The fire at Moss Landing is holding its charge

The fire at Moss Landing is holding its charge With help from Blanca Begert and Tyler Katzenberger Democrats are diverging on how to prevent another fire like the one at Moss Landing. | KSBW via AP FRIENDLY FIRE: A California Democrat is using the playbook she developed against oil and gas drilling on one of her party’s own darlings — the energy storage industry. Laird said he’s considering follow-up legislation to his SB 38, a 2023 law requiring battery energy storage facilities to develop emergency plans, but said Addis’ proposal goes too far too soon. But Scott Murtishaw, executive director of the trade group California Energy Storage Alliance, of which Vistra is a member, said he’s working with the California Public Utilities Commission to come up with a list of older facilities to inspect and potentially update He said he wants to see California adopt the latest international fire safety codes for battery storage facilities instead of limiting where batteries can be placed. FEMA’s National Advisory Council dismissed its 40 members in line with a Jan. 20 memo from the Department of Homeland Security cleaning house on all advisory committees in order to “prioritize our national security.” The NAC had recently issued a slate of recommendations, including encouraging property insurers to incentivize climate-resilient infrastructure, issuing more preemptive emergency declarations for climate-driven events, and educating agency staff on “victim-centered trauma-informed training.” One of the former committee members, UC Irvine assistant professor of environmental policy and urban planning Michael Mendez, said he would be taking his talents back to California.