California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suggested he may keep his state’s last nuclear power plant open beyond its planned closure.
Owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is the single largest electricity producer in California. The plant produces about 18,000 GWh of electricity each year, accounting for about 10 percent of California’s overall energy portfolio and supplying electricity to more than 3 million residents of northern and central California.
In 2018, state regulators approved an agreement between PG&E and a coalition of environmental and labor groups, allowing the plant to fully shutdown in 2025, 40 years after its first reactor went online in San Luis Obispo County.
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