SCH Number 2022060083

Project Info

Title

Morro Bay Battery Energy Storage System Project

Description

The project includes three components (1) construction and operation of a 600-MW Battery Energy Storage System facility (BESS Facility), (2) demolition and removal of the existing Morro Bay Power Plant building and stacks, and (3) adoption of a Master Plan. The BESS Facility would be constructed on a 21-acre portion of the Project Site and would consist of three two-story buildings with a total building area of 91,000 sq ft. Infrastructure to support the BESS Facility would include power conversion systems, substations, and tie-ins to the existing Pacific Gas and Electric substation adjacent to the project site. The project also includes demolition and removal of the existing power plant building and stacks and backfill and restoration of the site. A Master Plan would be developed in accordance with the requirements of Plan Morro Bay Policy LU-5.4 which would apply to the entire Power Plant Property and would change the land use designation of the BESS Site from Visitor Serving Commercial to General (Light) Industrial and the zoning from Visitor Serving Commercial (VSC) to Industrial-General (IG).

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