BBR launches campaign to de-power plant in Redondo Beach
Protesters called for the removal of the AES Power Plant last Friday along Pacific Coast Highway. Photo by Walt Hyneman The citizens group Building a Better Redondo last week launched an initiative effort aimed at rezoning the AES power plant site so that power generation would no longer be allowed beginning in 2020. The “slow growth” group intends to gather signatures and place an initiative on a municipal ballot that would give voters the option to eliminate power generation as an accepted use at the AES site. BBR launched its campaign last Wednesday with an informational meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and a rally along Pacific Coast Highway above the power plant on Friday. “We are girding up for another battle,” said BBR president Jim Light. “…The clock is ticking on the timeline for residents to act.” AES filed a plan with the State Water Control Resources Board in April signaling its intentions to rebuild its Redondo Beach plant. A state law passed last year requires power plants to almost entirely phase out the use of ocean water for cooling purposes by 2022. AES, which currently uses ocean water, filed an “implementation plan” to modernize its plant. The corporation…
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