In December 2020, Vistra submitted to the City of Morro Bay an application for a permit to build a battery energy storage system (BESS). The proposed BESS project would be located on an approximately 24-acre portion of the 107-acre Morro Bay Power Plant site, which is private land owned by Vistra. The power plant was closed in 2014 and the BESS would be in the area previously known as the tank farm.The proposed project consists of three components:
- Demolition and removal of the existing power plant building and three emission stacks
- Construction and operation of a 600-megawatt battery energy storage system on approximately 24 acres of the project site known as the former tank farm area
- Adoption of a Master Plan to guide potential development in the future on the old power plant site and surrounding area
You can find more information about the BESS project here: https://www.morro-bay.ca.us/842/Current-Planning-Projects
