TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A new 380-acre battery storage and solar plant in Terra Bella is still in the early stages.
The facility on Highway 65 and Avenue 96 was approved back in the fall of 2019 and is expected to be completed sometime next year.
“One of the big why’s is a state mandate for renewable energy. So we’re trying to get away from fossil fuels power plants, nuclear natural gas, or Hydro. Those are the main sources of electricity that we all use every day in our household,” explains Michael Washam, the Associate Director of the Tulare County Resource Management Agency.
The Vistra Deer Creek project is by the same company that had a large fire at a battery and power storage facility in Monterey County last week.
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