The facility currently has smog levels above those permitted by the Clean Air Act. However, Huntington Beach officials haven't issued the needed building permits yet and won't take the matter up again until next month.
"Long term, we've known we would have to install SCRs," Terry Kunz, a team leader at the Huntington Beach plant, tells GlobeSt.com. Kunz adds that shutdowns had been scheduled for Jan. 15 and Feb. 12 so that AES could install the SCRs and take care of general maintenance work on the two units.
However, both those planned shutdowns were scuttled by the stalled permit process and continuing power emergency. Once the go-ahead is given, AES will have to shut down each unit for eight to 10 weeks.
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