Since 2023, site developer EnerSmart Storage had not filed any new paperwork with the city, so the manager had little to report as the plans trundled towards a city council vote.

In her meetings with La Mesa’s city manager , Councilmember Laura Lothian asked about the proposed 18-megawatt battery storage facility at 8135 El Paso St.

It was a project opposed by most of the neighborhood that received sustained pushback, thanks in part to Lothian.

Since 2023, site developer EnerSmart Storage had not filed any new paperwork with the city, so the city manager had little to report as the plans trundled towards a city council vote.

On July 30, Lothian finally received an update – and it was the one she and many other La Mesa residents had been hoping for. EnerSmart Storage pulled the proposal

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