PG&E plans to reopen lithium battery plant near Monterey County site burned in toxic fire

PG&E plans to reopen lithium battery plant near Monterey County site burned in toxic fire

Pacific Gas & Electric said it plans to soon reopen a battery facility in Moss Landing next to one that burned in January.

PG&E plans to reopen battery plant near site that burned in toxic fire

Four months after a massive fire ignited in Monterey County at one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities, Pacific Gas & Electric said it intends to reactivate an adjacent battery site by June to meet summer energy demands. The plan comes over the objections of county officials who requested that both facilities remain offline until the cause of the January fire in rural Moss Landing is determined. “I had hoped that PG&E w…