I was in Morro Bay when a moderate earthquake struck years back. We ran outside our building and…read morewatched the the three 450 foot towers sway ten feet at their crown and slowly come back to a full stop. My imagination was wondering if they would fall straight down or across the channel? They appeared to be far more resilient than my imagination! When folks talk about Morro Bay its one of two iconic features: The Rock or the 3 Stacks. The powerplant was decommissioned in 2014. It first started out as the Pacific Gas & Electric company whom spent a billion dollars on six power plants on the California Coast. At the Morro Bay plant location, they bought a former Navy Amphibious Training Base that the Navy released after their World War II training goals were completed and no longer needed; and sold to the County for $1. This was the Naval landing location for the amphibious assault of D-Day. Construction of the plant's Units 1 & 2 whereas one stack was completed in 1954 and Units 3 & 4 added two more stacks in the early 60s. The plant originally ran on oil and natural gas, switching full time to gas in 1995. Duke Energy North America -- seeking to be a part of California's experiment with deregulation of the energy industry -- bought four of PG&E's gas plants in 1998 -- Morro Bay, Moss Landing, Pittsburgh and Oakland -- and ran them for several years, while simultaneously seeking to upgrade with new more efficient so-called "combined cycle" plants. It succeeded at Moss with a plant that is still operational, but the upgrade proposal failed in Morro Bay. The plant has changed hands a couple of times through purchases and mergers, with Vistra of Irving, Texas the current owners. (https://esterobaynews.com/featured-stories/morro-bay-power-plant-a-life-after-people-relic/). Windmill offshore farms have been discussed as well as an Lithium-ion battery storage facility on site. Currently in 2025 there are no solid plans, but that is subject to change for redevelopment. Currently the facility is not in keen shape and its future is still being decided.

Morro Bay was chosen as the location for this iconic power plant prior to the beginning of…read moreconstruction in October 1953 given its proximity to ocean going fuel oil tankers and an unlimited source of cooling water for the power plant's turbine generators. The 140 acre site was formerly a U.S. Navy Base during World War II. Bechtel Corporation was chosen as the design and construction firm in charge of the $44 million dollar project, in today's dollars that equates to approximately $397,865,468. The initial project consisted only of a single powerhouse containing two 150,000 KW generators, a seawater intake building, a single 450 foot tall stack, fuel tanks, cooling water discharge piping, and a marine fuel line that extended some 4,400 feet into the ocean, the other units and stacks were added as the plant expanded to increase generating capacity. For each of the generating units there was one boiler furnace 139 feet high, or the equivalent of a 14 story building. The power plant employed the first seawater evaporators used for industrial production of fresh water in the United States. The plant was powered by fuel oil which was stored in four seven-million gallon tanks, and the plant consumed 500,000 gallons of fuel oil a day. Although the process appears complicated it's a relatively simple process built on a grand scale - fire the boiler with fuel oil where steam is created, supply steam to the turbine where motion is created, apply the motion to the generator where electricity is created, it's definitely not rocket science. This incongruous clash between nature and industry, played out on a small bay bobbing with fishing boats and nature lovers has long been a source of discontent in this small community halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. On February 5, 2014 the plant was shut down, leaving in its abandonment a "three-finger salute" to Morro Bay and a wake of frustration for the locals in regards to the fate of this valued piece of real estate. This no less assertive landmark that stares down the rock with its three 450-feet-high smokestacks, visible from 10 miles away has created quite the controversy. What once excited this community with the promise of jobs and tax revenue now is looked upon as an eyesore as it's infrastructure rots away. I personally think it's a historic contrast that should be preserved competing for the iconic status of the old and new, "Three Stacks and a Rock" is a great depiction and certainly could have a positive financial impact on the area's economy if given a chance. I know my visit here was enhanced because of both and I'd love to zip line from the top of the stacks to the volcanic plug sitting on the edge of this beautiful bay...

I recently took over as the new Treasurer for Seniors Organizations and needed to get our account…read moredetails updated with Delta Liquid Energy. I was lucky enough to be helped by Kim, and she was absolutely outstanding! Kim was incredibly patient, kind, and excellent at her job. She walked me step-by-step through updating the account info with my details, clearing out the previous information, and getting me completely set up for online bill pay so I can easily view and manage our invoices. She took what could have been a confusing task and made it completely seamless. Outstanding customer service like this is rare, and Kim deserves all the praise. Thank you, Kim, and thank you, Delta Liquid Energy!

Kim is amazing at what she does! She set me up with pre-buy and was super efficient at helping me…read morefigure out how much I needed. And she was kind, to boot! Wonderful experience working with her over the phone.

F*CK you PG&E!!! You cause a fire, Get sued, Then punish the…read morepeople of an entire state by shutting off their power in a "Pre-emptive Outage", In order to prevent further fires.....what a load of B.S.

What can you say. They're literally one of the worst companies on the planet. It takes 5 prompts…read morejust to get to the automated pay system through their phone, and about 10 minutes of pressing buttons. If you want to talk to a person, be ready for 40 minutes to an hour easy before you're talking to an actual human being. But, it's not like you have a choice, and they know that. They know they can f*ck you and you have no say, so they aren't going to improve any time soon. Honestly, if I could choose between chopping off my left arm and ever dealing with PG&E again, I'd gladly chop off the arm. But I don't. So I'm left griping.

Logan Jones of L Jones Earthworks, out of the blue offered to excavate a ditch for a new waterline…read moreafter ours was destroyed by flooding from the recent rains. His equipment was in the area because he was doing work for neighbors, so he offered to do this for free, to help us out. He did so and then after we installed the new water pipeline he filled in the trench. This was about 200 feet long. Thank you Logan. We were quite impressed with this young businessman. He is organized, efficient and keeps in contact. Somehow he makes the work seem effortless, which it is not. We highly recommend L Jones Earthworks.

From the owner: L. Jones Earthwork (LJE) is a General Engineering Contractor based of our San Luis Obispo, CA LJE…read morespecializes in new residential and commercial ground up construction including heavy earthworks, site utilities, concrete construction and asphalt paving.

I recently moved and was scheduled to have a new meter installed. This went extremely smoothly…read more The technician went through everything and set up my appliances for maximum safety and usability. I am having difficulty setting up my online payment but I will master that soon.

This company is absolute and complete bull shit. Never go with them. They turned off my gas without…read moreany warning and refuse to turn it on till a week later. This is absolutely unacceptable and disgusting! The service sucks when trying to reach them. Not okay and would never recommend to people.

Professional, personal service. Good communication. Highly experienced…read more Versatile equipment for overhead and brush clearing .

Sabovich & Sons did the foundation work on my parents custom home. I was extremely impressed their…read moreprofessionalism. The work was done promptly, correctly and neatly! Would most certainly recommend.

This company is a complete joke . We moved into a new home in Paso Robles and the power went out…read more20 times last week . On Friday the power was out for over 19 hours . Now back out again tonight for 6 hours and none of the outages were planned , You call these guys and they just give you the run around and never tell you what the issue is . I lived in so cal for 60 years and I had more outages in the last week than 60 years in SoCal . You call the reps here and they are clueless cannot give you any idea why it keeps happening . I can assume their grid sucks and they never had enough power for the new neighborhood and they basically try to bandaid the situation instead of making sure the build out was done properly.

PGE are the biggest fucking liars out here in California. They claim they are aiming to lower costs…read morewhich they are completely full of shit similar to dumb ass Newsome who runs this state. This fucking moron Newsome wants to go full electric this would bankrupt our state. My gas bill is $26 and my electric bill (only using my air conditioner) 3 times last month this assholes still gave me a bill of $220. When I was living in the Midwest and using my AC all day and night during the summer still my AC bill never even hit $200 whereas in summer my AC bill will be $400 plus with these rat bastards PGE who clearly have a side deal with Newsome

Pleasant experience with Professional Pure Water System. Specifically, with Janice and Eric. They…read morehelped me tackle two concerns. One being RO filter replacement. The other being sputtering water from our sink, bath, and toilet. (will continue to monitor the second concern) I will be using Janice and Eric again for their services. Highly recommend

I have been using their water purification and filtration for a long time. Every time they call me…read moreto say that the filter needs to be replaced, I am very active in replacing it. The workers came to the door and said that some machines needed to be replaced, and I was also very active in replacing them immediately. But recently, I called on June 30th and said that the filter needed to be updated, and I immediately agreed to replace it. They came to change the filter on July 1st the next day. After replacing the filter, the worker said that if there was a problem, I would contact them. I said yes. But last night, on August 6th, I found that the bottom of the pool was leaking and the water flowed out of the cabinet. When I checked, I found that a tube of the filter was slowly dripping out little by little. I contacted them and sent them video messages, but they didn't reply to messages and calls. I called them again the next day, and a Chinese woman answered the phone. She said that there was a fee for door-to-door maintenance. I said that it was because your workers did not install it after changing the filter water, and the water was a little flow. If it didn't flow outside, it would not be found. She said it's been a month, because it didn't happen before, and they didn't tell me that there was a deadline. This Chinese woman's attitude is very unfriendly, saying that the machine is old and needs to be replaced with a new one. But the worker didn't say that he needed to replace it. Every time I replaced the filter, the worker would tell me that some of them needed to be replaced, but he didn't say it this time. Now if there is a problem, I will replace it with a new one. And this is because the workers didn't install it well when replacing the filter, so it started to drip. Then she told me that she was driving and it was inconvenient to talk. It's inconvenient to answer the phone. Why didn't you say it at the beginning? I'm waiting for their follow-up now. I'll update...