Redondo Beach Generating Station was one of several gas plants that was supposed to ditch so-called “once through cooling” by Dec. 31, 2020. Mayor Bill Brand points to a photo of the AES power plant site in Redondo Beach in 1908, when much of it was wetlands. They asked the state water board to please extend the shutdown deadline for Redondo Beach and three other Southern California gas plants. For now, gas plants do the bulk of the work keeping the lights on after sundown. This one gas plant will not make or break California’s climate goals, or the electric grid.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 01, 2021 13:02 UTC