Book Closed On Controversial Power Plant Proposal On South Coast; Project Is Dead

Artist's conception of the proposed Puente Power Plant project in Oxnard.
(NRG image)

It was already a done deal, but a state agency officially closed the book on a controversial proposal to build a new power plant on the South Coast.

NRG Energy wanted to build a new facility in Oxnard.

The plan created a firestorm of opposition among Oxnard residents and environmentalists, saying it was unfair that the community already had multiple facilities.

Many also argued that the plant, which would have been used during peak electricity demand times, was unnecessary.

Earlier this month, the company notified the California Energy Commission that it was dropping the proposal, and withdrawing its permit application.

This week, the Commission officially terminated the Puente Power Project application.

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Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.