Review of Power Plant Cooling System Ordered
A Monterey County judge has ordered state water officials to re-examine the cooling system at Duke Energy’s newly renovated Moss Landing power plant.
Judge Robert O’Farrell said state water officials failed to make a comprehensive review of cooling alternatives before allowing the power plant to cycle 1.2 billion gallons of seawater daily. Environmentalists say that process kills a substantial number of fish larvae and declared the decision a victory.
North Carolina-based Duke and state officials say other, pricier, alternatives were examined before Duke agreed to pay $7 million for an environmental enhancement program for the slough.
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