Company: SREA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001032208-25-000065
Chunk: 93

Company: SEMPRA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 93
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2018 and 2021, three related claimants filed separate challenges in the federal district court in Ensenada, Baja California seeking revocation of the environmental and social impact permits issued by each of ASEA and SENER to ECA LNG authorizing natural gas liquefaction activities at the ECA Regas Facility, as follows:▪Pending - In the first case, the court issued a provisional injunction against the permits in September 2018. In December 2018, ASEA approved modifications to the environmental permit that facilitate the development of the proposed natural gas liquefaction facility in two phases. In May 2019, the court canceled the provisional injunction. The claimant appealed the court’s decision to cancel the injunction to the federal appellate court but was not successful. The lower court’s ruling was favorable to the ECA Regas Facility, as the court determined that no harm has been caused to the plaintiff and dismissed the lawsuit. The claimant appealed and petitioned the Mexican Supreme Court to resolve the appeal. The Mexican Supreme Court denied the petition to hear the case, thereby leaving the appeal to be resolved by a federal appellate court.▪Pending - In the second case, the initial request for a provisional injunction against the permits was denied. That decision was reversed on appeal in January 2020, resulting in the issuance of a new injunction against the permits that were issued by ASEA and SENER. This injunction has uncertain application absent clarification by the court. The claimants petitioned the court to rule that construction of natural gas liquefaction facilities violated the injunction and, in February 2022, the court ruled in favor of the ECA Regas Facility, holding that the natural gas liquefaction construction activities did not violate the injunction. The claimants appealed this ruling to the federal appellate court but were not successful. The lower court’s ruling was favorable to the ECA Regas Facility, as the court determined that no harm has been caused to the plaintiffs and dismissed the lawsuit. The claimants appealed and petitioned the Mexican Supreme Court to resolve the appeal. The Mexican Supreme Court denied the petition to hear the case, thereby leaving the appeal to be resolved by a federal appellate court.▪Pending - In the third case, a group of residents filed an administrative appeal in June 2021 against various federal and state authorities alleging deficiencies in the public consultation process for the issuance of the permits. The request for an administrative appeal was denied. The claimants appealed this ruling via a constitutional challenge (an amparo trial) but