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CoopersDad

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1. I recently toured the Vistra side of the complex and had the safety features explained.

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:15 PM

Jan 2025

I didn’t even realize that they were also running dual combined cycle gas plants on the same site as what was the state’s largest power plant when it opened. 750 MW over three systems plus a smaller PG&E battery plant share the site. PG&E uses Tesla and Vistra uses LG.

I wonder if it was the indoor battery facility that went up or one of the outdoor units.

What a shame, this won’t improve the chances for another project planned for Morro Bay.

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Fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing prompts evacuation orders. [View all] hunter Jan 2025 OP

I recently toured the Vistra side of the complex and had the safety features explained. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #1

I won't be sad if the Morro Bay battery plant and associated offshore wind farm are canceled. hunter Jan 2025 #2

Help me understand how battery or other grid scale storage is good for the gas industry. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #3

It's actually very simple. The 2nd law of thermodynamics states definitively and inviolably that no matter... NNadir Jan 2025 #4

The use of these battery plants is being misrepresented. hunter Jan 2025 #5