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County supervisors move toward progress after catastrophic battery fire.
Local Spin | Opinion

County supervisors move toward progress after catastrophic battery fire.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Nov 20, 2025

Ten months after a catastrophic battery fire consumed the entirety of the battery energy storage system (BESS) at Vistra’s Moss 300 facility, …

Monitoring continues at Parkfield battery storage facility after fire is extinguished.
News

Monitoring continues at Parkfield battery storage facility after fire is extinguished.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Sep 2, 2025

The Aug. 30 fire at the California Flats Energy Storage Project in a solar farm near Parkfield in southern Monterey County was extinguished wi…

PG&E's Elkhorn battery facility in Moss Landing to go back online by June 1.
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PG&E's Elkhorn battery facility in Moss Landing to go back online by June 1.

  • David Schmalz
  • May 8, 2025

In a May 7 letter to county Supervisor Chris Lopez, chair of the Board of Supervisors, PG&E announced it plans to bring its 182.5-megawatt…

With new hybrid engines coming, the weekend’s IndyCar race is a farewell to old ways.
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With new hybrid engines coming, the weekend’s IndyCar race is a farewell to old ways.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jun 20, 2024

When the checkered flag waves on Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, it will mark the end of an era – although it’s unlikely to draw mo…

Batteries are part of the new world of renewable energy, fires and all.
Local Spin | Opinion

Batteries are part of the new world of renewable energy, fires and all.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 22, 2022

Mother’s Day this year was on a beautiful day, breezy and sunny. And those conditions helped make Sunday, May 8 a historic day for California:…

Even after two shutdowns, Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant expects to nearly double.
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Even after two shutdowns, Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant expects to nearly double.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Mar 3, 2022

The investigation into what caused Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility to smoke up on Super Bowl Sunday is still underway. As …

The world’s largest battery facility has gone dormant in Moss Landing, with no timetable on return.
News

The world’s largest battery facility has gone dormant in Moss Landing, with no timetable on return.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Sep 16, 2021

When North County Fire District Chief Joel Mendoza received the call around 8pm on Saturday, Sept. 4 about a structure fire inside the Vistra …

Public power purchaser 3CE is in negotiation for local solar and energy storage projects.
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Public power purchaser 3CE is in negotiation for local solar and energy storage projects.

  • Christopher Neely
  • Apr 22, 2021

In an effort to continue reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Central Coast Community Energy, or 3CE, has shortlisted seven clean energy project…

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