PG&E Seeks To Restart Elkhorn Battery Facility In Moss Landing In June

CBS Bay Area

May 13, 2025

Last week, PG&E informed Monterey County that it wants to reactivate its Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage Facility by June 1, but the county said that it is too soon.

The PG&E facility sits adjacent to the Vistra Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The Vistra facility caught fire Jan. 16 and sent a plume of smoke into the atmosphere, leading to the evacuation of up to 1,500 people.

It was the fourth fire at the joint facility in four years. In 2022, a fire occurred at PG&E's Elkhorn Facility, which contained 256 Tesla megapack batteries.

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