Worst-case scenerio: County official calls for ‘independent investigation’ of Moss Landing battery fire
Supervisor Glenn Church and State Assemblymember Dawn Addis are. calling for the Vistra Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage ...
Huge Northern California lithium battery storage fire called "Three Mile Island" event for the emerging industry
The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern California has shaken a local ...
The Bay Area’s Pacific Palisades: This is one of the cities most at risk of urban firestorm
In 2019, when state lawmakers were grappling with the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California’s largest electrical utility, they needed an estimate of how much a worst-case-scenario ...
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240 PG&E workers in Southern California providing assistance for utility companies and CAL FIRE
Pacific Gas and Electric says their 240 person mutual-assistance effort is in support of customers of Southern California ...
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Moss Landing, the world’s biggest grid battery, just caught fire again
Vistra’s flagship energy storage project turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about ...
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New PSE rate changes approved by state regulators. Here’s how much you can expect to pay
Puget Sound Energy customers should expect their rates to go up this month after the state Utility and Transportation Commission approved rate increases on Jan. 15 for PSE’s electric ... gas and ...
What PSE’s newly increased rates mean for your budget
The Utility and Transportation Commission (UTC) approved new rate hikes, which will take effect over the next two years ...
Crashes and Disasters
MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a ...
Northern California lithium battery storage plant catches fire — and it’s not the first time
Then in September 2022, a fire broke out at the PG&E Elkhorn battery plant. Police closed Highway 1 for 12 hours. An ...
Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?
The dramatic fire at the the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, caused the evacuation of 1,200 people ...
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Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke
MOSS LANDING — Flames and smoke in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County ...