In 2016, ceding to pressures from environmentalists and state regulations that prioritized renewables over nuclear and natural gas power, Pacific Gas & Electric announced the planned closure of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, a nuclear facility that provides 18,000 GWh of electricity annually about 10% of California’s electricity portfolio. These regulations made the plant economically unfeasible to operate, PG&E said, and targeted 2024 and 2025 to decommission its two remaining reactors.
The California governor’s office has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to rewrite the rules on its nuclear power bailout program so Pacific Gas and Electric Co. can apply for
On the very same day that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a report stating that the United States electric grid is lacking in capacity, regulators shut down the [.]