National Electrical Manufacturers Assoc. v. CA Energy Commission
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL No. 2:19-cv-02504-KJM-DB MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER
v. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 On December 13, 2019, plaintiffs National Electrical Manufacturers Association 20 (“NEMA”) and American Lighting Association (“ALA”) filed a complaint against the California 21 Energy Commission (“CEC”) and its Chairman and Commissioner in their official capacities; 22 plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief challenging CEC’s application of a 45-lumens- 23 per-watt energy conservation standard to five types of general service lamps (“GSLs”) with new 24 definitions of GSLs taking effect January 1, 2020. Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1. On December 20, 25 2019, plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order requesting an order to show cause 26 as to why a preliminary injunction should not be granted. Mot. at 1, ECF No. 11. Defendants 27 filed an opposition to the motion for a…