California Moss Power In Flames.

by Niko Roswell

When you think the atmosphere in California can’t get any worse, the Moss Power Plant battery storage, south of San Francisco, goes up in flames AGAIN. The original structure was first built by the infamous utility PG&E, who committed the largest mass homicide by a corporation in 2018, so this all seems par for the course.

In 2022, the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System facility at Moss Landing went up in flames. Still, the clean energy mission continues as the California Public Utilities Commission turns a blind eye to its ability to code enforce its public utilities. This is all part of Gov. Newsom utilizing California’s infrastructure law to increase “clean” energy.

Undoubtedly, the residents surrounding the power plant will have strong feelings as they evacuate.

“doesn’t appear that the fire department had the appropriate fire retardants to minimize this fire and have to resort to actually letting it burn, exposing all of the residents, including Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, and this is extremely disturbing,” resident Silvia Morales

ELECTRIC GENERATION PERFORMANCE BRANCH CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SAFETY DIVISION CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION has historically found countless violations at Moss Landing. A few highlights are:

Finding 2.1 — The plant lacks an adequate flow-assisted corrosion program.

Finding 2.3 — The plant has neither detected early signs of failure nor prevented repeated failures of turbine blades.

Finding 2.4 — The plant has no records showing contractors or plant staff are certified and trained in hazardous waste and environmental emergency response.

Finding 2.6 — The plant is not up-to-date with emergency drills and response measures.

Finding 2.10 — The plant does not test motor insulation resistance at intervals prescribed in the plant’s predictive maintenance schedule.

Finding 2.11 — The plant has delayed the installation of recording equipment for security cameras.

“California is building more faster to make our communities cleaner and greener. With this project, we can deliver clean power to hundreds of thousands of homes and create good paying jobs.”

Governor Gavin Newsom

This is all part of Building California, a project with $190 Billion to address Climate Change, Equity, and Jobs.

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