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Morro Bay stacks coming down? Battery and wind power generation coming up

The old Morro Bay PG&E power plant is currently idle but plans are in the works to bring down the stacks and repurpose the plant for battery energy storage.
Tom Wilmer
The old Morro Bay PG&E power plant is currently idle but plans are in the works to bring down the stacks and repurpose the plant for battery energy storage.

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Morro Bay City Manager, Scott Collins.

Morro Bay city manager, Scott Collins.
Tom Wilmer
Morro Bay city manager, Scott Collins.

Collins shares insights about the latest plans to demolish the old PG&E power plant stacks, visions for offshore wind generation, repurposing the old power plant for use as battery storage and how the city is currently promoting Morro Bay tourism.

U.S. Coast Guard on training mission in Morro Bay Harbor
Tom Wilmer
U.S. Coast Guard on training mission in Morro Bay Harbor

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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