Morro Bay

A San Luis Obispo County park is one step closer to fruition. In the second phase of a three part plan, The Land Conservancy of SLO County acquired 750-acres stretching from Del Mar Park in Morro Bay through Alva Paul Canyon.

In an effort to block the building of three Costco-sized battery storage facilities in Morro Bay, council members voted to pause the city’s ability to process permits for the plants. The ordinance will be in effect the next two years.

A Central Coast school district is seeking to sell two of its campuses. The sites were shut down in 2002 due to budget reductions and declining enrollment.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week pausing offshore wind leasing and permitting in federal waters. The proposed Morro Bay wind energy project is located in waters affected by the ban.

A fire that erupted at a battery storage facility in Monterey County is heightening concerns from Central Coast representatives. The company that owns the Moss Landing facility is seeking state approval to build one in San Luis Obispo County.

One of the three companies involved in the Morro Bay Wind Energy project is hitting pause on surveying, a key initial step towards building wind turbines.

The potential environmental impact of floating wind turbines off the Central Coast is coming into sharper focus.

President Donald Trump has vowed to end the burgeoning off-shore wind power industry in the United States. That has major implications for the Central Coast, where three multi-billion-dollar wind farm projects are currently in the works.

It’s a new tactic in the city’s effort to stop a proposed battery facility on the site of a shuttered power plant.

A land use measure designed to block a proposed battery storage plant in Morro Bay looks like it will pass. Nearly 60% of Morro Bay voters supported Measure A24, according to the latest ballot count.