FILE - Swimmers and sunbathers gather at Redondo Beach, Calif., on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, as Southern California baked in summer-like heat. California water officials voted, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, to exempt the aging AES Redondo Beach Generating Station, from fines associated with water pollution caused by its operations thorough 2023. It is one of several gas-fired plants that planned to shut down in 2020 until the state required it to stay open throughout 2023 to support the state's energy grid. (AP Photo/John Antczak, File)