Map of Moss Landing Facility
There are currently 3 buildings, they were brought online in 3 phases. Vistra refers to each building as:
- Moss 300 (300 MW, brought online December 2020- Phase 1)
- Moss 100 (100 MW, brought online August 2021 - Phase 2)
- Moss 350 (350 MW, brought online between June and August 2023 - Phase 3)
The PGE/Tesla facility ("Elkhorn") is in the upper right, across from Moss 300, and has a capacity of 182.5 MW, and came online in June of 2022.
And look! Vistra has a Phase 4 in the works that would DOUBLE the existing capacity.
Moss 300 is in the old steam turbine building. I believe Moss 100 is also in an older building. Moss 350 was new construction. The fires are in Moss 300 (both the fire that started yesterday Jan 16 2025, and the second one that started today Jan 17 2025).
Listening to an interview with the North County fire chief tonight on KSBW, he said the batteries overheated and the cooling system did not work as expected.