Our district has been heavily impacted by the recent storms that have caused flooding, mudslides, and additional destruction. I'm proud to say our community has come together in this unprecedented time to aid those in need, in conjunction with our state and federal partners.
MORRO BAY—Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced the Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act (AB 303) to improve safety standards and restore local oversight for energy storage facilities in California.
MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) -- A new bill has been introduced to put up stronger safeguards and protections for future battery storage facilities.
The Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act, or AB 303, was introduced by Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) alongside Monterey County District 2 Supervisor Glenn Church. The bill is aimed at finding reasonable requirements for future locations on where to create battery facilites alongwith solutions on how to prevent similiar fires.
Assemblymember Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, and Monterey County District 2 Supervisor Glenn Church held a press conference in Moss Landing today, Jan. 23 with a twofold purpose: for Addis to talk about a bill she introduced Jan. 22, and for Church to give an update from the county's perspective.
Addis spoke first in front of the small gaggle of reporters and residents in attendance, and started by saying she'd just returned from a special legislative session in Sacramento to approve $2.5 billion of aid to go toward responding to the aftermath of the devastating fires in L.A. County earlier this month.
Assemblymember Addis held a press conference near the Vistra Energy fire site at the Moss Landing Power Plant to present the Battery Energy Safety & Accountability Act to prevent future energy storage fires.
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) today urged the California Public Utilities Commission to conduct an independent investigation on the fire at the Vistra Battery Energy Storage System at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County.
MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Assemblymember Dawn Addis of District 30, representing Monterey County, calls for accountability and transparency following the Moss Landing fire.
"You know, look, Vistra and all of their vendors have, massive data sets that they are analyzing right now on that. They're going to be analyzing. We need full transparency on that data," Addis said.
MORRO BAY— Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) issued the following statement on the proposed battery energy storage facility at the Morro Bay Power Plant, following the news of the fire at battery storage facility at Moss Landing:
MONTEREY — Today, Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) met with first responders, local and state leaders, emergency management, and public safety officials in Monterey County, following the news of the Moss Landing Power Plant fire:
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) issued the following statement following the news of the fire at the Moss Landing energy storage facility:
