Many may be wondering who Vistra Energy, the owners and operators of the Moss Landing battery plant is, especially after their facility recently caught on fire.Vistra Energy is a Texas-based company specializing in retail electricity and power generation.

Our citizens are very alarmed,” one Morro Bay resident said, after the fire along Monterey Bay forced 1,200 people to evacuate.

MOSS LANDING — Flames and smoke in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County largely were just smoldering late Friday morning following a major fire at a battery storage plant that brought evacuations, closing Highway 1.