The Orange County Register · Apr 12, 2017
State regulators approve Long Beach, Huntington Beach power plants
Looking northwest at the AES Huntington Beach power generating facility in Huntington Beach, on Thursday, January 12, 2017. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Energy company AES won permission Wednesday to build a pair of replacement natural gas-fired power plants in Long Beach and Huntington Beach.
California Energy Commissioners approved the company’s plans, which include construction of a 1,040-megawatt plant called the Alamitos Energy Center near Long Beach’s eastern boundary, on the bank of the San Gabriel River.