Moss Landing battery fire: Newsom calls for investigation into massive blaze
Five days after a huge fire at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing, Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for an investigation into the blaze, which has jolted California’s renewable energy industry. … By a vote of 5-0, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors at an emergency meeting decided to ask Vistra, the company whose 750-megawatt facility burned, and PG&E, whose adjacent 182-megawatt facility did not, to cease operations until the causes of the fire at the renewable energy facility “have been determined and addressed.” … The vote came after a tense three-hour-long meeting at which dozens of residents of North Monterey County raised questions about health impacts to their families from the dramatic fire, possible lingering pollution in water and soil, how the facilities were given county permits to open, and how safety will be improved.