Diablo Canyon Power Plant

The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant sits on land that once belonged to a local indigenous tribe. That land is currently owned by PG&E. But in August, when the state legislature was debating whether to extend the life of the power plant, the tribe sent Governor Gavin Newsom and President Biden a letter asking for the property to be returned to them as their ancestral land.

The plant south of Morro Bay produces about 9% of the state’s entire energy supply, without adding carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

Governor Gavin Newsom said in April that he’s reconsidering his desire to see the scheduled decommissioning of San Luis Obispo’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant as scheduled. The governor’s change of mind seems to have galvanized a pro-Diablo movement.

REACH announced an open letter today signed by government, nonprofit and community leaders endorsing Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to lead the way in revamping one of Diablo Canyon’s parcels into a clean tech innovation park.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s worried about energy shortages when Diablo goes offline and he may consider trying to delay the closure.

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.

There’s a new report out today on safety inspections at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County, and while it found that Diablo Canyon is currently operating safely, it also identified failures by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspectors to appropriately identify several issues at the facility.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 yesterday to send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to intervene to stop the impending closure of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 yesterday to send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to intervene to stop the impending closure of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

In a letter sent to Governor's office February 3, almost 80 climate and energy experts urged Newsom and the California Public Utility Commission to delay the planned 2025 closure of Diablo Canyon Power Plant.