“This is more than a fire, this a wake-up call for the industry. If we’re going to be moving ahead with sustainable energy, we need to have a safe battery system in place,” Monterey County ...

“The power grid remains stable,” ISO spokesperson Anne Gonzales wrote in an email. “There are no impacts to system ... the Vistra plant called the North Monterey County Fire Protection ...

North County Fire Protection District ... including why the plant’s internal fire suppression system failed. It was unclear whether a phenomenon known as “thermal runaway” may have ...

But the batteries are nearly all lithium, which has a tendency toward “thermal runaway,” meaning it can catch fire ... plant that is owned by PG&E, he said. Lithium batteries make the power ...