Aes Redondo Beach Generating Station

The transaction documents also allow the option for the power plant to operate to support electric.

Aes redondo beach generating station. The sale includes provisions for up to 25 acres of open space and it provides the city of redondo beach with an option to purchase up to 15 acres in the future. At that time aes southland purchased the alamitos huntington beach and redondo beach generating facilities. The property is the site of the aes redondo beach power plant located at 1100 north harbor drive in redondo beach california. The aes redondo generation station was one of four ocean cooled power plants granted operating extensions by the california state water resources control board at the water.

By year s end redondo beach hopes that it will finally be able to turn out the lights on the aes redondo generating station which has stood off the water s edge intermittently belching black smoke for more than a century. The current aes redondo beach generating station which was built in the 1950s uses seawater to cool the superheated steam that spins the turbines to generate electricity a cooling method that california has now banned. The current aes redondo beach generating station must be retired rebuilt retrofitted or receive a special exemption to continue operating past 2020 due to a ban on once through cooling where. The power plant was built between 1958 and 1967.

Power lines carry electricity from the aes gas fired plant in redondo beach toward a substation several miles inland by the 405 freeway. Mel melcon los angeles times. They just need help from state regulators. It was owned and operated by southern california edison until 1998 when the electric industry was restructured and southern california edison sold most of its generating facilities.

At that time aes southland purchased the alamitos huntington beach and redondo beach generating facilities. Despite the efforts of elected officials and nearby residents a power plant will continue to operate off the water s edge in redondo beach until at least the end of 2021 and possibly beyond. Rbgs currently operates 4 steam generating units units 5 8 on approximately x acres in the city of redondo beach los angeles county owned and operated by aes redondo beach llc. The power plant would have to be rebuilt retrofitted or retired by 2020.