Moss Landing Battery Cleanup: 12,000 Removed; No Flare-Ups, EPA Says

Moss Landing battery cleanup: 12,000 removed; no flare-ups, EPA says

Nearly a year after a huge blaze lit up the former Moss Landing power plant, county supervisors got an update on efforts to remove damaged batteries from the Vistra battery energy storage facility.

A year after Moss Landing battery facility fire, cleanup continues as public distrust lingers

CLEANUP WORK CONTINUES at the Vistra Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage System facility nearly a year after a major fire forced the temporary evacuation of over a thousand residents. With a large lawsuit pending, many residents in the area are still looking for accountability, oversight and tighter safeguards against another fire. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors received an update Tuesday from the county’s director of emergency managem…

Progress continues in Vistra battery plant cleanup, supervisors are told.

Every week, an average of five to six truckloads of de-energized battery modules leave Vistra’s battery energy storage site in Moss Landing for recycling. Each truckload carries about 192 modules on 24 pallets, according to Monterey County Department of Emergency…