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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.
Media Coverage
April 4, 2022
The Case Against Closing Nuclear Power Plants
On a bright spring day in 1979, before thousands who were propelled to Washington, D.C., by the Three Mile Island reactor meltdown, I pronounced nuclear power’s......
Charles Komanoff, The Nation
Opinion
November 21, 2021
California Needs to Keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open to meet its climate goals
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is scheduled to close when its federal 40-year license expires in 2025 — marking the end of nuclear power generation in California......
Steven Chu & Ernest Moniz, LA Times
Opinion
November 16, 2021
Closing California’s last nuclear power plant would be a mistake
A new report from experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University has made that point clearly: Closing down Diablo Canyon would be the definition of climate incoherence....
Editorial Board, Washington Post
Opinion
November 11, 2021
Keep Diablo Canyon open to help meet emission reduction goals
We need to revisit whether Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant should continue to operate another 10 years past its scheduled 2025 decommissioning....
Jordan Cunningham and Dawn Ortiz-Legg, CalMatters