AES to suspend new power plant pursuit, puts land on market
The AES power plant. Photo . The City of Redondo Beach and AES have reached an agreement to search for non-industrial uses for the city’s long-standing, long-contested, 50-acre power plant property, City Attorney Michael Webb announced at the November 3 meeting of the Redondo Beach City Council. According to Webb, AES has agreed, along with the City of Redondo Beach, to send a joint letter to the California Energy Commission, requesting that their application to build a new plant be suspended until August 1, 2016. A separate letter will also go to the South Coast Air Quality Management District to suspend work on the final determination of compliance in terms of air quality. AES will immediately begin to market the property for non-industrial uses. In the past, the power company has floated industrial uses, from a new power generating plant, to desalination and battery storage facilities, to replace its aging plant. “Basically, peace has broken out,” Webb said. “That doesn’t mean it’s lasting, but it’s an opportunity to have everyone work together, to have the property owner find something that is of value to them and for members of the public and council, through the task force…
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