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Anti-nuclear activists are calling on the federal court to revisit safety decisions for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County.
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Tuesday, PG&E submitted an application to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running 20 years after its scheduled closure date, meaning the plant could operate until 2045.
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An environmental nonprofit released a report this week claiming that keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open past 2025 could cost electricity customers tens of billions of dollars.PG&E responded by saying any cost estimates should come from official sources.
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The City of San Luis Obispo announced it has completed two projects aimed at making the city’s water treatment plant more energy-efficient.
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With major wildfires burning across California, the California Public Utilities Commission is looking to create transparency on how utilities are handling wildfire risk. The commission held a meeting yesterday requiring utilities like PG&E to present their plans for Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS)
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Yesterday outside the Pacific, Gas, and Electric’s office in San Luis Obispo, solar supporters, workers, and climate activists met to protest new changes that could come to solar panel owners in California.
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PG&E's equipment has started or been involved in many massive California wildfires like the 2018 Camp Fire, the 2019 Kincade Fire and last year’s Dixie Fire.
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One of Diablo Canyon’s nuclear reactors was shut down for eight days in July of 2020 at the same time as a leak occurred in the backup water cooling system, which has since been fixed.
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PG&E is proposing nine new battery energy storage facilities that the utility says are meant to help further integrate renewable energy sources and improve grid reliability.
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The technology is also designed to filter out things that look like smoke such as haze or fog.