Oakland, Calif. (June 5, 2019) – The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) board of directors on June 5 approved a contract with Vistra Energy to receive resource adequacy capacity from a 20-megawatt (MW)/80-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage project that is currently. .
Oakland, Calif. (June 5, 2019) – The East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) board of directors on June 5 approved a contract with Vistra Energy to receive resource adequacy capacity from a 20-megawatt (MW)/80-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage project that is currently. .
ON APRIL 4, 2025, VISTRA SENT THE CITY A LETTER WITHDRAWING ITS APPLICATION FOR CITY ENTITLEMENTS TO CONSTRUCT A BESS FACILITY AT THE FORMER POWER PLANT PROPERTY IN MORRO BAY. The City cannot attest to the accuracy of this analysis and will hire a land use economics consulting firm to peer review. .
An artist’s conception of the proposed battery storage project, formerly the site of the power plant’s tank farm. Image courtesy of Vistra Corp. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By some criteria. .
Plans to transform the Morro Bay Power Plant property into a massive battery storage facility are in peril with the California Coastal Commission now critical of the project. Vistra, a Texas-based energy company, has plans to construct and operate a 600-megawatt battery storage facility on. .
Thank you for your continued service to the community and your engagement with Vistra Corp. regarding our proposal to reinvest at the retired Morro Bay Power Plant site. In 2020, we filed a development application that proposed to reuse a small portion of the site, adjacent to critical transmission. .
– A California lawmaker is calling for an end to the Morro Bay battery energy project following a fire at a lithium battery storage facility in Moss Landing, operated by Texas-based Vistra Energy. The City of Morro Bay has been collaborating with Vistra since 2020 on a proposal to transform the. .
The proposal to transform the historic Morro Bay power plant into a cutting-edge clean energy storage facility has been paused. This decision has stemmed from concerns voiced by the local community, environmental groups, and regulatory bodies about the potential impacts of the project. Residents in.
