Vistra's Moss Landing battery facility catches fire for second time in 18 months

The grid storage facility near Santa Cruz experienced another fire Friday, marking the second major incident since a catastrophic blaze in late 2022 damaged the same Vistra plant and raised safety concerns across the battery storage industr

First covered Sep 18, 2026 · 1:30 PM PT · 1 article

Vistra's Moss Landing battery facility catches fire for second time in 18 months — Image via canarymedia.com

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8d Canary Media Vistra’s Moss Landing grid battery is on fire yet again — It happened yet again. Another plume of smoke rose from Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant Friday morning, a year and a half after a catastrophic fire wrecked…

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