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Your San Diego utility bill may go up about $2 per month to keep California’s only nuclear power plant going
At Newsom’s urging, lawmakers in Sacramento passed legislation in 2022 that extended the life of Unit 1 at Diablo Canyon through October 2029 and Unit 2 through 2030. The proposed decision ...
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California’s Diablo Canyon Plant Shows Nuclear Power’s Aging Problem
James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. Diablo Canyon’s reprieve is a rare bright spot for U.S. nuclear power, which has struggled in recent decades. The U.S ...
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Group drops Diablo Canyon lawsuit after learning it wouldn’t shut down the nuclear plant
An environmental group dropped a lawsuit that aimed to interrupt federal funding for Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant when it realized it wouldn’t succeed in shutting down the plant.
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Critics fear PG&E's aging Diablo Canyon power plant costs may be twice the initial estimates
The money would offset some of what PG&E then estimated to be the $5.2 billion cost of extending Diablo Canyon’s life. But when the grant was issued in January of this year, critics discovered ...
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Diablo Canyon could be California's Fukushima
Diablo Canyon is the last operating nuclear power plant in California — and arguably the most controversial. The plant sits along the scenic Central Coast and is surrounded by fault lines ...
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Environmental group drops lawsuit over Diablo Canyon’s federal funding
An environmental group dropped its lawsuit against a federal grant to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant Wednesday, saying that California lawmakers’ financial support for the plant ensures ...
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In letters: We need Diablo Canyon’s energy. Keep nuclear plant open 20 more years | Opinion
The Sunday, Jan. 26, Tribune included an editorial about the Moss Landing battery facility fire and a letter to the editor from authors calling attention to the impacts of climate change and the ...