n below 80% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u00032 seconds, for all P1 through P7 events.\n x For c\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0003a fault (P2.1 category event), voltage dips at each applicable BES bus\n serving load shall neither dip below 70% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e, for more than 30 cycles,\n nor remain below 80% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u019a\u01c1\u017d\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0190\u0358\u0003\n x \u0004\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u011a\u017d\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003 \u03ef\u03ec-seconds, \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n studied event, shall be deemed unstable.\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 14\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.312 Page\n 60 of 132\n\n\n\n x Figure 5 and 6 represent the acceptable recovery trajectory.\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 5: WECC DIAGRAM REPRESENTING ADEQUATE VOLTAGE RECOVERY (DELAYED)\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 6: WECC DIAGRAM REPRESENTING ADEQUATE VOLTAGE RECOVERY (NORMAL)\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 15\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.313 Page\n 61 of 132\n\n\n\n\n 4.4.2 Bus Frequency\n \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176 of post-disturbance frequency swings,\n and possible over-frequency or under-\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358 WECC Regional Criteria, TPL-001-WECC-\n CRT-4, requires that the following be applied:\n\n x \u0004\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u011a\u017d\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150, within 30-seconds, \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n studied event, shall be deemed unstable.\n\n 4.5 REACTIVE MARGIN CRITERIA\n Post-transient stability analysis was performed on selected buses in the IID transmission system,\n \u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190. For each bus assessed, a synchronous condenser was modeled to\n \u011e\u01c6\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003 \u01b5\u0176\u019f\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u015d\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u01c1\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0189\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u0110\u0110\u01b5\u018c\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0189\u018c\u015d\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0189\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u015d\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0358\u0003W\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190.\n\n\n 5. STUDY RESULTS\n This System impact study modeled the new load with a total of 250MW for summer and light spring\n scenarios\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u0190\u0003\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\n system.\n 5.1 POWER FLOW ANALYSIS:\n W\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ed\u0355\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003^\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u03ef\u0358\u0003^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u037e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u037f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\n in order to compare pre-Project and post-Project \u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0358\u0003/\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0355\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u017d\u016f\u011e\u016f\u01c7\u0003\n by this Project.\n\n Thermal and voltage performance of the system was evaluated for base cases under normal, (P0), single\n \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0355\u0003 \u037eW\u03ed\u0355\u0003 W\u03ee\u037f\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u037eW\u03ef-P7). Thermal loadings were\n \u018c\u011e\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0175\u0189\u017d\u0176\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u01b5\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003Ds\u0004\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\n \u037eW\u03ec\u037f\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u037eW\u03ed-P7). Generally, the concerns are raised when an element\n is found loaded above 100% of its nor\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0356\u0003\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0110\u015a\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0176\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0128\u01c7\u0003\n circuits that are also at the edge of an overload. Moreover, such circuits need to be closely monitored\n \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0176\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0189\u016f\u0102\u0110\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0176\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0128\u01b5\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n Transmission voltage viola\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0355\u0003\u037eW\u03ec\u037f\u0355\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u015d\u019a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\n \u016f\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ec\u0358\u03f5\u03f1\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0150\u018c\u011e\u0102\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ed\u0358\u03ec\u03f1\u0358\u0003d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\n were reported when per unit voltages were less than 0.90 or greater tha\u0176\u0003\u03ed\u0358\u03ed\u0358\u0003s\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\n \u018c\u011e\u0110\u017d\u018c\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u0150\u018c\u011e\u0102\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003 \u03f4\u0439\u0003 \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u018c\u01c0\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u03ed\u03ec\u0439\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u0176-load\n serving buses.\n\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011e\u0102\u0110\u015a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u010f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u015d\u016f\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n complete results can be found in Appendix B.\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 16\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.314 Page\n 62 of 132\n\n\n\n 5.1.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak\n 5.1.1.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project did not cause any buses in the base case to experience voltage exceedances or\n \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03f0\u0358\n x The project \u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system.\n\n 5.1.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak Solar Reduced 20%\n 5.1.2.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project did not cause any buses in the base case to experience voltage exceedances or\n \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019ah respect to the criteria on Table 4.\n x The project \u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system.\n\n 5.1.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced 40%\n 5.1.3.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project did not cause any buses in the base case to experience voltage exceedances or\n \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03f0\u0358\n x The project \u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system.\n\n 5.2 TRANSIENT STABILITY ANALYSIS\n Transient stability was performed on the Heavy Summer and Light Spring pre- and post- Project base\n cases.\n 5.2.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Transient Stability Results\n d\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\n \u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix C for the 2027 Heavy Summer Transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.2.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results\n d\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\n \u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix D for the 2027 Heavy Summer Solar Reduced transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.2.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results\n d\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010fility under any\n \u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix E for the 2027 Light Spring Solar Reduced transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.3 POST TRANSIENT STABILITY AND REACTIVE POWER MARGIN: HEAVY SUMMER\n Post-transient stability was performed on selected buses in IID transmission system following selected\n \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003Z\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u0003^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\n\n Refer to Appendix F for complete post-transient \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u037e\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u037f\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190.\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 17\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.315 Page\n 63 of 132\n\n\n\n 6. CONCLUSION\n The System Impact Study modeled the new load with a total of 250MW for summer and light spring\n \u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u2019s electrical\n system. The Project\u2019s POI is located on the 230kV 'S' Line between IID\u2019\u0190\u0003\u001c\u016f\u0003\u0012\u011e\u0176\u019a\u018c\u017d\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003^\u0018'\u0398\u001c\u2019s\n /\u0175\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003 s\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u01c7\u0003 \u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003 \u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u0102\u0190\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0003 \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n Project\u2019s target year, using Heavy Summer and Lig\u015a\u019a\u0003^\u0189\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\u0011\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u012e\u0176\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\n this loading scenario:\n\n 250 MW load\n x Z\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 //\u0018\u2019s transmission system under P0-P7\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\n x Z\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0176\u017d\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s transmission system under\n \u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n Study results show that this project can be deemed feasible. Please note that IID currently does not have\n the capability to reliably support a large-\u0190\u0110\u0102\u016f\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u01b5\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u03ee\u03f0-hour service. As such, this\n report does not represent a commitment by IID to serve the amount of requested load.\n\n\n\n\n 7/25/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #1) 18\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 5\u0014\u0003\u0013\u001a\u0010\u0015\u0016\nIID-792\u0003 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.316 Page\n 64 of 132\n\n\n\n\n Customer Project Development Services\n\n\n\n\n Customer Project Application for Services of 34.5 kV and Above\n\n Coachella Valley \u0003\n \u0010\u0083\u008b\u008e\u0200\u0013\u008a\u009b\u0095\u008b \u0083\u008e\u0003\u0004\u0086\u0086\u0094\u0087\u0095\u0095\u01e3\u0003\u037a\u0373\u01e6\u0378\u0372\u0372\u0003\u0004\u0098\u0087\u0090\u0097\u0087\u0003\u0377\u037a\u01e1\u0003\u000f\u0083\u0003\u0014\u0097\u008b\u0090\u0096\u0083\u01e1\u0003\u0006\u0004\u0003\u037b\u0374\u0374\u0377\u0375\u0003\u0003\n \u0012\u0088\u0088\u008b \u0087\u0003 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79 of 132\n\n\n\n\nSchematic Diagram:\n\n\n\n\n 16\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.332 Page\n 80 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n System Impact Study Agreement\n Imperial Data Center #2 - 80 MW\n\n THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 15th day of April, 2025\n by and between Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC, a company\n organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and registered to\n do business in the state of California (\"Interconnection Customer\"), and the\n Imperial Irrigation District an irrigation district organized under the Water Code\n of the State of California, (\"Transmission Provider\"). Interconnection Customer\n and Transmission Provider each may be referred to as a \"Party\" or collectively as\n the \"Parties.\"\n\n RECITALS\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer is proposing to develop a\n Generating Facility or generating capacity addition to an existing Generating\n Facility consistent with the Interconnection Request submitted by\n Interconnection Customer dated March 3, 2025; and\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer desires to interconnect the\n Generating Facility with Transmission Provider\u2019s Transmission System or\n Distribution System; and\n\n WHEREAS, Transmission Provider has completed a Scoping Meeting\n with Interconnection Customer; and\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer has requested Transmission\n Provider to perform an Interconnection System Impact Study to assess the\n impact of interconnecting the Generating Facility to the Transmission System or\n Distribution System.\n\n NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and subject to the mutual\n covenants contained herein the Parties agree as follows:\n\n 1.0 When used in this Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein,\n terms with initial capitalization shall have the meaning\n specified in the Transmission Provider\u2019s Tariff.\n\n 1\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.333 Page\n 81 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 2.0 Interconnection Customer requests that Transmission Provider\n prepare an Interconnection System Impact Study consistent\n with Section 7 of the GIP in accordance with the Tariff. At\n Transmission Provider\u2019s option, Interconnection Customer\u2019s\n Interconnection Request may be studied serially or in a cluster\n with Interconnection Requests submitted by other\n Interconnection Customers.\n\n 3.0 The Interconnection System Impact Study will be based upon\n the results of the Scoping Meeting and the technical information\n provided by Interconnection Customer in the Interconnection\n Request, subject to any modifications in accordance with\n Sections 4.4.1 and 7.2 of the GIP. When Clustering is used to\n perform the Interconnection System Impact Study, the\n Interconnection System Impact Study also will be based upon\n the results of Scoping Meetings and technical information\n provided by other interconnection customers in their\n Interconnection Requests, subject to any modifications in\n accordance with Sections 4.4.1 and 7.2 of the GIP. Transmission\n Provider has the right to request additional technical\n information from Interconnection Customer that Transmission\n Provider determines is reasonably necessary, consistent with\n Good Utility Practice, during the course of the Interconnection\n System Impact Study. Upon request by Transmission Provider,\n Interconnection Customer shall provide such additional\n information to Transmission Provider within seven (7) Calendar\n Days.\n\n 4.0 Transmission Provider's non-binding, good faith estimate for\n the time of completion of the Interconnection System Impact\n Study is December 2024 and Transmission Provider's non-\n binding, good faith estimate of the cost for completing the\n Interconnection System Impact Study is $50,000.00.\n\n 5.0 If Interconnection Customer, or any other interconnection\n customer with an Interconnection Request in the same study\n cluster as the Interconnection Customer\u2019s Interconnection\n Request, modifies its designated Point of Interconnection,\n 2\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.334 Page\n 82 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n Interconnection Request, or the technical information provided\n therein is modified, the time to complete the Interconnection\n System Impact Study may be extended. Similarly, if the\n Interconnection Request of another interconnection customer is\n withdrawn from Transmission Provider\u2019s queue or removed\n from the cluster, the time to complete the Interconnection\n System Impact Study may be extended.\n\n 6.0 Following the completion of the Interconnection System Impact\n Study, the Transmission Provider shall provide an\n Interconnection System Impact Study report to Interconnection\n Customer. Subject to the confidentially provisions of Section\n 13.1 of the GIP, this report shall provide the following\n information:\n\n \u0010 identification of any circuit breaker short circuit capability\n limits exceeded as a result of the interconnection or, when\n Clustering is used, as a result of the interconnections of the\n group of Generating Facilities studied in the cluster;\n\n \u0010 identification of any thermal overload or voltage limit\n violations resulting from the interconnection or, when\n Clustering is used, resulting from the interconnections of the\n group of Generating Facilities studied in the cluster;\n\n \u0010 identification of any instability or inadequately damped\n response to system disturbances resulting from the\n interconnection or when Clustering is used, resulting from\n the interconnections of the group of Generating Facilities\n studied in the cluster; and\n\n \u0010 a description and non-binding, good faith estimate of the\n cost and time to construct facilities projected to be required\n to interconnect the Generating Facility to the Transmission\n System or Distribution System, or, when Clustering is used,\n to interconnect of the group of Generating Facilities studied\n in the cluster, and to address the identified short circuit,\n instability, and power flow issues.\n\n 3\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.335 Page\n 83 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 7.0 When the Interconnection System Impact Study report is\n provided to Interconnection Customer, Transmission Provider\n shall invoice Interconnection Customer for the actual costs of\n the Interconnection System Impact Study, including\n Transmission Provider\u2019s administrative costs, if any, that are in\n excess of the applicable deposit amount paid previously by\n Interconnection Customer in accordance with Section 3.3.1(b)of\n the GIP. Interconnection Customer shall pay such invoice\n within thirty (30) Calendar Days of its receipt of the invoice.\n\n 8.0 Transmission Provider\u2019s Interconnection System Impact Study\n shall not be construed as confirming or endorsing the design, or\n as any warranty of safety, durability, reliability or suitability of\n Interconnection Customer\u2019s Generating Facility or installation\n thereof for any use, including the use intended by\n Interconnection Customer.\n\n 9.0 This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance\n with the substantive and procedural laws of the State of\n California. All actions or proceedings arising in connection with\n this Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in State\n court located in the County of Imperial, California and/or\n Federal court located in the County of San Diego, California.\n The aforementioned choice of venue is mandatory, thereby\n precluding the possibility of litigation between the Parties with\n respect to or arising out of this Agreement in any jurisdiction\n other than that specified in this section. Each Party hereby\n waives any right it may have to assert the doctrine of forum non\n conveniens or a similar doctrine or to object to venue with\n respect to any proceeding brought in accordance with this\n section, and stipulates that the State court located in Imperial\n County, California, and/or a Federal court located in the\n Counties of Imperial and San Diego, respectively, California,\n shall have in personam jurisdiction and venue over each of them\n for the purpose of litigating any dispute or proceeding arising\n out of or related to this Agreement. Each Party hereby\n authorizes service of process sufficient for personal jurisdiction\n\n 4\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.336 Page\n 84 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n in any action against it at the address and in the manner for the\n giving of notice as set forth in this Agreement.\n\n 10.0 Interconnection Customer shall at all times indemnify, defend,\n and save Transmission Provider harmless from, any and all\n damages, losses, claims, including claims and actions relating to\n injury to or death of any person or damage to property,\n demands, suits, recoveries, costs and expenses, court costs,\n attorney fees, and all other obligations by or to third parties,\n arising out of or resulting from Transmission Provider\u2019s\n performance of its obligations under this Agreement on behalf\n of Interconnection Customer, except in cases where\n Transmission Provider is solely negligent.\n\n 11.0 Transmission Provider shall not be considered to be in default\n of the provisions of this Agreement if delays in or failure of\n performance shall be due to uncontrollable forces, the effect of\n which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, Transmission\n Provider could not avoid. The term uncontrollable forces shall\n mean any event which results in the prevention or delay of\n performance by Transmission Provider of its obligations under\n this Agreement and which is beyond the control of\n Transmission Provider. The term uncontrollable forces includes,\n but is not limited to, fire, acts of God, flood, earthquakes,\n storms, lightning, epidemic, pandemic, war, riot, civil\n disturbance, sabotage, inability to procure permits, licenses, or\n authorizations from any state, local, or federal agency, or person\n for any of the supplies, materials, accesses, or services required\n to be provided by Transmission Provider under this Agreement,\n strikes, work slowdowns, or other labor disturbances, and\n judicial constraint. The provisions of this section shall not be\n interpreted or construed to require Transmission Provider to\n prevent, settle, or otherwise avoid a strike, work slowdown, or\n other labor action. Transmission Provider shall give timely\n written notice to Interconnection Customer describing the\n circumstances of uncontrollable forces which prevent the\n fulfillment of obligation of this Agreement. Transmission\n Provider shall give timely written notice to the Interconnection\n 5\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.337 Page\n 85 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n Customer that the uncontrollable forces which prevented the\n fulfillment of obligations of this Agreement are no longer\n present and work has resumed on those obligations.\n\n 12.0 Each Party makes the following representations, warranties and\n covenants:\n\n 12.1 Such Party is duly organized, validly existing and in\n good standing under the laws of the state in which it is\n organized, formed, or incorporated, as applicable; that it\n is qualified to do business in the state or states in which it\n is located, and that it has the corporate power and\n authority to own its properties, to carry on its business as\n now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement\n and carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and\n perform and carry out all covenants and obligations on\n its part to be performed under and pursuant to this\n Agreement.\n\n 12.2 Such Party has the right, power and authority to\n enter into this Agreement, to become a Party hereto and\n to perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement is\n a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party,\n enforceable against such Party in accordance with its\n terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited\n by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or\n other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally\n and by general equitable principles (regardless of\n whether enforceability is sought in a proceeding in\n equity or at law).\n\n 12.3 The execution, delivery and performance of this\n Agreement does not violate or conflict with the\n organizational or formation documents, or bylaws or\n operating agreement, of the Party, or any judgment,\n license, permit, order, material agreement or instrument\n applicable to or binding upon such Party or any of its\n assets.\n\n 6\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.338 Page\n 86 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 12.4 The Party has obtained each consent, approval,\n authorization, order, or acceptance by any Governmental\n Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and\n performance of this Agreement, and it will provide to\n any Governmental Authority notice of any actions under\n this Agreement that are required by Applicable Laws\n and Regulations.\n\n 13.0 All notices, requests, demands, and other communications required\n or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing, unless\n otherwise agreed by the Parties, and shall be delivered in person or\n sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, by overnight delivery, or by\n electronic mail or electronic facsimile transmission with an original\n sent immediately thereafter by postage prepaid mail, and properly\n addressed as follows:\n\n When delivered to Transmission Provider:\n\n Energy Contracts\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 Barioni Blvd.\n P.O. Box 937\n Imperial, CA 92251\n Email: Energycontracts@iid.com\n\n When delivered to Interconnection Customer:\n\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Email: sebastian@ruccilaw.com\n\n\n\n 14.0 Either Party may, from time to time, change its representative or\n address for the purpose of notices to that Party by a similar notice\n specifying a new representative or address, but no such change\n shall be deemed to have been given until such notice is actually\n received by the Party being so notified.\n\n 7\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.339 Page\n 87 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 15.0 Where authorized in accordance with Section 4.3 of the GIP, this\n Agreement may be assigned and, if so assigned, the Agreement,\n and the rights and obligations thereof, shall be binding upon and\n shall insure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the\n Parties hereto.\n\n 16.0 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, by\n facsimile signature or an e-mail of a PDF signature, each of which is\n deemed an original but all constitute one and the same instrument.\n\n 17.0 The Parties may, by mutual agreement, amend this Agreement by a\n written instrument duly executed by the Parties.\n\n 18.0 This Agreement is subject to Transmission Provider\u2019s Tariff, as may\n be amended from time-to-time.\n\n IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be\n duly executed by their duly authorized officers or agents on the day and year\n first above written.\n\n\n Imperial Irrigation District\n\n Signature:\n Print\n Name: Jesus Martinez\n Title:\n Supt. Gen. of System Planning and Engineering\n Date: 04/28/2025\n\n\n\n\n 8\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.340 Page\n 88 of 132\n IID-693 (10-08)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n\n Signature:\n Print\n Sebastian Rucci\n Name:\n Title: Managing Member\n\n Date: 4-15-2025\n\n\n\n\n 9\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-34547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.341 Page\n 89 of 132\n\n\n\n VERSION: FINAL\n OCTOBER 3, 2025\n\n\n\n\n IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER\n MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2)\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\n TRANSMISSION PLANNING\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 1\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.342 Page\n 90 of 132\n\n\n\n TABLE OF CONTENTS\n 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 4\n 2. Project Description............................................................................................................................ 5\n 3. Study Data Assumptions and Methodology ..................................................................................... 7\n 3.1 Base Cases and Assumptions .......................................................................................................... 7\n 3.2 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 8\n 3.2.1 ^\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190 .................................................................................... 8\n 3.2.2 Transient Stability Analysis ....................................................................................................... 8\n 3.2.3 Post-d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u037eZ\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003D\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u037f ............................................................................. 10\n 3.3.1 Power Flow Modeling ..................................................................................................... 11\n 3.3.2 Dynamic Models .................................................................................................................... 11\n \u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0003Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0004\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003^\u0110\u015a\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0003D\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0176\u0150 ....................................................................................... 11\n 3.4 System Upgrades/Mitigations....................................................................................................... 12\n 4. Study Criteria...................................................................................................................................... 12\n 4.1 NERC Reliability Standards ............................................................................................................ 12\n 4.2 WECC Reliability Criteria ............................................................................................................... 12\n 4.3 Steady State Study Criteria ........................................................................................................... 12\n 4.3.1 Normal Overloads .................................................................................................................. 13\n 4.3.2 Emergency Overloads ............................................................................................................ 13\n 4.3.3 Voltage Criteria....................................................................................................................... 14\n 4.3 Transient Stability Data ................................................................................................................. 14\n 4.4.1 Bus Voltage ............................................................................................................................. 14\n 4.4.2 Bus Frequency ........................................................................................................................ 16\n 4.5 Reactive Margin Criteria ............................................................................................................... 16\n 5. Study Results ....................................................................................................................................... 16\n 5.1 Power Flow Analysis: .................................................................................................................... 16\n 5.1.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak ................................................................................................... 16\n 5.1.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak Solar Reduced 20% ................................................................... 17\n 5.1.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced 40% ................................................................................. 17\n 5.2 Transient Stability Analysis ........................................................................................................... 17\n 5.2.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Transient Stability Results ................................................................. 17\n 5.2.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results.......................................... 17\n 5.2.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results ............................................... 17\n 5.3 Post Transient Stability and Reactive Power Margin: Heavy Summer ......................................... 17\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 2\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.343 Page\n 91 of 132\n\n\n\n 6. Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 18\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 3\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.344 Page\n 92 of 132\n\n\n\n1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003/\u0175\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003/\u018c\u018c\u015d\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0018\u015d\u0190\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u019a\u0003\u037e//\u0018\u037f\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0110\u011e\u015d\u01c0\u011e\u011a a request from Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC\n \u037e\u0012\u01b5\u0190\u019a\u017d\u0175\u011e\u018c\u037f\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003 their Imperial Data Center Campus #2 (Project) in the Imperial\n Valley. The facility\u2019s \u0189\u018c\u017d\u0189\u017d\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003 W\u017d\u015d\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 /\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u037eWK/\u037f\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 //\u0018\u0003 ^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u015d\u0190\u0003 at the 92kV \u2018R\u2019 line\n between IID\u2019s El Centro \u0190\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u037e\u001c\u0012^^\u037f and \u0012\u011e\u0176\u019a\u018c\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176. As part of this study, IID\n \u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u000380 MW of load \u019a\u017d\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003\u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0128\u018c\u0102\u0190\u019a\u018c\u01b5\u0110\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u0003\n requirements. \u0012\u017d\u0175\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0110\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003K\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003Date (COD) is planned to be in service by the year 2027.\n\n IID\u2019s Transmission Planning Department performed a System Impact Study (SIS) \u019a\u017d\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\n \u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u0150\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u015d\u0190\u0003 W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u019a\u017d\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 //\u0018\u0003 \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\n (steady-state), transient stability, and post-transient stability analysis. The scope of the analyses is to\n \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0128\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u017d\u016f\u011e\u016f\u01c7\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u015d\u0176\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\n \u0176\u011e\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0102\u018c\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0175\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u011a\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\n following scenarios were studied accordingly:\n \u00be 2027 Heavy Summer\n \u00be 2027 Heavy Summer (Solar reduced)\n \u00be 2027 Light Spring (Early morning solar reduced)\n Each scenario includes two versions, a pre-case and a post-case including the project load. All cases\n \u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u011e\u0110\u01b5\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003'\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003/\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0004\u0150\u018c\u011e\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u037e'/\u0004\u037f\u0355\u0003\u0189\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003//\u0018\u0003\n \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01b5\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u019f\u0110\u015d\u0189\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u0190\u019a\u018c\u015d\u010f\u01b5\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f0-33\n Capital Investment plan. The project was modeled as a new load with a value of 80 MW for the year\n 2027. The analysis tested the impact of the load addi\u019fon on the reliability of IID\u2019s electrical system.\n\n\n Note: IID Transmission Planning assumed that the majority of the power required to serve this load\n would be imported for the purposes of this study. IID currently does not have the capability to reliably\n support a large-\u0190\u0110\u0102\u016f\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u01b5\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u03ee\u03f0-hour service \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u015d\u0190\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0190\u017d\u01b5\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0190. As such, this\n report does not represent a commitment by IID to serve the requested load.\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 4\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.345 Page\n 93 of 132\n\n\n\n2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION\n The proposed Project consists of a large-scale data center campus, upwards of 80MW, that is to be placed\n in a land parcel near the 92kV \u2018R\u2019 line between IID\u2019s El Centro \u0190\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176 and Central \u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0355\n which will serve as the POI for the Project. The Project had an assumed power factor of 0.99. The Figures\n 1, 2, & 3 below indicate the single line diagram\u0355\u0003\u0150\u011e\u017d\u0150\u018c\u0102\u0189\u015a\u015d\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0110\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u016f\u0102\u0176 of the Project.\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 1: PROJECT SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 5\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.346 Page\n 94 of 132\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 2: PROJECT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 3: PROJECT SITE PLAN\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 6\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.347 Page\n 95 of 132\n\n\n\n 3. STUDY DATA ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODOLOGY\n 3.1 BASE CASES AND ASSUMPTIONS\n Various base cases were developed for this assessment with the intent to cover all \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\n \u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u011a\u017d\u0110\u01b5\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u01b5\u016f\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n Project. \u0004\u0176\u01c7\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a had \u0102\u0176\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u011e\u0110\u01b5\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 '\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019fon /\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0004\u0150\u018c\u011e\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u037e'/\u0004\u037f\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0003 W\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\n Purchase Agreement (PPA), or a Tolling Agreement with the IID, and the project is in accordance with\n \u0190\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u03f0\u0358\u03ec\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 //\u0018\u2019s Planning Standards was included in the base cases\u0358\u0003 \u0018\u015d\u0190\u019a\u018c\u015d\u010f\u01b5\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\n included with either an executed Joint Power Agreement (JPA) or \u0102\u0003\u012e\u0176\u0102\u016f\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003system impact study. The\n \u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u017d\u0189\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003,\u011e\u0102\u01c0\u01c7\u0003^\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u015a\u015d\u0150\u015a\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\n \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003 \u015a\u015d\u0150\u015a\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0189\u01b5\u019a\u0358\u0003 \u0004\u0003 ,\u011e\u0102\u01c0\u01c7\u0003 ^\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u0176\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u019f\u0175\u011e\u0003 \u0128\u018c\u0102\u0175\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u03ed\u03f5\u03ec\u03ec-2100,\n \u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u015a\u015d\u0150\u015a\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u011a\u01b5\u0110\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u017d\u016f\u0102\u018c\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0189\u01b5\u019a\u0358\u0003&\u015d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u016f\u01c7\u0355\u0003>\u015d\u0150\u015a\u019a\u0003^\u0189\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0355\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0003\u0128\u018c\u0102\u0175\u011e\u0003\n of 0600-\u03ec\u03f4\u03ec\u03ec\u0355\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u011a\u01b5\u0110\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u017d\u016f\u0102\u018c\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0189\u01b5\u019a\u0358\u0003\n\n Table 1 below lists the WECC approved base cases that were used to model the IID system:\n\nWECC Seed Case PSLF Base Case Name Description\n Heavy Summer Peak Scenarios\n 27HS_IVCM_Peak_pre.sav 2027 Heavy Summer without Project (pre-case)\n 25HS4a.sav\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Peak.sav 2027 Heavy Summer with Project (80MW)\n Heavy Summer Solar Reduced Scenarios\n 27HS_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav 2027 Heavy Summer without Project (pre-case); 20% solar\n 25HS4a.sav\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced.sav 2027 Heavy Summer with Project (80MW); 20% solar\n Light Spring Early Morning Solar Reduced Scenarios\n 27LSP_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav 2027 Light Spring without Project (pre-case); 40% solar\n 26LSP1Sa.sav\n 27LSP_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced.sav 2027 Light Spring with Project (80MW); 40% solar\n TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF BASE CASES ANALYZED\n\n The GE PSLF version 23.0.8.2 \u0190\u017d\u014c\u01c1\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u01cc\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003Project study cases, with\n respect to the E\u017d\u018c\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0004\u0175\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0102\u0176\u0003\u001c\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0003Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0012\u017d\u018c\u0189\u017d\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u037eE\u001cZ\u0012\u037f\u0003revised NERC TPL-001-5.1 standard,\n \u018c\u011e\u0147\u011e\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003W0-P7 outage categories and the corresponding WECC system performance criteria.\n GE PSLF was also used to check for system performance crit\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u011e\u0102\u0110\u015a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189ost-Project\n cases when comparing to the corresponding pre-Project case. '\u001c\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u0190\u017d,\u0018\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u019f\u016f\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0102\u0110\u0110\u01b5\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u018c\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u018c\u015d\u0190\u017d\u0176\u0003\u010f\u011e\u019a\u01c1\u011e\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u0110ases. The base\n \u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u017d\u0189\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0147\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 //\u0018\u0003 \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u01c0\u015d\u0102\u0003 \u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0190\u017d\u01b5\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0189\u017d\u016f\u017d\u0150\u01c7\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\u0003 While it is impossible to study all the IID\n \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 levels during all seasons, these pre-Project base cases\n \u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u019a\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0003 \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u016f\u01c7\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003 \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\n constraints at the POI. However, the IID cannot guarantee that the Project can operate at its maximum\n \u018c\u0102\u019fng year-\u018c\u017d\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175, \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0102\u0190\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u015d\u011e\u011a\u0358\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 7\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.348 Page\n 96 of 132\n\n\n\n 3.2 METHODOLOGY\nSteady state, transient stability and post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0190\u0003\nassessment. Table 2 describes the type of analysis completed on each base case.\n\n\n Steady\n PSLF Base Case Name Transient Stability Post Transient\n State\n 27HS_IVCM_Peak_pre.sav X X X\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Peak.sav X X\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Peak_Mit.sav X X X\n 27HS_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav X X\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced.sav X X\n 27HS_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced_Mit.sav X X\n 27LSP_IVCM_Solar_Reduced_pre.sav X X\n 27LSP_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced.sav X X\n 27LSP_IVCM_80MW_Solar_Reduced_Mit.sav X X\n TABLE 2: DESCRIPTION OF THE ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON DEVELOPED BASE CASES VIA PSLF\n\n\n 3.2.1 ^\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\n The assessment \u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u0190\u0003\u0110\u018c\u011e\u011a\u015d\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\n \u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0358\u0003\u001c\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u016c\u0176\u017d\u01c1\u0176\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n \u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003also. The scope of the steady-state\n \u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0355\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u015d\u019a\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\n standard TPL-001-5.1 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003W\u03ed-W\u03f3\u0355\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0358\n\n 3.2.2 Transient Stability Analysis\n Transient stability \u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e-\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\n \u0190\u015a\u017d\u018c\u019a\u016f\u01c7\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0128\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0355\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u010f\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0358\u0003/\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0110\u015a\u0102\u018c\u0102\u0110\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u0003\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003behavior from dynamic elements, such as\n \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0358\u0003\u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u016f\u017d\u0189\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0003\u011e\u0175\u0189\u015a\u0102\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\n BES buses, and various non-BES buses in the IID system. These buses are the following:\n\n\u00be BES Buses\n x Alhambra Switching Station 161kV x Highline 230kV\n x Arkansas Switching Station 161kV x Hudson Ranch 230kV\n x Avenue 58 161kV x Midway 230kV\n x Calipatria Switching Station 230kV x Midway 92kV\n x Coachella Switching 92kV x Nelson Switching Station 230kV\n x Coachella Valley 92kV x Niland 161kV\n x Coachella Valley 161kV x Pilot Knob 161kV\n x Coachella Valley 230kV x Ramon 230kV\n x El Centro Switching Station 161kV x Sonora Switching Station 230kV\n x El Cento Switching Station 230kV x Yucca 161kV\n x El Centro Switching Station 92kV\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 8\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.349 Page\n 97 of 132\n\n\n\n \u0083 Non-BES Buses\n o Ave 42 92kV o Ave. 58 92kV\n o Niland 92kV o El Centro 34.5kV\n o Ramon 92kV o Blythe 161kV\n\n \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0175\u011e\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a-of-\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0189\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance voltage dips and peak-to-\u0189\u011e\u0102\u016c\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003\n voltage plots also indicate system damping response and the expected bus voltage following the\n \u011a\u015d\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u010f\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0358\u0003 \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance\n \u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0190\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u0110\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c-frequency or under-\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003\n \u0004\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u016f\u01c7\u0355\u0003//\u0018\u0003\u01b5\u019f\u016f\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u011a\u01c7\u0176\u0102\u0175\u015d\u0110\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u001cW\u0012>\u0003\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u0189\u019a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u015d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0176\u015d\u019a\u017d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0175\u011e\u011e\u019a\u0003\n WECC regional criteria as shown in Figures 4 and 5\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\n d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7 list contains the most severe\n \u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n\n # IID Critical Contingencies\n 1 P1 \u2013 Miguel - Eco 500kV Line Fault\n 2 P1 \u2013 Imperial Valley \u2013 N. Gila 500kV ck 1 Line Fault\n 3 P1 \u2013 Suncrest \u2013 Ocotillo 500kV ck 1 Line Fault\n 4 P1 \u2013 Imperial Valley \u2013 Ocotillo 500kV ck 1 Line Fault\n 5 P1 \u2013 Devers - Red Bluff 500kV Line Fault\n 6 P1 \u2013 Colorado River \u2013 Palo Verde 500kV Line Fault\n 7 P1 \u2013 Devers - Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 8 P4 \u2013 Stuck Breaker # 8, Fault at N. Gila 500kV\n 9 P4 \u2013 Stuck Breaker # 9, Fault at N. Gila 500kV\n 10 P1 - Imperial Valley Data Center - Imperial Valley 230kV Line Fault\n 11 P1 - El Centro SS. - Imperial Valley Data Center 230kV Line Fault\n 12 P1 \u2013 Ramon Bank #1 92/230kV \u2013 Bus Fault / Loss of Transformer\n 13 P1 \u2013 Ramon - Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 14 P1 \u2013 Coachella Valley - Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 15 P1 \u2013 Coachella Valley - Midway 230kV Line Fault\n 16 P1 \u2013 Coachella Valley - Ramon 230kV Line Fault\n 17 P1 \u2013 El Centro Bank #1 161/230kV \u2013 Bus Fault / Loss of Transformer\n 18 P1 \u2013 El Centro Bank #4 92/230kV \u2013 Bus Fault / Loss of Transformer\n 19 P1 \u2013 El Centro Bank #5 92/230kV \u2013 Bus Fault / Loss of Transformer\n 20 P2 \u2013 Avenue 58 161kV \u2013 Bus Fault\n 21 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB H40) 230kV\n 22 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB H50) 230kV\n 23 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB S10) 230kV\n 24 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB S20) 230kV\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 9\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.350 Page\n 98 of 132\n\n\n\n 25 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB AOB, MOB, H20) 161kV\n 26 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB X1EO, LOB) 161kV\n 27 P2 \u2013 Stuck Breaker El Centro S.S. (CKTB X1WO) 161kV\n 28 P5 \u2013 Delayed Fault Clearing at El Centro Steam REPU2\n 29 P5 \u2013 Delayed Fault Clearing at El Centro Steam REPU2 GSU\n 30 P5 \u2013 Delayed Fault Clearing at El Centro S. S. 161kV\n 31 P6 - Coachella Valley-Mirage & Ramon-Mirage 230kV Line Fault\n 32 P7 - Devers-Mirage Circuit 1&2 230kV Line Fault\n 33 P7 - Coachella Valley-Mirage & Coachella Valley-Ramon 230kV Line Fault\n TABLE 3: CRITICAL CONTINGENCIES USED FOR TRANSIENT AND POST-TRANSIENT ANALYSIS\n\n\n 3.2.3 Post-d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0004\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u037eZ\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003D\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u037f\n Post-transient stability analysis was performed on selected buses in the IID transmission system following\n selected, most severe, and cri\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003 D\u017d\u018c\u011e\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003 \u0150\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u017d\u016f\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n analysis. For each bus assessed, a synchronous condenser was modeled to determine the highest\n \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u01c0\u0102\u015d\u016f\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u0358\u0003\u0004\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0011\u001c^\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u0176-BES buses were monitored.\n During post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0189\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0357\n\n x Loads were modeled as constant MVAs, during the post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e\u0003\u0128\u018c\u0102\u0175\u011e\n x Z\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0189\u01b5\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0190\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0175\u015d\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0189\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\n x No manual operator interv\u011e\u0176\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003Ds\u0004Z\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\n x Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0110\u015a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u018c\u017d\u0189\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015a\u011e\u011a\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u010f\u016f\u017d\u0110\u016c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u01b5\u019a\u017d\u0175\u0102\u019f\u0110\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019a\u017d\u018c\u0003\n control were not considered for single outages\n\n W\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003&\u017d\u018c\u0003the IID transmission system, the post-transient\n stability analysis criteria are the following:\n\n x For transfer paths, all P0-W\u03ed\u0003 \u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003 \u0102\u019a\u0003 \u0102\u0003\n \u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03f1\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0128\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0189\u0102\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0358\u0003\n x For transfer paths, all P2-W\u03f3\u0003 \u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003 \u0102\u019a\u0003 \u0102\u0003\n \u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03ee\u0358\u03f1\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0128\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0189\u0102\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0358\u0003\n x For load areas, all P0-W\u03ed\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\n of 105 percent of forecasted peak load.\n x For load areas, all P2-W\u03f3\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u018c\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u0175\u015d\u0176\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\n of 102.5 percent of forecasted peak load.\n\n ^\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u016f\u015d\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-transient stability analysis.\n d\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u0190\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n 3.3 MODELING\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u011a\u017d\u0110\u01b5\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0175\u011e\u019a\u015a\u017d\u011a\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u018c\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0102\u011a\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\n dynamics analyses.\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 10\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.351 Page\n 99 of 132\n\n\n\n 3.3.1 Power Flow Modeling\n Equivalent load of project:\n x A 80MW equivalent load on the 92kV IVCM data center bus.\n 3.3.2 Dynamic Models\n WECC approved models from the GE PSLF library was used to represent the Project. For this Project,\n dynamic stability models included models for the following:\n x Commercial and Industrial Load\n o WECC Composite Load Model: cmpldw\n\u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0358\u03ef\u0003Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0004\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003^\u0110\u015a\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0003Modeling\ns\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003Z\u011e\u0175\u011e\u011a\u015d\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0004\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003^\u0110\u015a\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0190\u0003\u037eZ\u0004^\u037f\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0175\u017d\u011a\u011e\u016f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0169\u01b5\u0176\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\n\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\u0004\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u0102\u018c\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u01b5\u019a\u017d\u0175\u0102\u019f\u0110\u0003\u0102\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u019a\u0102\u016c\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u010f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0357\n x South R-Line RAS: Open breaker \u201cRNO\u201d at Dixieland will send a trip signal to K\u0110\u017d\u019f\u016f\u016f\u017d\u0003t\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0190\u0003^\u017d\u016f\u0102\u018c\u0358\u0003\n x North R->\u015d\u0176\u011e\u0003Z\u0004^\u0357\u0003>\u017d\u0190\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0004\u0176\u01cc\u0102\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003K\u0102\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0004\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f1\u03f4\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003^\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u016f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ef\u0358\n x \u201cK\u201d line SPS: Loss of the \u201cK\u201d line, \u201cN\u201d Line, and the loss of the Niland 92/161kV transformer will\n send a trip signal to Colgreen.\n x Path 42 RAS:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage and the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line\n \u010f\u011e\u019a\u01c1\u011e\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0102\u0110\u015a\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0003s\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003Z\u0102\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage and the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line\n \u010f\u011e\u019a\u01c1\u011e\u011e\u0176\u0003Z\u0102\u0175\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003D\u015d\u018c\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Devers-Mirage 1 & 2: Loss of circuit numbers 1 and 2 will send a trip signal to the \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\n \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Path 42 RAS N-1:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Mirage will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Ramon will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Ramon and Mirage will send a trip signal to the\n \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Coachella Valley \u2013 Midway RAS:\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKN\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n \u00be Loss of the 230kV \u201cKS\u201d line between Coachella Valley and Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x Midway Transformer RAS N-1:\n \u00be Loss of either bank #1 or bank #2 92/230kV Transformer at Midway will send a trip signal to\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n x El Centro 161kV Bus RAS N-1:\n \u00be Loss of the 161kV Bus at E\u016f\u0003\u0012\u011e\u0176\u019a\u018c\u017d\u0003^\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0189\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0150\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\n \u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 11\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.352 Page\n 100 of 132\n\n\n\n3.4 SYSTEM UPGRADES/MITIGATIONS\n x Southern 92kV R-Line Upgraded \u2013 Y\u03ee\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f2\u0003\u037eK\u0110\u017d\u019f\u016f\u016f\u017d\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x \u0012\u017d\u0102\u0110\u015a\u011e\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0003s\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u01c7\u0003^\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003h\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0003\u2013 Q2 2026 (TPL-001)\n x 4\u03f1Ds\u0004Z\u0003Z\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003^\u01b5\u0189\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u0003at Ramon 230kV \u2013 Q2 2026 \u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x ECSS RAS N-1 \u2013 Y\u03ef\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f1\u0003\u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n x Midway Transformer RAS \u2013 Y\u03f0\u0003\u03ee\u03ec\u03ee\u03f1\u0003\u037e/WW\u0003D\u015d\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u037f\n\n\n 4. STUDY CRITERIA\nGrid Reliability Criteria, which incorporates the WECC and NERC planning criteria, was used for this\nassessment. IID\u2019s standards and procedures were followed during the study process.\n\n\n4.1 NERC RELIABILITY STANDARDS\nd\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0176\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01b5\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1as determined in accordance with NERC Reliability\nStandards. These standards set forth criteria for system performance requirements, which must be met\n\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u0110\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003^tandards are applicable to the\nTransmission Operators (TOs) as registered NEZ\u0012\u0003W\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0176\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0004\u01b5\u019a\u015a\u017d\u018c\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003Transmission Planners, and are the\n\u0189\u018c\u015d\u0175\u0102\u018c\u01c7\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0102\u018c\u011a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0176\u011e\u01c1\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0357\u0003\n\n x FAC-\u03ec\u03ec\u03ed\u0357\u0003&\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0012\u017d\u0176\u0176\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003Z\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\n x FAC-\u03ec\u03ec\u03ee\u0357\u0003\u0012\u017d\u017d\u018c\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003W\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003E\u011e\u01c1\u0003&\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\n x TPL-001-5.1: Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements\n\n4.2 WECC RELIABILITY CRITERIA\nThe WECC TPL system performance criteria, TPL-001-WECC-CRT-4\u0355\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u019a\u015a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\n\u0175\u01b5\u0190\u019a\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0175\u011e\u019a\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u01c0\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0355\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u019a\u0003\u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u0110\u0003\u0190\u011e\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u017d\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190 and may be applicable to the TOs as\nW\u016f\u0102\u0176\u0176\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0004\u01b5\u019a\u015a\u017d\u018c\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0358\n4.3 STEADY STATE STUDY CRITERIA\nThe system performance, \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a, \u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\nfollowing losses of a \u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003Bulk Electric System (BES) element(s), \u0102\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u012e\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003\u010f\u01c7\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0189\u0189\u016f\u015d\u0110\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\nreliability s\u019a\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0102\u018c\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0358\u0003 \u0003 &\u015d\u0150\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u03f0\u0357\u0003 >\u015d\u0190\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 dW>-001-5.1 P1-W\u03f3\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u0190\u0110\u018c\u015d\u0189\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\n\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u0175\u0102\u018c\u015d\u01cc\u011e\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003^\u019a\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0102rds, and WECC Regional Criteria.\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 12\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.353 Page\n 101 of 132\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 4: LISTING OF TPL-001-5.1 P1-P7 CONTINGENCY DESCRIPTIONS\n 4.3.1 Normal Overloads\n E\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03ec\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0110\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003P0\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u037e\u0176\u017d\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u037f\u0358\u0003 E\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003 ^\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\n analysis, in accordance with the Reliability Standard, TPL-001-5.1. It is required that loading of all\n \u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u015d\u018c\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003W\u03ec\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n 4.3.2 Emergency Overloads\n Emergency overloads are those that exceed 100 percent of emergen\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003E\u001cZ\u0012\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003t\u001c\u0012\u0012\n Category P1-W\u03f3\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 \u001c\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 Z\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003 ^\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003\n \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190is in accordance with Reliability Standards, TPL-001-5.1. It is required that loading of\n \u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u0128\u0102\u0110\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019f\u011e\u0190\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u015d\u018c\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0012\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0150\u017d\u018c\u01c7\u0003W\u03ed-W\u03f3\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 13\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.354 Page\n 102 of 132\n\n\n\n 4.3.3 Voltage Criteria\n \u0004\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0110\u0110\u01b5\u018c\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190 within the transmission system, of each TO, fails to meet the\n r\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u015d\u018c\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u012e\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u015d\u0176\u0003 d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u03f0\u0358\u0003 &\u017d\u018c\u0003 s\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0012\u018c\u015d\u019a\u011e\u018c\u015d\u0102\u0355\u0003 \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u016f\u0102\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u0175\u015d\u0176\u0102\u016f\u0003 \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u0003\n voltages of the system under study.\n\n Normal Conditions Contingency Conditions\n Voltage Deviation\n (P0) (P1-P7)\nVoltage Level\n VMIN VMAX Load Buses Non-Load (P1) & All\n VMIN (p.u.) VMAX (p.u.)\n (p.u.) (p.u.) (P1) Buses (P2-P7)\n \u0447\u03ee\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n \u0448\u03ee\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n \u04485\u03ec\u03ec\u016cs 0.95 1.05 0.9 1.1 \u0447\u03f4% \u0447\u03ed\u03ec\u0439\n TABLE 1: VOLTAGE CRITERIA\n d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003\u019a\u017d\u019a\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003W\u03ef\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003W\u03f2\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0175\u011e\u0102\u0190\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0128\u018c\u017d\u0175\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u015d\u0190\u019a\u0190\u0003\n \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0128\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u0102\u016c\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u019a\u017d\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u016f\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0003\n event. Buses within the IID controlled grid that cannot meet the requirements in Table 4 will be further\n \u015d\u0176\u01c0\u011e\u0190\u019f\u0150\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0358\u0003\n\n 4.3 TRANSIENT STABILITY DATA\n d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0003\u019f\u0175\u011e-\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u011es the performance of the power system\n shortly before, during, and quickly following \u0102\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110y. Transient stability studies were performed to\n verify the stability of the system following a system fault. Transient stability analysis was performed\n based on the WECC Disturbance-Performance Criteria, for selected syste\u0175\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003s\u011e\u018c\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\n \u03ee\u03ef\u0358\u03ec\u0358\u03f4\u0358\u03ee\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003'\u001c\u0003W^>&\u0003\u0190\u017d\u014c\u01c1\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0358\u0003d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003for a minimum of 10\n seconds, including 1 second of pre-disturbance data. Un\u016f\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u0190\u0189\u011e\u0110\u015d\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u0128\u0102\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 modeled as 3-\n phases with 4 cycles of \u010f\u018c\u011e\u0102\u016c\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u0110\u016f\u011e\u0102\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u019f\u0175\u011e\u0358\u0003 ^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 was assessed visually with the aid of\n stability plots.\n\n 4.4.1 Bus Voltage\n \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003 \u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0003 \u0175\u011e\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u0110\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a-of-\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0189\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0128\u01b5\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u017d\u0003 \u0102\u0190\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\n \u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u019a-disturbance voltage dips and peak-to-peak voltage \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003\n voltage plots also indicate system damping response and the expected bus voltage following the\n disturbance. WECC Regional Criteria, TPL-001-WECC-CRT-4, requires that the following criteria be\n applied:\n x Following fault clearing, the voltage shall recover to 80% of the pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003\n \u03ee\u03ec\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u015d\u019f\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003W\u03ed\u0003\u019a\u015a\u018c\u017d\u01b5\u0150\u015a\u0003W\u03f3\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003and for each applicable BES bus\n serving load.\n x Following fault clearing and voltage recovery above 80%, voltage at each applicable BES bus\n serving load shall neither dip below pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e, for more than 30 cycles, nor remain\n below 80% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u00032 seconds, for all P1 through P7 events.\n x For c\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003without a fault (P2.1 category event), voltage dips at each applicable BES bus\n serving load shall neither dip below 70% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e, for more than 30 cycles,\n nor remain below 80% of pre-\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u017d\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u019a\u01c1\u017d\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u0190\u0358\u0003\n x All osc\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u011a\u017d\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u01c1\u015d\u019a\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0003 \u03ef\u03ec-seconds, \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n studied event, shall be deemed unstable.\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 14\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.355 Page\n 103 of 132\n\n\n\n x Figure 5 and 6 represent the acceptable recovery trajectory.\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 5: WECC DIAGRAM REPRESENTING ADEQUATE VOLTAGE RECOVERY (DELAYED)\n\n\n\n\n FIGURE 6: WECC DIAGRAM REPRESENTING ADEQUATE VOLTAGE RECOVERY (NORMAL)\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 15\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.356 Page\n 104 of 132\n\n\n\n 4.4.2 Bus Frequency\n \u0011\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u0189\u016f\u017d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0189\u018c\u017d\u01c0\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0175\u0102\u0150\u0176\u015d\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176 of post-disturbance frequency swings,\n and possible over-frequency or under-\u0128\u018c\u011e\u018b\u01b5\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0358 WECC Regional Criteria, TPL-001-WECC-\n CRT-4, requires that the following be applied:\n\n x \u0004\u016f\u016f\u0003 \u017d\u0190\u0110\u015d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003 \u011a\u017d\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003 \u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u0102\u0175\u0189\u015d\u0176\u0150, within 30-seconds, \u0102\u014c\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0190\u019a\u0102\u018c\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u0128\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n studied event, shall be deemed unstable.\n\n 4.5 REACTIVE MARGIN CRITERIA\n Post-transient stability analysis was performed on selected buses in the IID transmission system,\n \u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190. For each bus assessed, a synchronous condenser was modeled to\n extract \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003 \u01b5\u0176\u019f\u016f\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u015d\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u01c1\u015a\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003 \u0110\u017d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0189\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u017d\u0110\u0110\u01b5\u018c\u0190\u0358\u0003 d\u015a\u011e\u0003 \u0175\u0102\u01c6\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u0175\u0003 \u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003 \u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u0190\u01b5\u0175\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0189\u018c\u015d\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0110\u017d\u016f\u016f\u0102\u0189\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u015d\u0176\u011e\u011a\u0358\u0003W\u017d\u0190\u015d\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u015d\u0190\u0003\u011a\u011e\u0190\u015d\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u019a\u0003\u0102\u016f\u016f\u0003\u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n\n 5. STUDY RESULTS\n This System impact study modeled the new load with a total of 80MW for summer and light spring\n scenarios\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u0190\u0003\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u018c\u015d\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\n system.\n 5.1 POWER FLOW ANALYSIS:\n W\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0147\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01b5\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003d\u0102\u010f\u016f\u011e\u0003\u03ed\u0355\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003^\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u03ef\u0358\u0003^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011a\u01b5\u018c\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u037e\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u037f\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\n in order to compare pre-Project and post-W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0358\u0003/\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u012e\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0355\u0003\u015d\u0128\u0003\u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0355\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0190\u017d\u016f\u011e\u016f\u01c7\u0003\n by this Project.\n\n Thermal and voltage performance of the system was evaluated for base cases under normal, (P0), single\n \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0355\u0003 \u037eW\u03ed\u0355\u0003 W\u03ee\u037f\u0355\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003 \u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003 \u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003 \u037eW\u03ef-P7). Thermal loadings were\n reported when a model transmission component wa\u0190\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u01b5\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003Ds\u0004\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\n \u037eW\u03ec\u037f\u0355\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0355\u0003\u037eW\u03ed-P7). Generally, the concerns are raised when an element\n \u015d\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u010f\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u03ed\u03ec\u03ec\u0439\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u015d\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011e\u0175\u011e\u018c\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u01c7\u0003\u018c\u0102\u019f\u0176\u0150\u0356\u0003\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0355\u0003\u03f5\u03f1\u0439\u0003\u01c1\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0110\u015a\u017d\u0190\u011e\u0176\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u015d\u011a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0128\u01c7\u0003\n circuits that are also at the edge of an overload. Moreover, such circuits need to be closely monitored\n \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0176\u0003\u010f\u011e\u0003\u0189\u016f\u0102\u0110\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0102\u0190\u0003\u0189\u017d\u019a\u011e\u0176\u019f\u0102\u016f\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0176\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0102\u019a\u011e\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0128\u01b5\u019a\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u0003\u01b5\u0189\u0150\u018c\u0102\u011a\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003\n\n d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0176\u017d\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0355\u0003\u037eW\u03ec\u037f\u0355\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u0003\u0189\u011e\u018c\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u015d\u019a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\n \u016f\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ec\u0358\u03f5\u03f1\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0150\u018c\u011e\u0102\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ed\u0358\u03ec\u03f1\u0358\u0003d\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u0175\u015d\u0190\u0190\u015d\u017d\u0176\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0176\u0150\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u019f\u0189\u016f\u011e\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0355\u0003\n were reported when per unit voltages were les\u0190\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ec\u0358\u03f5\u03ec\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u0150\u018c\u011e\u0102\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003\u03ed\u0358\u03ed\u0358\u0003s\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003\n \u018c\u011e\u0110\u017d\u018c\u011a\u011e\u011a\u0003 \u01c1\u015a\u011e\u0176\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0190\u011e\u0003 \u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003 \u01c1\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0003 \u0150\u018c\u011e\u0102\u019a\u011e\u018c\u0003 \u019a\u015a\u0102\u0176\u0003 \u03f4\u0439\u0003 \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003 \u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003 \u0190\u011e\u018c\u01c0\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003 \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003 \u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003 \u03ed\u03ec\u0439\u0003 \u0176\u017d\u0176-load\n serving buses.\n\n The steady state study results for each of the cases is described in the following sec\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0355\u0003\u01c1\u015a\u015d\u016f\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\n complete results can be found in Appendix B.\n\n\n 5.1.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak\n 5.1.1.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project caused \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\n with respect to voltage criteria on Table 4.\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 16\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.357 Page\n 105 of 132\n\n\n\n x The project caused \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system. Thermal issues were found under P-1 and\n P-\u03ee\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0357\n \u00be 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland Prison to Central\n \u00be 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland to Dixieland Prison\n\n 5.1.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Peak Solar Reduced 20%\n 5.1.2.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project caused \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\n with respect to voltage criteria on Table 4.\n x The project \u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system. Thermal issues were found under P-1 and\n P-\u03ee\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0175\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0110\u016f\u01b5\u011a\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0357\n \u00be 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland Prison to Central\n \u00be 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland to Dixieland Prison\n\n 5.1.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced 40%\n 5.1.3.1 Voltage and Thermal Performance\n x The project caused \u010f\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u010f\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u0110\u0102\u0190\u011e\u0003\u019a\u017d\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0189\u011e\u018c\u015d\u011e\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u011e\u01c6\u0110\u011e\u011e\u011a\u0102\u0176\u0110\u011e\u0190\u0003\u017d\u018c\u0003\u011a\u011e\u01c0\u015d\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\n with respect to voltage criteria on Table 4.\n x The project did not cause \u019a\u015a\u011e\u018c\u0175\u0102\u016f\u0003\u01c0\u015d\u017d\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system.\n\n 5.2 TRANSIENT STABILITY ANALYSIS\n Transient stability was performed on the Heavy Summer and Light Spring pre- and post- Project base\n cases.\n 5.2.1 (2027) Heavy Summer Transient Stability Results\n S\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1ed that the Project did not cause impacts on IID system stability under any of\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix C for the 2027 Heavy Summer Transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.2.2 (2027) Heavy Summer Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results\n S\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1ed that the Project did not cause impacts on IID system stability under any of\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix D for the 2027 Heavy Summer Solar Reduced transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.2.3 (2027) Light Spring Solar Reduced Transient Stability Results\n S\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1ed that the Project did not cause impacts on IID system stability under any of\n \u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0358\n Refer to Appendix D for the 2027 Light Spring Solar Reduced transient pre and post stability plots.\n\n 5.3 POST TRANSIENT STABILITY AND REACTIVE POWER MARGIN: HEAVY SUMMER\n Post-transient stability was performed on selected buses in IID transmission system following selected\n \u0110\u018c\u015d\u019f\u0110\u0102\u016f\u0003\u017d\u01b5\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0190\u0358\u0003Z\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190\u0003\u0190\u015a\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u019a\u015a\u0102\u019a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u011a\u0003\u0176\u017d\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003//\u0018\u0003^\u01c7\u0190\u019a\u011e\u0175\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u0003\u01b5\u0176\u011a\u011e\u018c\u0003\n \u0102\u0176\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u015d\u0175\u01b5\u016f\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u0150\u011e\u0176\u0110\u015d\u011e\u0190\u0003\n\n Refer to Appendix E for complete post-\u019a\u018c\u0102\u0176\u0190\u015d\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u037e\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0175\u0102\u018c\u0150\u015d\u0176\u037f\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0190\u01b5\u016f\u019a\u0190.\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 17\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.358 Page\n 106 of 132\n\n\n\n 6. CONCLUSION\n The System Impact Study modeled the new load with a total of 80MW for summer and light spring\n \u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0128\u017d\u016f\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u0102\u0176\u0102\u016f\u01c7\u0190\u015d\u0190\u0003\u019a\u011e\u0190\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0175\u0189\u0102\u0110\u019a\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u018c\u011e\u016f\u015d\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u2019s electrical\n system. The Project\u2019s POI is located on the 92kV 'R' Line between IID\u2019\u0190\u0003\u001c\u016f\u0003\u0012\u011e\u0176\u019a\u018c\u017d\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003Central\n \u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0358\u0003d\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0190\u019a\u01b5\u011a\u01c7\u0003\u011e\u01c0\u0102\u016f\u01b5\u0102\u019a\u011e\u011a\u0003\u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0102\u0190\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u0150\u011e\u0176\u011e\u018c\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u0190\u0110\u011e\u0176\u0102\u018c\u015d\u017d\u0190\u0003\u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u2019s target year,\n using Heavy Summer and Light Spring cases. The steady state, transient, and post-transient analyses\n indicated that the Project can be deemed feasible\u0358\u0003E\u011e\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u019a\u015a\u011e\u016f\u011e\u0190\u0190\u0355\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0102\u011a\u011a\u015d\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003W\u018c\u017d\u0169\u011e\u0110\u019a\u0003\u0110\u0102\u01b5\u0190\u011e\u0190\u0003W-1\n and P-\u03ee\u0003\u017d\u01c0\u011e\u018c\u016f\u017d\u0102\u011a\u0190\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u011a\u015d\u012b\u011e\u018c\u011e\u0176\u019a\u0003\u0190\u011e\u0110\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003//\u0018\u2019s system in Heavy Summer scenarios. \u0011\u011e\u016f\u017d\u01c1\u0003\u0102\u018c\u011e\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u012e\u0176\u011a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0190\u0003\n and impacted elements for this loading scenario:\n\n 80 MW load:\n\n x 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland Prison to Central\n x 92kV \u2018R\u2019 Line Dixieland to Dixieland Prison\n\n Due to these impacted elements, the Project can be deemed feasible with some transmission\n infrastructure upgrades. The following upgrades must \u010f\u011e\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0190\u019a\u0102\u016f\u016f\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u011e\u0003\u0176\u011e\u01c1\u0003/s\u0012D\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u010f\u0190\u019a\u0102\u019f\u017d\u0176\u0357\n\n x One s\u019a\u0102\u019f\u0110\u0003var device rated 75 MVAR\u0355\u0003\u0110\u017d\u0176\u012e\u0150\u01b5\u018c\u011e\u011a\u0003\u015d\u0176\u0003\u019a\u015a\u018c\u011e\u011e\u0003\u0190\u01c1\u015d\u019a\u0110\u015a\u015d\u0176\u0150\u0003\u010f\u016f\u017d\u0110\u016c\u0190\u0003\u017d\u0128\u0003\u03ee\u03f1Ds\u0004Z\u0003\u011e\u0102\u0110\u015a\n \u0128\u017d\u018c\u0003\u018c\u011e\u0102\u0110\u019f\u01c0\u011e\u0003\u0189\u017d\u01c1\u011e\u018c\u0003\u0190\u01b5\u0189\u0189\u017d\u018c\u019a\u0003\u0102\u0176\u011a\u0003\u01c0\u017d\u016f\u019a\u0102\u0150\u011e\u0003\u0190\u019a\u0102\u010f\u015d\u016f\u015d\u019a\u01c7.\n\n\n Please note that IID currently does not have the capability to reliably support a large-scale load requiring\n \u0110\u017d\u0176\u019f\u0176\u01b5\u017d\u01b5\u0190\u0003\u03ee\u03f0-hour service. As such, this report does not represent a commitment by IID to serve the\n amount of requested load.\n\n\n\n\n 10/3/2025 IMPERIAL VALLEY COMPUTER MANUFACTURING LLC, (DATA CENTER #2) 18\n SYSTEM IMPACT STUDY\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.359 Page\n 107 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement\n Imperial Data Center #1 \u2013 250 MW\n\n THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this\u0231 \u0157\u0157\u009d\u0091 day of\n September, 2025, by and between Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing,\n LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws\n of the State of California, (\"Interconnection Customer,\") and the Imperial\n Irrigation District an irrigation district organized and existing under the\n Water Code of the State of California, (\"Transmission Provider\").\n Interconnection Customer and Transmission Provider each may be\n referred to as a \"Party,\" or collectively as the \"Parties.\"\n\n RECITALS\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer is proposing to develop a Facility\n or capacity addition to an existing Facility consistent with the submitted\n documentation by Interconnection Customer dated April 15, 2025; and\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer desires to interconnect the Facility\n with Transmission Provider\u2019s Transmission System or Distribution System;\n\n WHEREAS, Transmission Provider has completed an Interconnection\n System Impact Study (the \"System Impact Study\") and provided the results of\n said study to Interconnection Customer; and\n\n WHEREAS, Interconnection Customer has requested Transmission\n Provider to perform an Interconnection Facilities Study to specify and estimate\n the cost of the equipment, engineering, procurement and construction work\n needed to implement the conclusions of the Interconnection System Impact\n Study in accordance with Good Utility Practice to physically and electrically\n connect the Facility or, when Clustering is used by the Transmission Provider, a\n group of Facilities, to the Transmission System or Distribution System.\n\n NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and subject to the mutual\n covenants contained herein the Parties agreed as follows:\n\n\n 1\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.360 Page\n 108 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 1.0 When used in this Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein,\n terms with initial capitalization shall have the meaning specified\n herein.\n\n 2.0 Interconnection Customer elects and Transmission Provider shall\n cause an Interconnection Facilities Study consistent with the terms\n of this Agreement.\n\n 3.0 At the time of execution of this Agreement, Interconnection\n Customer shall provide to Transmission Provider all data\n requested in the Transmission Customer Service Proposal (TCSP)\n Application. Transmission Provider has the right to request\n additional technical information from Interconnection Customer\n that Transmission Provider determines is reasonably necessary,\n consistent with Good Utility Practice, during the course of the\n Interconnection Facilities Study. Upon request by Transmission\n Provider, Interconnection Customer shall provide such additional\n information to Transmission Provider within seven (7) Calendar\n Days.\n\n 4.0 The Interconnection Facilities Study will be based upon the results\n of the Interconnection System Impact Study and the technical\n information provided by Interconnection Customer. When\n Clustering is used to perform the Interconnection Facilities Study,\n the Interconnection Facilities Study also will be based upon\n technical information provided by other interconnection customers\n with Interconnection Requests in the cluster.\n\n 5.0 Transmission Provider's non-binding, good faith estimate for the\n time of completion of the Interconnection Facilities Study is 90 days\n and Transmission Provider's non-binding, good faith estimate of\n the cost for completing the Interconnection Facilities Study is\n $70,000 which is due upon execution of the Interconnection\n Facilities Study Agreement.\n\n 6.0 If Interconnection Customer, or any other interconnection customer\n with an Interconnection Request in the same study cluster as the\n\n 2\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.361 Page\n 109 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n Interconnection Customer\u2019s Interconnection Request, modifies its\n designated Point of Interconnection, Interconnection Request, or\n the technical information provided therein is modified, the time to\n complete the Interconnection Facilities Study may be extended.\n Similarly, if the Interconnection Request of another interconnection\n customer is withdrawn from Transmission Provider\u2019s queue or\n removed from the cluster, the time to complete the Interconnection\n Facilities Study may be extended.\n\n 7.0 Following the completion of the Interconnection Facilities Study,\n the Transmission Provider shall provide an Interconnection\n Facilities Study report to Interconnection Customer. This report: (i)\n shall provide a description, estimated cost, and estimated schedule\n for the construction of facilities projected to be required to\n interconnect the Facility or, when Clustering is used the group of\n Facilities to the Transmission System or Distribution System and\n (ii) shall address the short circuit, instability, and power flow issues\n identified in the Interconnection System Impact Study.\n\n 8.0 When the Interconnection Facilities Study report is provided to\n Interconnection Customer, Transmission Provider shall invoice\n Interconnection Customer for the actual costs of the\n Interconnection Facilities Study, including Transmission Provider\u2019s\n administrative costs, if any, that are in excess of the applicable\n deposit amount paid previously by Interconnection Customer.\n Interconnection Customer shall pay such invoice within thirty (30)\n Calendar Days of its receipt of the invoice\n\n 9.0 Transmission Provider\u2019s Interconnection Facilities Study shall not\n be construed as confirming or endorsing the design, or as any\n warranty of safety, durability, reliability or suitability of\n Interconnection Customer\u2019s Generating Facility or installation\n thereof for any use, including the use intended by Interconnection\n Customer.\n\n\n\n\n 3\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.362 Page\n 110 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 10.0 This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance\n with the substantive and procedural laws of the State of California.\n All actions or proceedings arising in connection with this\n Agreement shall be tried and litigated exclusively in State court\n located in the County of Imperial, California and/or Federal court\n located in the County of San Diego, California. The\n aforementioned choice of venue is mandatory, thereby precluding\n the possibility of litigation between the parties with respect to or\n arising out of this Agreement in any jurisdiction other than that\n specified in this section. Each Party hereby waives any right it may\n have to assert the doctrine of forum non conveniens or a similar\n doctrine or to object to venue with respect to any proceeding\n brought in accordance with this section, and stipulates that the\n State court located in Imperial County, California, and/or Federal\n court located in the Counties of Imperial and San Diego,\n respectively, California, shall have in personam jurisdiction and\n venue over each of them for the purpose of litigating any dispute or\n proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement. Each Party\n hereby authorizes service of process sufficient for personal\n jurisdiction in any action against it at the address and in the\n manner for the giving of notice as set forth in this Agreement.\n\n\n 11.0 Interconnection Customer shall at all times indemnify, defend, and\n save Transmission Provider harmless from, any and all damages,\n losses, claims, including claims and actions relating to injury to or\n death of any person or damage to property, demands, suits,\n recoveries, costs and expenses, court costs, attorney fees, and all\n other obligations by or to third parties, arising out of or resulting\n from Transmission Provider\u2019s performance of its obligations under\n this Agreement on behalf of the Transmission Customer, except in\n cases where Transmission Provider is solely negligent.\n\n\n 12.0 Transmission Provider shall not be considered to be in default of\n the provisions of this Agreement if delays in or failure of\n performance shall be due to uncontrollable forces, the effect of\n 4\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.363 Page\n 111 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, Transmission\n Provider could not avoid. The term uncontrollable forces shall\n mean any event which results in the prevention or delay of\n performance by Transmission Provider of its obligations under this\n Agreement and which is beyond the control of Transmission\n Provider. The term uncontrollable forces includes, but is not limited\n to, fire, acts of God, flood, earthquakes, storms, lightning, epidemic,\n war, riot, civil disturbance, sabotage, inability to procure permits,\n licenses, or authorizations from any state, local, or federal agency,\n or person for any of the supplies, materials, accesses, or services\n required to be provided by Transmission Provider under this\n Agreement, strikes, work slowdowns, or other labor disturbances,\n and judicial constraint. The provisions of this section shall not be\n interpreted or construed to require Transmission Provider to\n prevent, settle, or otherwise avoid a strike, work slowdown, or\n other labor action. Transmission Provider shall give timely written\n notice to Interconnection Customer describing the circumstances of\n uncontrollable forces which prevent the fulfillment of obligation of\n this Agreement. Transmission Provider shall give timely written\n notice to Interconnection Customer that the uncontrollable forces\n which prevented the fulfillment of obligations of this Agreement\n are no longer present and work has resumed on those obligations.\n\n 13.0 Each Party makes the following representations, warranties and\n covenants:\n\n\n 13.1 Such Party is duly organized, validly existing and in\n good standing under the laws of the state in which it is\n organized, formed, or incorporated, as applicable; that it is\n qualified to do business in the state or states in which it is\n located, and that it has the corporate power and authority to\n own its properties, to carry on its business as now being\n conducted and to enter into this Agreement and carry out\n the transactions contemplated hereby and perform and carry\n out all covenants and obligations on its part to be performed\n under and pursuant to this Agreement.\n 5\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.364 Page\n 112 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n 13.2 Such Party has the right, power and authority to enter\n into this Agreement, to become a Party hereto and to\n perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement is a\n legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable\n against such Party in accordance with its terms, except as the\n enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable\n bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws\n affecting creditors' rights generally and by general equitable\n principles (regardless of whether enforceability is sought in\n a proceeding in equity or at law).\n\n 13.3 The execution, delivery and performance of this\n Agreement does not violate or conflict with the\n organizational or formation documents, or bylaws or\n operating agreement, of the Party, or any judgment, license,\n permit, order, material agreement or instrument applicable\n to or binding upon such Party or any of its assets.\n\n 13.4 The Party has obtained each consent, approval,\n authorization, order, or acceptance by any Governmental\n Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and\n performance of this Agreement, and it will provide to any\n Governmental Authority notice of any actions under this\n Agreement that are required by Applicable Laws and\n Regulations.\n\n 14.0 All notices, requests, demands, and other communications required\n or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing, unless\n otherwise agreed by the Parties, and shall be delivered in person or\n sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, by overnight delivery, or by\n electronic mail or electronic facsimile transmission with an original\n sent immediately thereafter by postage prepaid mail, and properly\n addressed as follows:\n\n\n\n\n 6\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.365 Page\n 113 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n When delivered to Transmission Provider:\n\n Energy Contracts\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 Barioni Blvd.\n P.O. Box 937\n Imperial, CA 92251\n Email: Energycontracts@iid.com\n\n\n When delivered to Interconnection Customer:\n\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Email: sebastian@ruccilaw.com\n\n 15.0 Either Party may, from time to time, change its representative or\n address for the purpose of notices to that Party by a similar notice\n specifying a new representative or address, but no such change\n shall be deemed to have been given until such notice is actually\n received by the Party being so notified.\n\n\n 16.0 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each\n of which is deemed an original but all constitute one and the same\n instrument.\n\n\n 17.0 The Parties may, by mutual agreement, amend this Agreement by a\n written instrument duly executed by the Parties.\n\n\n\n\n 7\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.366 Page\n 114 of 132\n IID-691 (10-14)\n INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES STUDY AGREEMENT\n\n\n\n\n IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly\n executed by their duly authorized officers or agents on the day and year first\n above written.\n\n Imperial Irrigation District\n\n Signature:\n Print\n Name:\n Title:\n\n Date:\n\n\n\n Interconnection Customer Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n\n Signature:\n Print\n Sebastian Rucci\n Name:\n Title: Managing Member\n\n Date: 9-03-2025\n\n\n\n\n 8\n CRITICAL BUSINESS & REGULATORY AFFAIRS\n P.O. BOX 937, IMPERIAL, CA 92251\n TEL: (760) 482-3547 REV 6/9/2017\n\f10/2/25, 1:21Case\n PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail 1-43 Supply\n - Proposal for Temporary Filedof01/09/26\n Load from CAISOPageID.367\n Wholesale Market Page\n 115 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n 1 message\n\n Sebastian Rucci Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM\n To: Jamie Asbury \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , prodriguez@iid.com, \"Hamilton, Timothy L\" ,\n \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez, Jesus\"\n , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo, Lauren\"\n , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose \n\n Dear Mrs. Asbury,\n\n I've attached a proposal requesting that IID consider the possibility of temporarily supplying energy on a short-term basis\n from CAISO markets (Day Ahead and/or Real-Time). We are not requesting direct procurement of energy outside of IID's\n balancing authority. Under this proposal, IID faces no stranded investment risk, no credit risk, and no operational burden,\n while being compensated for its services through a cost-plus framework.\n\n We would set up a dedicated account for IID to draw from for paying for CAISO energy purchases, transmission charges,\n and all related costs. This ensures no credit risk or exposure to IID. The draw account would be continuously replenished.\n If energy is unavailable, we would meet the load with the on-site emergency generators.\n\n The arrangement is a cost-plus model with upside for IID. IID will receive a fee for scheduling coordinator time and\n expenses, the OATT transmission rate, and an administrative markup. We estimate this to be over $22 million in positive\n annual revenue to IID. This is more than twice the cost to the data center if only the OATT rate were to apply. There is no\n financial risk to IID. All economic and reliability risk is borne solely by the data center, which will absorb all energy,\n capacity, and administrative costs. This allows the $10 billion data center to proceed while long-term PPAs are secured.\n This will generate permanent jobs, tax revenue, and demand for future renewable generation in the valley.\n\n If the numerous positive benefits of this arrangement meet with your approval. In that case, we request that IID approve a\n temporary market-sourced supply arrangement under OATT \u00a7 III.30.6, with all risks and costs to be borne by the data\n center. If you agree, we are also requesting that IID conduct a sensitivity analysis to identify feasible import paths for\n CAISO market energy and assess the available transmission import capability from geothermal areas. We are also\n requesting that IID establish applicable markup, scheduling coordinator cost recovery, and administrative fees.\n\n Carl Stills has arrived at this proposal, and if you have concerns, please let us know. We are confident that we can arrive\n at a solution acceptable to IID. You have the power to make this data center a reality. We respectfully urge IID to adopt\n this short-term bridging mechanism to enable the data center to proceed while long-term PPAs are secured.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n\n Memo Temporary Supply Energy from Wholesale Market.pdf\n 66K\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-a:r-3529042161582352397&simpl=msg-a:r-86731739121790\u2026 1/1\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.368 Page\n 116 of 132\n\n\n\n TEMPORARY SUPPLY OF 330 MW LOAD FROM CAISO WHOLESALE MARKET\n\n EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n\nPURPOSE: Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing (IVCM) is developing a 330 MW AI\ndata center in Imperial County (Google as anchor tenant). Long-term power contracts with\nin-valley resources (e.g., geothermal, solar) will take several years to complete. This\nagreement provides a temporary bridge solution: IID procures energy from the CAISO\nmarket on IVCM\u2019s behalf, ensuring the project moves forward immediately.\n\nKEY FEATURES\n \u2022 IID acts as Scheduling Coordinator and Load-Serving Entity\n \u2022 Energy is bought from CAISO Day-Ahead or Real-Time markets\n \u2022 IID delivers power to the data center under its balancing authority\n \u2022 Generate new revenue for IID with zero risk\n\nZERO RISK TO IID\n \u2022 IVCM funds a draw account in advance.\n \u2022 Draw account used to pay for all CAISO costs, transmission charges, and staff time.\n \u2022 IVCM replenishes the account daily/weekly.\n\nRELIABILITY PROTECTION\n \u2022 IID has no obligation to curtail other customers or assume reliability risk.\n \u2022 If CAISO energy is unavailable, IVCM uses on-site BESS and emergency generators.\n \u2022 IID maintain full control under its OATT authority\n\nREVENUE STREAM FOR IID (Full Cost Recovery + Markup)\n \u2022 All CAISO energy costs\n \u2022 IID\u2019s OATT transmission rate\n \u2022 IID\u2019s Scheduling Coordinator costs\n \u2022 Administrative markup (additional revenue for IID)\n\nBENEFITS TO IID & IMPERIAL VALLEY\n \u2022 No Financial Exposure to IID, all costs are paid up front.\n \u2022 IID collects transmission fees, scheduling charges, and markup.\n \u2022 Creates demand for new geothermal and renewable generation in IID\u2019s service area.\n \u2022 Support a transformational economic project. Enables a $10B+ data center project,\n with permanent jobs, tax revenue, and long-term load growth.\n\n Page 1\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.369 Page\n 117 of 132\n\n\n\nBACKGROUND: IVCM respectfully requests that IID examine the possibility of temporarily\nsupplying energy on a short-term basis from CAISO markets (Day Ahead and/or Real Time).\nIVCM is not requesting to directly procure energy outside of IID\u2019s balancing authority. IID\nhas the authority under its Open Access Transmission Tariff to secure arrangements for\nresources not physically interconnected with IID\u2019s transmission system. The proposal ensures\nIID faces no stranded investment risk, no credit risk, and no operational burden, while being\ncompensated for its services through a cost-plus framework.\n\nPROPOSED COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE\nA. DRAW ACCOUNT MECHANISM\nContinuously fund dedicated account is set up from which IID may draw to pay for CAISO\nenergy purchases, transmission charges, and all related costs. This ensures no credit risk or\nexposure to IID. Dedicated draw account that is continuously replenished allows IID to pay:\n \u2022 CAISO market purchases (energy and capacity, if applicable)\n \u2022 Transmission charges\n \u2022 Scheduling coordinator costs\n \u2022 OATT Rate Application: IID\u2019s existing OATT transmission rate applied.\n \u2022 Administrative Markup: IID may determine and impose an additional administrative\n premium for its role in facilitating the transaction.\n\nB. NO RELIABILITY BURDEN IS PLACED ON IID\n \u2022 If CAISO energy is unavailable (a rare event, documented only once in the past three\n years), IVCM will meet load with on-site batteries and emergency generators.\n \u2022 IID\u2019s system reliability is thus protected, and the arrangement cannot result in\n unserved load to IID\u2019s native customers.\n\nC. FULL COST RECOVERY + ADMINISTRATIVE PREMIUM\nThe arrangement is a cost-plus model with upside for IID.\n \u2022 IID will receive a fee for scheduling coordinator time and expenses,\n \u2022 IID will receive the OATT transmission rate, and\n \u2022 IID will receive an administrative markup for handling\n\nD. BENEFITS TO IID AND IMPERIAL VALLEY\n \u2022 No Financial Risk to IID. All financial and reliability risk is borne solely by data\n center which will absorb all energy, capacity, and administrative costs.\n \u2022 Positive Revenue Stream to IID from the OATT rates, scheduling charges, and an\n administrative markup.\n\n\n Page 2\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.370 Page\n 118 of 132\n\n\n\n \u2022 The request is consistent with Section III.30.6's directive for IID to use \u201creasonable\n efforts\u201d to assist network customers in arranging delivery of energy.\n \u2022 The $10 billion data center will generate permanent jobs, tax revenue, and demand\n for future renewable generation. IID will benefit from expanded generation in-valley.\n\nREQUESTED ACTION\n \u2022 Conduct Sensitivity Analyses: Identify feasible import paths for CAISO market\n energy and available transmission import capability from geothermal areas.\n \u2022 Develop Rate Structure: Establish applicable markup, scheduling coordinator cost\n recovery, and administrative fees.\n \u2022 Adopt Bridging Framework: Approve a temporary market-sourced supply\n arrangement under OATT \u00a7 III.30.6, with all risks and costs borne by IVCM.\n\nGOVERNING LEGAL FRAMEWORK\nA. IID\u2019s OATT \u2013 Section III.30.6\nSection III.30.6, Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically\nInterconnected with the Transmission Provider, provides: \u201cThe Network Customer shall be\nresponsible for any arrangements necessary to deliver capacity and energy from a Network\nResource not physically interconnected with the Transmission Provider\u2019s Transmission\nSystem. The Transmission Provider will undertake reasonable efforts to assist the Network\nCustomer in obtaining such arrangements \u2026\u201d This language contemplates exactly the present\nsituation: a Network Customer seeking delivery from a non-interconnected resource, with\nthe Transmission Provider tasked with reasonable assistance.\n\nB. IID\u2019s POLICY ON DIRECT ACCESS\nIVCM acknowledges that IID does not permit Direct Access. The proposed arrangement does\nnot constitute Direct Access. IID, as Load-Serving Entity and Balancing Authority, would\nremain the energy procurer of record, purchasing energy through CAISO markets\n(Day-Ahead or Real-Time) and delivering it under its balancing authority. IVCM bears all\ncosts, ensuring IID\u2019s tariff integrity and avoiding a precedent that undermines IID\u2019s retail\nservice exclusivity.\n\nCONCLUSION\nIID has clear authority under its OATT to assist Network Customers in securing\narrangements for non-interconnected resources. IVCM\u2019s proposal operationalizes this\nauthority in a manner that is cost-neutral, risk-free, and beneficial to IID and the Imperial\nValley community. We respectfully urge IID to adopt this short-term bridging mechanism\nto enable the Aten Road Data Center to proceed while long-term PPAs are finalized.\n\n Page 3\n\fCase 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.371 Page\n 119 of 132\n\n\n\n APPENDIX \u2013 SUPPORTING AUTHORITIES AND FRAMEWORK\n\nA. IID OATT Excerpts\nSection III.30.6 \u2013 Transmission Arrangements for Network Resources Not Physically\nInterconnected\n \u201cThe Network Customer shall be responsible for any arrangements necessary\n to deliver capacity and energy from a Network Resource not physically\n interconnected with the Transmission Provider's Transmission System. The\n Transmission Provider will undertake reasonable efforts to assist the Network\n Customer in obtaining such arrangements \u2026\u201d\n\nSection III.28.2 \u2013 Designated Resources\n Provides that a Network Customer may designate Network Resources not\n physically interconnected with the Transmission Provider\u2019s Transmission\n System, subject to the Network Customer arranging delivery and the\n Transmission Provider assisting.\n\nSection III.30.1 \u2013 General Principles\n Confirms that service is provided for the purpose of serving designated\n Network Load and that Transmission Provider must act in a manner consistent\n with OATT obligations.\n\nB. Risk Allocation Summary\n\u2022 Financial Risk: 100% borne by IVCM.\n\u2022 Credit Risk: Eliminated by draw account mechanism.\n\u2022 Reliability Risk: None to IID (IVCM covers via on-site backup).\n\u2022 Proposal is consistent with IID OATT \u00a7 III.30.6; does not constitute Direct Access.\n\nC. Suggested IID Next Steps\n1. Sensitivity Analysis:\n\u2022 Map feasible CAISO import paths (Day-Ahead and Real-Time markets).\n\u2022 Analyze import capability from geothermal area.\n2. Rate Setting:\n\u2022 Establish administrative markup percentage and scheduling coordinator cost schedule.\n3. Formalize Bridging Agreement:\n\u2022 Enter into a short-term \u201cBridging Energy Agreement\u201d under OATT umbrella.\n\n\n\n\n Page 4\n\f Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-43 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.372 Page\n 120 of 132\n\n\n\n\n Annual Revenue to IID\nAnnual Energy 330 MW x 8,760 hrs = 2,890,800 MWhr\n\n\nIID OATT Rate $3.38 $/MWhr x 2,890,800 MWhr = $9,770,904\nScheduling Coordinator Rate $0.29 $/MWhr x 2,890,800 MWhr = $838,332\n Total Annual IID Revenue SCR + OATT = $10,609,236\n\n\nAvg Wholesale CAISO cost $52.34 $/MWhr x 2,890,800 MWhr = $151,304,472\nCAISO TAC cost $14.08 $/MWhr x 2,890,800 MWhr = $40,702,464\n Total CAISO + TAC = $192,006,936\n\n\nIID Administrative Mark Up 6.0% x $192,006,936 = $11,520,416\n Total Annual IID Revenue = $22,129,652\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 10:00 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for1-43\n Temporary Filed 01/09/26\n Supply of PageID.373\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 121 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Asbury, Jamie Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM\n To: Sebastian Rucci \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"wstrumpfer@gmail.com\" \n\n\n Dear Mr. Rucci:\n Thank you for your recent energy service option proposal for the Imperial Valley\n Computer Manufacturing, LLC data center project (Project). IID appreciates your\n efforts to advance this initiative. However, the proposed service plan does not\n comply with the IID Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT). The IID OATT aligns\n with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations, specifically\n Order No. 888, issued in 1996, which mandate non-discriminatory access to\n transmission systems and standardized interconnection processes to ensure grid\n reliability and fairness. These rules govern all interconnections to IID\u2019s transmission\n system, including IID-owned facilities. The OATT ensures equitable treatment for all\n interconnection requests, and IID is obligated to adhere to this standardized process\n without exception.\n The OATT requires project developers to secure sufficient transmission capacity to\n serve wholesale loads within IID\u2019s network transmission system. Your reference to\n Network Integration Transmission Service, Section 30.6, appears to be a\n misinterpretation, as the OATT mandates arranging necessary transmission capacity\n for your Project from a generation source to the load. Currently, over 3,000 MW of\n transmission service reservations have been submitted and are being analyzed by\n the IID, primarily for battery energy storage systems. These reservation requests are\n in queue for access to the California Independent System Operator (ISO) system at\n two separate inter-tie points with the IID. Most of these reservations are tied to\n projects with executed generator interconnection agreements and approved\n environmental entitlements. Short-term transmission service is available through\n IID\u2019s Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS) on a daily or weekly\n basis, subject to securing capacities through a \u201cfirst come-first serve\u201d process.\n It is critical to distinguish between wholesale and retail services in this context.\n Wholesale services, governed by the OATT and FERC regulations, involve the\n transmission of energy across IID\u2019s system to serve large-scale loads, such as your\n data center, typically delivery of energy to other utilities or entities. These services\n require adherence to standardized interconnection and transmission reservation\n processes to ensure non-discriminatory access to the grid. In contrast, retail services\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 1/3\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 10:00 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for1-43\n Temporary Filed 01/09/26\n Supply of PageID.374\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 122 of 132\n involve the direct sale and delivery of energy to end-use customers, such as\n residential or commercial consumers, and are managed under IID\u2019s retail tariffs,\n which are separate from OATT requirements.\n Your Project, as proposed, is a large-scale load seeking interconnection to IID\u2019s\n transmission system, falls under wholesale services and must comply with OATT\n protocols. IID is legally obligated to treat all wholesale interconnection requests\n equitably, and we cannot circumvent these processes, as they are rooted in FERC\n mandates and industry standards for maintaining grid stability. Any generation\n impacting the Bulk Electric System must undergo rigorous studies to ensure grid\n reliability, consistent with industry standards for which IID is accountable.\n The feasibility study for your Project identifies available capacity at the proposed\n point of interconnection to IID\u2019s transmission system, marking the initial step in the\n interconnection process. However, upon review of your interconnection application,\n we noted the omission of critical generator data. This omission constitutes a material\n modification, requiring reanalysis that includes the 300MW of behind the meter\n generation. This step is critical, as your proposed data center will interconnect to\n IID\u2019s Bulk Electric System, a vital component of the western electric grid.\n To proceed with your amended request, IID will require (at a minimum) the following:\n 1. An updated interconnection application, including dynamic gas generation\n models in GE PSLF format.\n 2. A transmission service application specifying the generating facility\u2019s point of\n interconnection to the data center\u2019s load point of interconnection. This must be\n submitted via IID\u2019s OASIS platform, which manages transmission service\n requests in accordance with FERC orders. Upon submission, your request will\n be assigned a queue position and reference number for study purposes.\n 3. Generation interconnection request queue information designating the\n generation as a network resource serving your network load, accompanied by a\n written letter from the generation project owner confirming the transmission\n network configuration.\n 4. If a new generator interconnection application is required, the next study cycle\n opens in January 2026.\n Your Project\u2019s development involves multiple phases, including load and generation\n planning. While environmental permitting is critical, securing transmission capacity\n and energy access is equally essential. Should your Project necessitate upgrades to\n IID\u2019s transmission network to serve a specific location, your organization is\n responsible for the associated environmental permitting of those facilities.\n IID supports your data center Project and is committed to facilitating the\n interconnection process within the framework of FERC and OATT requirements.\n Upon receipt of the requested information, we will diligently process your application\n in accordance with OATT study timelines. For further assistance or to submit the\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 2/3\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 10:00 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for1-43\n Temporary Filed 01/09/26\n Supply of PageID.375\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 123 of 132\n required materials, please contact Mrs. Lauren Olivo, Manager of Energy Business &\n Regulatory Compliance Programs at (760) 482-3448 or lolivo@IID.com.\n Best regards,\n\n\n\n\n Jamie L. Asbury\n General Manager\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 E Barioni Blvd, Imperial CA 92251\n (760) 339-9477 | email: jlasbury@IID.com\n Mobile (760) 791-7471\n\n\n\n The foregoing electronic message, together with any a\u01a9achments thereto, is confiden\u019fal and may be legally privileged against disclosure other than to the\n intended recipient. It is intended solely for the addressee(s) and access to the message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of\n this electronic message, you are hereby no\u019ffied that any dissemina\u019fon, distribu\u019fon, or any ac\u019fon taken or omi\u01a9ed to be taken in reliance on it is strictly\n prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic message in error, please delete and immediately no\u019ffy the sender of this error.\n\n From: Sebastian Rucci \n Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2025 10:32 AM\n To: Asbury, Jamie \n Cc: Smelser, Matthew H ; Rodriguez, Paul ; Hamilton, Timothy L\n ; Gutierrez, Noe R ; Ambriz, Jose-Said ; Martinez,\n Jesus ; Garcia, Matthew ; Sampedro, Daniel ; Olivo,\n Lauren ; Carl Stills ; Tom DuBose \n Subject: Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n\n\n\n\n [CAUTION] This email originated from outside of the IID. Do not reply, click on any links or open any attachments\n unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1845973957985461094&simpl=msg-f:1845973957985461094 3/3\n\f Case\n10/14/25, 11:28 AM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for1-43\n Temporary Filed 01/09/26\n Supply of PageID.376\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 124 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Sebastian Rucci Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM\n To: \"Asbury, Jamie\" \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"wstrumpfer@gmail.com\" \n\n Dear Mrs. Asbury,\n\n As you mentioned in our previous meeting, the IID could provide approximately 50 MW. That is sufficient for a cloud\n storage data center. We could reduce the data center loan, and it will become a small data center. Instead, we have made\n significant efforts\u2014at considerable expense\u2014to secure a larger capacity for an AI data center, which requires 250\n MW. Our proposal to the IID eliminates financial risk to the district, as it comprehensively covers all associated costs. Per\n our calculation, this provides twice the payment to the IID than under the OATS. We estimate at least $22 million per year.\n We are not seeking special treatment; we aim to pay our way. We could be wrong, but the IID has the authority to\n establish special rates for large loads, should it wish to accommodate such a transformative project.\n\n Regarding the concern about \u201comission of critical generator data\u201d in our application, we have been engaged in\n discussions with IID and Power Engineers for over a year, through multiple studies and technical exchanges. At no point\n have the backup generators been tied to the grid\u2014they never have been, and never will be. Likewise, the onsite batteries\n are not designed to export power to the grid. This project represents a large load only, and that is precisely how our\n application has been prepared, submitted, and processed by the IID. We therefore find it difficult to understand why a re-\n application would be necessary for backup equipment that is not grid-connected.\n\n The proposed AI data center represents a $10 billion investment in the Imperial Valley, offering substantial economic and\n technological benefits to the region. If the IID, under your leadership, wishes to advance this opportunity, we would like to\n have another meeting to discuss a clear and positive path forward. Following our last meeting, we listened carefully to\n IID\u2019s concerns and submitted a proposal specifically designed to address them. If, however, there are other\u2014perhaps\n unstated\u2014reasons why such a transformative project is not desired in the Valley, it would be best to clarify that now, as\n we are concurrently advancing discussions to locate the data center on tribal land in other jurisdictions. As I stated\n previously, we are eager to address any concerns to IID\u2019s satisfaction.\n\n We look forward to meeting at your convenience to work toward an outcome that benefits both IID and the Imperial Valley\n community. Speed of approval remains critical, as large-scale data center investments are rapidly moving to business-\n friendly states such as Texas and beyond.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r-1844820220557423384&simpl=msg-a:r-18448202205574\u2026 1/1\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 2:21 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.377\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 125 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Asbury, Jamie Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM\n To: Sebastian Rucci \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"Strumpfer, Wayne K\" \n\n\n Thank you for your email. We look forward to your presentation to the IID board next week.\n\n\n\n In the interim, the information below may be helpful. My communication to you was based upon the proposal you recently\n directed to my attention for IID\u2019s assessment that now contains a transmission component. The OATT process is to\n ensure reliability to both the IID system and your facilities in a manner that is fair and nondiscriminatory to other users of\n the IID system. In our prior discussion, IID made clear it is not subject to and would not allow direct access but that it\n would facilitate a network resource/network load scenario. That transactional scenario is governed by IID\u2019s OATT; your\n import to the system requires transmission service- also governed by the OATT. Further, IID analyzes all generators,\n even behind the meter resources, to ensure our base cases are accurate and have all scenarios identified and mitigated.\n There is no way to avoid the study process outlined in the tariff. In fact, your proposal references the OATT in a number\n of places; you acknowledge its importance and governance.\n\n\n\n IID is not attempting to impede your progress, but your project has gone through a number of iterations and it has not\n been formally analyzed in the current configuration you propose in your recent communication. IID has an obligation to\n your project (and all other projects) that seek interconnection to the system. You propose to have the project served from\n the high voltage system so the OATT does apply. There is no provision in the tariff that allows IID to provide preferential\n treatment to your project or any other project. To facilitate the proposal you submitted, IID would need to disregard higher\n queued projects and allow your project to be accelerated to the top of the queue. To do so could disrupt the plans of such\n higher queued projects that have initiated the process, which have made financial commitments and deposits and are\n following their own, tight development timelines. IID follows the federal standard interconnection process which provides\n for interconnections to utilities based on a queue process, and there is no precedent of which I am aware that allows IID\n to take the action you propose.\n\n\n\n All projects that seek interconnection have economic benefit to Imperial Valley and the IID has been and will continue to\n be supportive of them; what we cannot do is circumvent the tariff process and subject IID \u2013 and your project \u2013 to\n challenge. Your suggestion that there is some unstated reason why we do not support your project is without basis and\n not well received. IID has an obligation to serve all of its customers in a fair and non-discriminatory manner. We are\n merely asking that you follow the process that all other developers are required to follow to achieve commercial\n operation. The process requires more than a feasibility assessment; it requires an analysis of system impacts and\n identification of necessary mitigations.\n\n\n\n Staff are available to meet with you to finalize your project\u2019s technical parameters and perform the necessary studies.\n\n\n\n Regards,\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1846243506973517592&simpl=msg-f:1846243506973517592 1/2\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 2:21 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.378\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 126 of 132\n Jamie L. Asbury\n General Manager\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 E Barioni Blvd, Imperial CA 92251\n (760) 339-9477 | email: jlasbury@IID.com\n Mobile (760) 791-7471\n\n\n\n The foregoing electronic message, together with any a\u01a9achments thereto, is confiden\u019fal and may be legally privileged against disclosure other than to the\n intended recipient. It is intended solely for the addressee(s) and access to the message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of\n this electronic message, you are hereby no\u019ffied that any dissemina\u019fon, distribu\u019fon, or any ac\u019fon taken or omi\u01a9ed to be taken in reliance on it is strictly\n prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic message in error, please delete and immediately no\u019ffy the sender of this error.\n\n From: Sebastian Rucci \n Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 10:57 AM\n To: Asbury, Jamie \n Cc: Smelser, Matthew H ; Rodriguez, Paul ; Hamilton, Timothy L\n ; Gutierrez, Noe R ; Ambriz, Jose-Said ; Martinez,\n Jesus ; Garcia, Matthew ; Sampedro, Daniel ; Olivo,\n Lauren ; Carl Stills ; Tom DuBose ; Holbrook,\n Geoffrey ; wstrumpfer@gmail.com\n Subject: Re: Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n\n\n\n\n [CAUTION] This email originated from outside of the IID. Do not reply, click on any links or open any attachments\n unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.\n\n\n Dear Mrs. Asbury,\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n Jamie L. Asbury\n General Manager\n IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT\n 333 E Barioni Blvd, Imperial CA 92251\n (760) 339-9477 | email: jlasbury@IID.com\n Mobile (760) 791-7471\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1846243506973517592&simpl=msg-f:1846243506973517592 2/2\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 2:15 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.379\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 127 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM\n To: \"Asbury, Jamie\" \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"Strumpfer, Wayne K\" , \"Dockstader, Gina Nicole\"\n , \"Cardenas, Alex\" , lapacheco@iid.com, Bari Bean\n \n\n Dear General Manager Asbury:\n\n This letter is submitted to clarify the procedural record of the Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC (\u201cIVCM\u201d) data\n center project, to correct several factual and procedural misstatements recently raised by you, and to request IID\u2019s prompt\n completion of its contractual obligations under the Open Access Transmission Tariff (\u201cOATT\u201d). The project has no\n transmission component and properly falls under Part III of the OATT (Large Load), not Part II (Generation\n Interconnection). IID\u2019s recent position represents a late-stage and unsupported deviation from over a year of technical and\n procedural consensus.\n\n 1. PROJECT SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY OF THE OATT\n\n The IVCM Data Center does not generate power for sale or transmission through IID\u2019s grid. The project consists of a load\n served by IID under Part III of the OATT, not generation subject to Part II. The OATT applies to transmission and network\n load service, not to backup generators that are not connected to the grid.\n\n In prior correspondence, IID staff, including Lauren Olivo, in her February 11, 2025, email at 1:27 p.m., explicitly\n confirmed that IID would \u201cremove references to the GIP as this project does not fall under the OATT.\u201d No IID employee,\n during more than a year of meetings and written exchanges, has ever indicated that the data center\u2019s backup generators\n required OATT review or interconnection procedures.\n\n 2. CHRONOLOGY OF IID STUDIES AND APPROVALS\n\n Feasibility Study: Following Power Engineers\u2019 Load Injection Memorandum confirming summer load capacity of 557.8\n MW on the 230 kV S-Line (Exhibit A), IVCM submitted its application for a feasibility study (Exhibit B). IVCM paid the\n $50,000 fee, IID executed the study agreement, and on May 22, 2025, IID issued its Feasibility Study Report confirming:\n \u201cNo thermal violations and no exceedances or deviations observed at any buses.\u201d (Exhibit C).\n\n System Impact Study (S-line): On June 3, 2025, IVCM submitted a completed System Impact Study application for a 250\n MW load on the 230 kV S-Line. IID executed the agreement and received the $50,000 fee. On July 25, 2025, IID issued\n its System Impact Study Report, concluding: \u201cNo thermal violations, no voltage exceedances or deviations at any\n monitored buses, and no transient stability violations observed under any simulated contingencies. Study results show\n that this project can be deemed feasible.\u201d (Exhibit D).\n\n System Impact Study (R-Line): On March 5, 2025, IVCM submitted a System Impact Study application for an 80 MW data\n center on the 92 kV R-Line (Exhibit E). IID received the $50,000 fee and executed the study agreement. On September\n 23, 2025, IID\u2019s System Impact Study Report concluded: \u201cThe Project can be deemed feasible with some transmission\n infrastructure upgrades at the new IVCM substation: one static var device rated 75 MVAR, configured in three switching\n blocks of 25 MVAR each, for reactive power support and voltage stability.\u201d (Exhibit F).\n\n Facility Study: On July 31, 2025, IID confirmed via email that the System Impact Study was approved and that IID would\n proceed to perform the Facility Study for the 250 MW data center, estimating six weeks for completion. IID further stated\n that the remaining $38,876 from the SIS budget would cover the facility study. IID executed the Facility Study Agreement\n on August 6, 2025 (Exhibit G). This communication and subsequent agreement formally initiated the Facility Study phase,\n consistent with OATT \u00a719.4.\n\n 3. BACKUP GENERATORS \u2013 FULLY DISCLOSED AND NOT SUBJECT TO OATT\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r-7120809803704558544&simpl=msg-a:r-71208098037045\u2026 1/3\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 2:15 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.380\n Load from CAISO Page\n Wholesale Market\n 128 of 132\n IID\u2019s recent claim that the backup generators were \u201ca surprise\u201d is demonstrably false. The approved System Impact Study\n Reports for both the S-Line and R-Line include graphics showing the backup generators and BESS as part of the project\n (Exhibit D, p. 6; Exhibit G, p. 6). The 16-page development plans repeatedly submitted to IID with our applications specify:\n \u201cBackup generators will operate only during emergency blackouts. The generators will not connect to the grid and will not\n export electricity. Their sole purpose is to support the data center,\u201d and that the \u201cBESS provides immediate support for\n short-term power disruptions. The BESS will not export electricity to the grid; its use is solely for the Data Center.\u201d (See\n Email on Jun 3, 2025 at 7:46 am to IID staff including Lauren Olivio).\n\n OATT regulates the use of the Transmission System, not unconnected load-side backup systems. Nowhere in the OATT\n is there authority requiring a transmission provider to conduct studies for non-connected, non-exporting backup\n generators. To the extent IID now claims otherwise, please provide a specific citation within the OATT authorizing studies\n of generators not interconnected to the IID system.\n\n If IID applies this position to IVCM, then all non-grid-connected backup generators within the District would be subject to\n identical studies and interconnection agreements. We are unaware of any such precedent, and selective enforcement\n would constitute discriminatory treatment in violation of the OATT, the Federal Power Act, and FERC precedent.\n\n 4. FACILITY STUDY DELAY AND DISPARATE TREATMENT\n\n Pursuant to OATT \u00a7 19.4 Facilities Study Procedures: \u201cIf a System Impact Study indicates that additions or upgrades to\n the Transmission System are needed to supply the Eligible Customer\u2019s service request, the Transmission Provider, within\n thirty (30) days of the completion of the System Impact Study, shall tender to the Eligible Customer a Facilities Study\n Agreement.\u201d\n\n OATT \u00a719.4 requires that, upon completion of the System Impact Study, a Facility Study Agreement be issued within 30\n days and completed within 60 days of execution. See OATT \u00a7 19.4 (\u201cUpon receipt of an executed Facilities Study\n Agreement, the Transmission Provider will use due diligence to complete the required Facilities Study within a sixty (60)\n day period.\u201d). On July 31, 2025, IID stated via email that the facility study would proceed and that IID estimated \u201ca time\n frame of 6 weeks to complete.\u201d IID executed the Facility Study Agreement on August 6, 2025 (Exhibit G).\n\n However, on September 4, 2025, IID\u2019s upper management instructed staff to prioritize six projects from Z-Global. This put\n everything else aside, including our 10 billion data center project, which had completed all required technical studies with\n each study demonstrating technical feasibility, with no system violations. Because upper management prioritized six\n projects, which we later concluded were associated with Z-Global. This directive contradicts IID\u2019s previous written\n commitment and constitutes unequal treatment among applicants.\n\n All IID studies for the data center confirmed feasibility, with no thermal, voltage, or stability violations. The subsequent\n delay, despite technical clearance, is inconsistent with the OATT\u2019s due diligence requirement and undermines confidence\n in IID\u2019s impartial administration of its tariff obligations.\n\n 5. IMPROPER 15-YEAR PREPAYMENT REQUIREMENT\n\n During the meeting of September 16, 2025, you said that IID could not provide power service unless IVCM prepaid for 15\n years of electricity. This demand has no basis under the OATT, which at Section \u00a711 mandates only \u201creasonable credit\n review procedures in accordance with standard commercial practices.\u201d Section 17.3 further provides that credit assurance\n for firm transmission service may include a deposit equivalent to one month\u2019s charge, not a multi-year prepayment. The\n 15-year demand is therefore unsupported, commercially unreasonable, and discriminatory under the OATT, FERC, and\n federal law.\n\n On August 22, 2025, IID\u2019s senior management canceled a meeting with the resource department. The email stated: \u201cIID\n management [Jamie Asbury] has requested to cancel the meeting today due to the need to have some internal\n conversations before being ready to talk about power supply.\u201d This further delayed this process. When combined with\n project reprioritization in favor of Z-Global, these actions collectively suggest non-neutral administration of IID\u2019s tariff\n obligations.\n\n 6. ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC INTEREST CONSIDERATIONS\n\n The IVCM Data Center represents a $10 billion investment that will generate over $22 million in annual net revenue to IID,\n directly benefitting IID\u2019s ratepayers\u201423.3% of whom live below the poverty line. Delaying or obstructing this project\n deprives the Imperial Valley of significant employment, technology investment, and economic uplift. The recent\n obstructions contradict IID\u2019s public mission and raise serious questions of governance and fairness.\n\n 7. REQUESTED ACTION AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS\n\n We respectfully request that IID:\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r-7120809803704558544&simpl=msg-a:r-71208098037045\u2026 2/3\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 2:15 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.381\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 129 of agreement\n (a) Finalize the Facility Study in accordance with the executed 132 (Exhibit G);\n (b) Issue a letter confirming IID\u2019s commitment to serve the data center load; and\n (c) Confirm that the OATT does not apply to non-grid-connected backup generation.\n\n If IID persists in applying novel or discriminatory requirements. In that case, IVCM will exercise its rights under OATT\n \u00a712.3 to initiate binding arbitration before a neutral arbitrator and will consider appropriate actions before FERC under the\n Federal Power Act and other applicable laws, including those governing antitrust and civil racketeering remedies.\n\n We are ready to meet with the IID staff at any time to finish this process. However, further deviation from the OATT,\n established precedent, and IID\u2019s prior commitments will leave us no choice but to seek relief to protect our contractual and\n statutory rights.\n\n Sincerely,\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n 7 attachments\n Ex. A Load Injection Memo by Power Engineer (12-04-24).pdf\n 1238K\n Ex. B Application for Sensitivity for Data Center #1 (4-15-25)2.pdf\n 3405K\n Ex. C. IID Feasibility Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (5-22-25).pdf\n 1154K\n Ex. D System Impact Study Report by IID for Data Center #1 (7-25-25).pdf\n 1908K\n Ex. E Application for System Impact Study for Data Center #2 (3-05-25).pdf\n 1987K\n Ex. F System Impact Suty Report by IID for Data Center #2 (9-23-25).pdf\n 1088K\n Ex. G Facilities Study Agreement (9-03-25).pdf\n 309K\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r-7120809803704558544&simpl=msg-a:r-71208098037045\u2026 3/3\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 3:43 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.382\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 130 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Asbury, Jamie Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM\n To: Sebastian Rucci \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"Strumpfer, Wayne K\" , \"Dockstader, Gina Nicole\"\n , \"Cardenas, Alex\" , \"Pacheco, Lewis A\" , Bari Bean\n \n\n\n Dear Mr. Rucci,\n\n Thank you for your recent communication and the additional assertions you have made, which we will review thoroughly.\n\n Your correspondence raises serious allegations against the district and its staff, as well as references to potential litigation\n or legal remedies. We note that you hold yourself out as legal counsel for IVCM in your signature line. As such, we\n request that all future communications be directed to the IID's General Counsel, Mr. Wayne Strumpfer.\n\n Please be advised that IID and its staff are represented by legal counsel, and as such, we respectfully request that until\n such time as these legal issues are resolved that you refrain from any further direct communication with IID staff.\n\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-f:1846267433665227457&simpl=msg-f:1846267433665227457 1/1\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 3:44 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.383\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 131 of 132\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Proposal for Temporary Supply of Load from CAISO Wholesale Market\n Sebastian Rucci Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM\n To: \"Asbury, Jamie\" \n Cc: \"Smelser, Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\"\n , \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , \"Martinez,\n Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\" , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Olivo,\n Lauren\" , Carl Stills , Tom DuBose , \"Holbrook,\n Geoffrey\" , \"Strumpfer, Wayne K\" , \"Dockstader, Gina Nicole\"\n , \"Cardenas, Alex\" , \"Pacheco, Lewis A\" , Bari Bean\n \n\n Dear General Manager Asbury:\n\n This letter responds to your recent email asserting that IVCM\u2019s statement of intent to exercise its rights under OATT \u00a712.3\n somehow precludes us from communicating with IID staff. Respectfully, that interpretation is inconsistent with both the\n OATT and the First Amendment, and directly obstructs the ongoing development of a $10 billion data center project that\n has otherwise satisfied every technical and procedural requirement before IID.\n\n I. Exercise of Rights Under the OATT Does Not Suspend Communication\n\n Our prior email stated: \u201cIf IID persists in applying novel or discriminatory requirements, IVCM will exercise its rights under\n OATT \u00a712.3 to initiate binding arbitration before a neutral arbitrator, and will consider appropriate actions before FERC\n under the Federal Power Act and other applicable laws, including those governing antitrust and civil RICO remedies.\u201d\n\n That statement is a lawful and protected notice of our intent to utilize dispute-resolution mechanisms expressly provided\n under the OATT, not a termination of dialogue. The OATT\u2019s \u00a712.1 (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures) and \u00a712.2\n (External Arbitration Procedures) specifically exist to resolve disagreements while allowing the applicant to continue\n working with staff in good faith.\n\n Your unilateral decision to prohibit communication between IVCM and IID staff deprives us of the process guaranteed by\n the OATT and prevents us from advancing our project -- effectively using administrative authority to retaliate against a\n protected assertion of contractual and statutory rights.\n\n II. Denial of Access Constitutes Retaliation and Procedural Violation\n\n Your directive obstructs a live project and represents government retaliation for protected speech. IID is a public agency,\n and we have a First Amendment right to petition our government regarding grievances, including the right to assert our\n intent to seek remedies before FERC, federal, or state courts.\n\n If IID genuinely believes it possesses the authority to bar communication with its staff, it should seek a judicial injunction\n to that effect. Absent such an order, the IID has no legal or moral basis to obstruct our project or deny communication with\n engineering and planning personnel carrying out the IID\u2019s technical obligations.\n\n III. Public Interest and Harm to the Community\n\n Your actions have direct and measurable consequences for the Imperial Valley. This project represents a $10 billion\n investment and will generate over $22 million in annual net revenue for IID, significantly benefiting ratepayers--23.3% of\n whom live below the poverty line. It will create high-quality technical employment and long-term infrastructure for the\n region. Your actions also impact IID's ratepayers from the potential $22 million in net annual revenue that IID would\n receive for providing power to our project.\n\n Delaying or obstructing the project for reasons inconsistent with the OATT constitutes not just a contractual violation but a\n public harm--a deprivation of opportunity and economic growth for a county already suffering from elevated\n unemployment and systemic underinvestment.\n\n IV. Notice of Intent to Protect Project Rights\n\n We reiterate that IVCM will continue to assert its rights through all appropriate forums, including arbitration under OATT\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r1644830356451047017&simpl=msg-a:r164483035645104\u2026 1/2\n\f Case\n10/17/25, 3:44 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail - Proposal for 1-43 Filed of01/09/26\n Temporary Supply PageID.384\n Load from CAISO Wholesale Market Page\n 132 of in132\n \u00a712.3, administrative proceedings before FERC, and litigation federal and state courts if necessary.\n\n Your recent communications make clear that IID\u2019s conduct is not inadvertent but deliberate. As the law recognizes, \u201cEven\n a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.\u201d This is no administrative stumble--it is a\n deliberate obstruction of a permitted and economically transformative project.\n\n We will, therefore, continue to copy IID\u2019s General Counsel on all future correspondence and communications. Should you\n persist in preventing staff from fulfilling their technical responsibilities, we will seek judicial relief, including injunctive relief\n to restore lawful access and process. We also intend to inform the public and media of the material economic harm being\n inflicted upon the Valley\u2019s residents through these actions.\n\n V. Requested Action\n\n As previously stated, we respectfully request that IID:\n 1. Finalize the Facility Study in accordance with the executed agreement;\n 2. Issue a letter confirming IID\u2019s commitment to serve the data center load; and\n 3. Confirm in writing that the OATT does not apply to non-grid-connected backup generation.\n\n We remain ready and willing to meet with IID staff immediately to resolve these matters professionally and transparently.\n We are also available to meet with IID\u2019s general counsel and seek a resolution of the issues we have identified in our\n recent emails.\n\n Sincerely,\n\n Sebastian Rucci\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n Law Office of Sebastian Rucci, P.C.\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Email: Sebastian@RucciLaw.com\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r1644830356451047017&simpl=msg-a:r164483035645104\u2026 2/2\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:35:00.327616-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":43,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111112","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 42","acms_document_guid":""},{"resource_uri":"https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/recap-documents/464739457/","id":464739457,"tags":[],"absolute_url":"/docket/72127384/1/44/imperial-valley-computer-manufacturing-llc-v-city-of-imperial/","date_created":"2026-01-10T23:19:12.080799-08:00","date_modified":"2026-01-14T02:35:19.444697-08:00","sha1":"98189e85f6a1b7ecbab800f2342dcfb43565011d","page_count":2,"file_size":185169,"filepath_local":"recap/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.44.pdf","filepath_ia":"https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.casd.839861/gov.uscourts.casd.839861.1.44.pdf","ia_upload_failure_count":null,"thumbnail":null,"thumbnail_status":0,"plain_text":"Case 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document 1-44 Filed 01/09/26 PageID.385 Page 1\n of 2\n\n\n\n\n EXHIBIT 43\n Email to IID Board\n Arbitration Withdrawn and Case\n Close (10-22-25)\n\f Case\n10/22/25, 2:09 PM 3:26-cv-00128-JLS-BJW Document\n Rucci Law Mail 1-44 Filed\n - Initiation of ARBITRATION 01/09/26\n Under PageID.386\n IID\u2019s Open Access Transmission Tariff Page 2\n of 2\n\n Sebastian Rucci \n\n\n\n Initiation of ARBITRATION Under IID\u2019s Open Access Transmission Tariff\n Sebastian Rucci Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM\n To: \"Strumpfer, Wayne K\" , \"Cardenas, Alex\" , \"Dockstader, Gina Nicole\"\n , \"Pacheco, Lewis A\" , kseugenio@iid.com, jbhamby@iid.com, Jamie Asbury\n \n Cc: jesusescobar@co.imperial.ca.us, ryankelley@co.imperial.ca.us, Bari Bean , \"Smelser,\n Matthew H\" , \"Rodriguez, Paul\" , \"Hamilton, Timothy L\" ,\n \"Gutierrez, Noe R\" , \"Martinez, Jesus\" , \"Garcia, Matthew\"\n , \"Sampedro, Daniel\" , \"Ambriz, Jose-Said\" , Tom DuBose\n , Carl Stills , Gary Messina \n\n Good Afternoon, IID Chairwoman Dockstader, Board Members, and General Manager Asbury,\n\n We wanted to let you know that our efforts to initiate arbitration were solely to make sure that our pending facility and\n sensitivity studies were processed in accordance with IID regulations. We have no interest in imposing unnecessary legal\n expenses or strain on IID. As a gesture of good faith, we have formally withdrawn our request for arbitration, and the case\n is now closed (see attached). We have also officially withdrawn our public records request that we submitted on\n Monday. Litigation is not the path required to advance our transformative data center project that offers many substantial\n benefits to IID and its ratepayers. We are grateful for your continued cooperation in moving the data center to reality.\n Thank you.\n\n Warm regards,\n\n Sebastian\n Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC\n 16400 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 212\n Huntington Beach, CA 92649\n Office: (562) 901-0199\n Cell: (330) 720-0398\n Fax: (562) 249-6910\n Website: ImperialDataCenter.com\n\n On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM Sebastian Rucci wrote:\n [Quoted text hidden]\n\n\n 11. Email from AAA - Case Closed (10-22-25).pdf\n 316K\n\n\n\n\nhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ik=f0edb02d47&view=pt&search=all&permmsgid=msg-a:r4327295351634652778&simpl=msg-a:r432729535163465\u2026 1/1\n\f","ocr_status":1,"date_upload":"2026-01-10T23:52:52.295672-08:00","document_number":"1","attachment_number":44,"pacer_doc_id":"037022111114","is_available":true,"is_free_on_pacer":null,"is_sealed":null,"document_type":2,"description":"Exhibit 43","acms_document_guid":""}],"date_created":"2026-01-09T14:53:16.145141-08:00","date_modified":"2026-06-29T18:54:25.865236-07:00","date_filed":"2026-01-09","time_filed":"13:49:00","entry_number":1,"recap_sequence_number":"2026-01-09.001","pacer_sequence_number":10,"description":"COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against Katherine Burnsworth, City of Imperial, Othon Mora, Dennis Morita, Katie Turner ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ACASDC-20653431.), filed by Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4, # 6 Exhibit 5, # 7 Exhibit 6, # 8 Exhibit 7, # 9 Exhibit 8, # 10 Exhibit 9, # 11 Exhibit 10, # 12 Exhibit 11, # 13 Exhibit 12, # 14 Exhibit 13, # 15 Exhibit 14, # 16 Exhibit 15, # 17 Exhibit 16, # 18 Exhibit 17, # 19 Exhibit 18, # 20 Exhibit 19, # 21 Exhibit 20, # 22 Exhibit 21, # 23 Exhibit 22, # 24 Exhibit 23, # 25 Exhibit 24, # 26 Exhibit 25, # 27 Exhibit 26, # 28 Exhibit 27, # 29 Exhibit 28, # 30 Exhibit 29, # 31 Exhibit 30, # 32 Exhibit 31, # 33 Exhibit 32, # 34 Exhibit 33, # 35 Exhibit 34, # 36 Exhibit 35, # 37 Exhibit 36, # 38 Exhibit 37, # 39 Exhibit 38, # 40 Exhibit 39, # 41 Exhibit 40, # 42 Exhibit 41, # 43 Exhibit 42, # 44 Exhibit 43)The new case number is 3:26-cv-128-JLS-BJW. Judge Janis L. Sammartino and Magistrate Judge Brian J. White are assigned to the case. 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