The debate for Keeping Diablo Canyon Open Past 2030 Is On. What Could Open Past 2030 Is On. What Could It Mean for Your Bills?

Source: KQED |By Laura Klivans

California’s last working nuclear power plant cleared the final hurdle this month to keep producing energy. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission deemed the plant safe and environmentally sound to operate until 2045.  But under current California law, the plant only has until 2030, unless the state legislature takes action, a conversation that is gaining momentum in Sacramento.

“It’s just kind of shocking how bad the deal was for ratepayers,” said Matthew Freedman, an attorney with The Utility Reform Network, who was consulted by the authors of the UC Santa Barbara Report, and has been raising the same concerns for years.