Nuclear Power
Guest Editorial: Diablo Canyon is Done
Released with much fanfare, no doubt given the attention focused on the Climate COP 26 summit, was last week’s study from a Stanford and MIT team finding that keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant online at least a decade past its closure date would produce huge dollar and greenhouse gas savings.
The problem […]
Study Says State Would Save Money, Prevent Pollution if Diablo Canyon Stayed Open
Keeping the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant running 10 years past the expiration of its federal operating licenses would save an estimated $2.6 billion in power system costs and avoid a 10% rise in carbon dioxide emissions from gas-fired plants compared to 2017 levels, according to a report by Stanford University and the […]
CPUC Advances $4B Settlement to Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
A $3.9 billion settlement between Pacific Gas & Electric, ratepayer advocates, nuclear watchdogs, and others to decommission the utility’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant gets a green light under a California Public Utilities Commission proposed decision.
It is nearly $1 billion below what PG&E […]
State Regulators Study Transmission Needs, New Options Highlighted
California’s goal to acquire massive amounts of new wind, solar, and storage won’t be reached if the transmission needed to deliver it is not built, policymakers, developers, and analysts stressed at a July 22 Joint Agency workshop.
To make its SB 100 clean energy mandate, […]
Remembering Bill Marcus
The highly respected and long-time energy economist Bill Marcus passed away earlier this year after a battle with prostate cancer.
“He was the most effective and influential utility regulatory advocate ever,” Ralph Cavanagh NRDC Energy co-director, Climate & Clean Energy Program, said.
Remote Meeting on Diablo Canyon Limits Public Comment
In place of the usual annual public meeting in San Luis Obispo for updates on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducted a remote meeting May 14. But the agency opted to discuss it along with 9 other nuclear power plants in region 10, limiting public input on […]