Lawmakers break with Newsom over funding for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
The Legislature signaled its intent Thursday to cancel a loan payment to help finance the state's last nuclear power plant, exposing a rift with Gov. Newsom.
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The Legislature signaled its intent Thursday to cancel a loan payment to help finance the state's last nuclear power plant, exposing a rift with Gov. Newsom.
A California judge is rejecting an environmental group's lawsuit that sought to block the state's largest utility from seeking to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
An environmental group is suing to block efforts to extend federal operating licenses for California's last nuclear power plant.
Government regulators Thursday granted California's largest utility an unusual exemption that could allow the state's last nuclear power plant to continue running after the expiration of its federal operating licenses.
In pointed language, federal regulators rebuffed a request Tuesday from the operator of California's last nuclear power plant that could have smoothed its pathway to securing a longer operating life for its twin reactors.
As California faces a prolonged period of heat and expected strain on the energy grid this week, lawmakers voted to extend the life of the state's last nuclear power plant by five years early Thursday morning.
California wants to go carbon free but renewables can't yet meet the demand so Gov. Newsom is pushing to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running for another decade.
California wants to go carbon free but renewables can't yet meet the demand so Gov. Newsom is pushing to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant running for another decade. Wilson Walker reports (8-26-22)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to extend the life of the state's last operating nuclear power plant by at least five to 10 years to maintain reliable power supplies in the climate change era.
