Outdated SoCal power units still needed to avoid outages, state says

The locations with old generators proposed for continued use after their scheduled 2020 shutdown dates are AES plants in Huntington Beach, Long Beach and Redondo Beach, and the NRG Ormond Beach operation in Oxnard. These plants’ old generators, which pipe in ocean water for cooling the units, have a mandated closures deadline of 2020 as a ...