MOSS LANDING – Vistra officials say the clean-up process is likely to take more than a year following the Jan. 16 fire at Moss landing Battery Plant. During the Monterey County Briefing ...

A fire reignited at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Tuesday evening, weeks after a previous blaze forced evacuations in Monterey County. At 6:30 p.m., the North County Fire Protection District and ...

A spokesperson for PG&E told KRON4, “The fire at the Vistra Moss Landing power plant on January 16, 2025, was not a PG&E incident. PG&E is committed to providing safe, clean, and reliable energy ...

Opponents of the local battery storage project say the Jan. 16 fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing Power Plant ‒ one of the world’s largest battery storage sites ‒ should be a warning of ...

The fire erupted around 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant. The facility is a natural gas-powered electricity generation plant operated by Texas-based Vistra Energy.

Monterey supervisor: Moss Landing battery plant fire a ‘wake-up’ call for industry Fire is out at site, small pockets of heat at facility being monitored, EPA concludes air monitoring ...

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — The sight of the Moss Landing battery storage facility was originally opened in 1950 as a power plant. It was one of the largest power plants on the West Coast at the time.

For decades, Moss Landing’s horizon has been dominated by two towering smoke stacks rising above the power plant. Pacific Gas & Electric built the plant in 1950 and sold it in 2006.

The fire at the site of the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility and Power Plant ignited Thursday afternoon. The blaze prompted the closure of HIghway 1, evacuation orders and school closures in ...

Evacuations were lifted at about 6 p.m. Friday night. Bruce Thomas, who lives on a boat in Moss Landing, declined to evacuate but said the fire has made him reconsider living near the power plant.

It plays a critical role in stabilizing California’s energy grid, the company said. The Moss Landing Power Plant, about 77 miles south of San Francisco, houses tens of thousands of lithium ...