Vistra’s Moss Landing battery storage facility caught fire on Jan. 16 prompting the evacuation of about 1,200 people. The massive lithium battery fire at Moss Landing confirmed the worst fears of many ...

In the wake of the fire at Moss Landing, the Morro Bay City Council took a step to push back on any plans to build a similar battery plant on its waterfront. The Morro Bay City Council voted ...

The Moss Landing battery plant fire has sparked concerns that Morro Bay isn’t the right place for a similar facility. On Monday, one California State Assembly member echoed the calls of those ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Vistra, which is proposing the Battery Energy ...

As a fire erupted at the Moss Landing battery plant Thursday night, forcing evacuations and sending a pillar of smoke over Monterey County, Morro Bay residents watched the news and worried what a ...

Morro Bay's city council on Tuesday unanimously adopted an ordinance that temporarily prohibits certain battery-energy storage facilities within city limits. The council voted 5-0 in favor of the ...

MORRO BAY, Calif. – Earlier this month, Texas-based Vistra Energy withdrew a 2020 proposal to reuse part of the retired Morro Bay Power Plant at 1290 Embarcadero to create a battery energy storage ...

MOSS LANDING – Legislation that was created in response to fire breaking out in 2022 at the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System facility at Moss Landing was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom over ...

The massive lithium battery fire at Moss Landing confirmed the worst fears of many Californians — including the many Morro Bay residents who have been fighting for years to stop a similar project ...