Complete Coverage: AES Redondo Beach Power Plant and Measure A

The AES Redondo Beach power plant on North Harbor Drive in South Redondo Beach has been at the center of controversy for some time.

The current AES Redondo Beach plant must be retrofitted, retired, rebuilt or obtain special exemptions to continue operating beyond 2020 due to a new ban on once-through cooling, where ocean water is pumped into the plant to cool the superheated steam used to spin the turbines and generate electricity. Parent company AES Southland has indicated that it wishes to rebuild the plant and has submitted an application to do so with the CEC.

AES officials say the new plant will run more efficiently, have a smaller footprint and provide flexibility for the grid when energy from renewable resources isn't available.

Opponents, on the other hand, argue that the plant will continue to decrease property values and blight the waterfront, despite a $300 million revitalization effort. Additionally, they point to AES' application and say a new plant will run more often than the current one, and thus produce five to 15 times more particulate pollution.

Opponents of the plant also placed Measure A on the March 5, 2013 ballot. Measure A called for rezoning the land under the plant to a mixture of up to 40 percent institutional and commercial uses, with the remaining land designated parkland and open space. Power generation would no longer be an allowable use.

Measure A was defeated at the polls.

Complete coverage of AES Redondo Beach on Redondo Beach Patch:

• Council Will Not Oppose Expansion of AES Power Plant
• Dear AES: Here’s A Better Idea for Your Next 100 Years in Redondo Beach
• AES President: Redondo Site Not Ideal for Wind, Solar
• Op-Ed: Mr. Pendergraft, Tear Down This Power Plant
• Residents Rally Against AES
• Op-Ed: Setting the Record Straight About AES
• Group to AES: Tear Down Power Plant
• Op-Ed: No Need for Power Plant
• Op-Ed: AES Aims for Greener Future
• Letter: How to Fight Power Plant
• Op-Ed: AES Helps Keep Lights On
• Letter: Anti-Power Plant Rallies Inspire
• AES Defends Plans to Repower Plant
• Photos: Look Inside AES Redondo
• Letter: AES Emissions Endanger Kids
• Photos: 'No New Power Plant' Rally
• PTA Hears Power Plant Arguments
• Letter: Attend Power Plant Workshop
• AES Unveils Plans for New Power Plant
• Council 'Kills' AES Subcommittee
• Opposition to AES Power Plant Not New
• Letter: Attend Anti-Power Plant Rally
• Letter: Power Plant Emissions Unhealthy
• Letter: AES Pollution Would Render Sports Facilities Useless
• Letter: Power Plant Not Required
• Brand: Grassroots Effort Can Stop AES
• Letter: San Onofre—Not AES—Critical to Electrical Grid
• AES: New Power Plant Would Benefit Community
• Letter: AES Not Good for Community
• Didlo: 'Best Path Forward' Is to Rebuild Power Plant
• Letter: Attend Council Workshop on Power Plant
• BCHD Considers Stance on Power Plant
• Council to Host Power Plant Workshop
• Power Plant Workshop to Resume Tuesday
• Initiative Would Rezone Power Plant Land
• Council to Consider Resolution Opposing Power Plant
• Letter: Council Should Vote to Oppose Plant
• Letters: Councilman Should Recuse Himself From AES Issue
• Pendergraft: AES Redondo Essential to Plans for Renewable Power
• Brand: Power Plant Is South Bay Issue
• No Decision on Whether Council Will Oppose AES Repowering Application
• Letter: Power Plant a Major Polluter
• Mayor Gin Vetoes Advisory Vote
• Letter: Power Plant Shutdown Would Bring 'Brighter Future'
• Letter: AES Removal Would Benefit Entire City
• AES Redondo to Headline Council Meeting
• Council Takes No Action to Oppose Repowering AES Redondo Beach
• Letter: Hermosa Should Oppose New Power Plant
• Brand: AES Redondo Beach Must Go
• AES to File Repowering Application by September's End
• Power Plant Opponents to Submit Initiative Signatures
• No Power Plant Mailer Ignites Debate
• AES Delays Filing Application to Repower
• Letter: Still Time for City Council to Oppose New Power Plant
• Anti-Power Plant Initiative Qualifies for March Ballot
• Council Postpones Vote to Put Anti-Power Plant Initiative on Ballot
• Letter: AES Redondo Necessary for Community's Future
• Anti-Power Plant Initiative to Appear on March Ballot
• Parents Ask RBUSD to Oppose Power Plant
• AES Redondo Beach Files Application to Repower
• RBUSD to Consider Power Plant Position
• Letter: Pro-AES Chamber Flier Misleading
• School Board to Consider Resolution Opposing Power Plant
• Letter: RBUSD Must Oppose AES Plans to Repower
• Letter: If AES Is Gone, Where Will We Get Power?
• Top 10 Stories: AES Redondo Beach
• Sierra Club Endorses Measure A
• CEC Deems AES Application to Repower 'Data Inadequate'
• School Board Approves Power Plant Resolution
• Letter: School Board's Passage of Power Plant Resolution Applauded
• AES, NoPowerPlant.com Claim Victory With Passage of School Board Resolution
• LWV to Host Forum on Measure A
• Residents Hear Measure A Arguments
• Opinion: Don't Fear Measure A
• LWV Issues Statement on Measure A
• Big Bucks Spent in Measure A Contest
• Letter: AES 'Completely Exonerated' in Energy Crisis Probe
• Letter: Candidates Must State Position on AES' Application to Repower
• Council to Reconsider Anti-Power-Plant Resolution
• Council to Talk AES Redondo Beach at Meeting
• Council Unanimously Passes Anti-Power-Plant Resolution
• AES on Tonight's City Council Agenda
• City Council to Draft MOU Regarding AES Property
• Cal-ISO Publishes Summer Power Forecast
• CEC May Consider AES Application to Repower in July
• Council Votes to Oppose AES Redondo Beach Application for CEC
• AES Redondo Beach Application 'Data Adequate,' Says CEC
• Council's Opposition to AES Redondo Beach Moves Forward
• Waxman Asks CEC to Deny AES Application to Repower
• CEC to Conduct Hearing on AES Redondo Beach
• California Energy Commission Hosts Public Hearing
• Council to Consider Power Plant Moratorium
  
• Power Plant Moratorium to Be Considered Tonight