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Stay informed with the latest news on Diablo Canyon and Carbon Free California.
Brattle Study
California’s SB 100 bill has committed the state to decarbonize its power grid with a goal of 60% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% clean electric retail sales by 2045. Plans and resource procurements are falling into place to pursue those goals, including through the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC’s) recent Mid-Term Reliability Procurement Order and the ongoing Integrated Resource Plan and Long Term Procurement Plan.
The Brattle Group’s full analysis is available here and a shorter public briefing summary here.
The Brattle Group’s deeper dive on the near-term reliability benefits of retaining Diablo Canyon can be found here.
Press Release
December 15, 2022
Carbon Free California Applauds the Approval of the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan
Today, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to approve the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan......
Carbon Free CA
Press Release
November 21, 2022
Diablo Canyon Receives Federal Funding to Continue Operations
The US Department of Energy issued $1.1 billion in funding to support continued operations of California’s largest source of carbon-free energy...
Carbon Free CA
Media Coverage
September 1, 2022
California lawmakers move to keep the state’s last nuclear plant open
California lawmakers have approved subsidies to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operating past a scheduled shutdown by 2025 in hopes of helping the state meet its climate change...
Benjamin Purper, NPR
Media Coverage
September 1, 2022
California Lawmakers Vote to Keep Last Nuclear Plant Online
The legislature approved a proposal by Governor Gavin Newsom to keep the Diablo Canyon plant, owned by PG&E Corp., running through 2030, rather than closing as previously planned in 2025. California’s...
David R Baker and Mark Chediak, Bloomberg
Media Coverage
August 30, 2022
California’s last nuclear plant too vital to shut down
When California voters recalled then-Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, a year after giving him a second term, they established a new political principle: Governors must, no matter what the political...
Dan Walters, CalMatters
Media Coverage
August 29, 2022
As climate change deepens, we need Diablo Canyon more than ever
Gov. Newsom’s announcement that his Administration would ask the California Legislature to authorize continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant was welcomed by many energy experts....
Armond Cohen, Capitol Weekly