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The Morro Bay (former Dynegy) power plant , previously owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.(PG&E), Duke Energy, and LSPower (PG&E), has played a large role in Morro Bay, and in providing electricity to the Central Coast and the Central Valley of California (primarily Fresno and Bakersfield). Due to its large tall smokestacks, it is sometimes referred to or known to locals as "Three Fingers". The plant was built in the 1950s, and Dynegy had hoped to modernize it with a new combined cycle plant.
The modernization proposal was rejected, and the plant closed in February 2014. Continued operation would have required expensive upgrades by 2015. The 650-megawatt plant operated around the clock during the energy crisis of 2000, but the plant had been operating at just one-sixth of that capacity in the recent years preceding its closure.
Morro Bay is a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County, California.
The Morro Bay (former Dynegy) power plant , previously owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co.(PG&E), Duke Energy, and LSPower (PG&E), has played a large role in Morro Bay, and in providing electricity to the Central Coast and the Central Valley of California (primarily Fresno and Bakersfield). Due to its large tall smokestacks, it is sometimes referred to or known to locals as "Three Fingers". The plant was built in the 1950s, and Dynegy had hoped to modernize it with a new combined cycle plant.
The modernization proposal was rejected, and the plant closed in February 2014. Continued operation would have required expensive upgrades by 2015. The 650-megawatt plant operated around the clock during the energy crisis of 2000, but the plant had been operating at just one-sixth of that capacity in the recent years preceding its closure.
Morro Bay is a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County, California.