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Biden Administration Allocates $1.1 Billion To Keep California’s Nuclear Power Plant Operating
Epoch Times ^ | 11/24/2022 | Jill McLaughlin

Posted on 11/24/2022 9:31:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind

California’s last operating nuclear power plant was given another funding boost Nov. 21 as operators seek to keep it running for another eight years.

The U.S. Energy Department awarded Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant $1.1 billion from the Civil Nuclear Credit Program funded by an infrastructure bill passed by Congress in 2021.

“This is a critical step toward ensuring that our domestic nuclear fleet will continue providing reliable and affordable power to Americans as the nation’s largest source of clean electricity,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said in a statement on Nov. 21.

Nuclear power provides half of the nation’s carbon-free electricity, according to the agency. Since 2013, 13 reactors across the United States have shuttered.

Final terms of the funding will need to be finalized by the Energy Department, officials said. The plant produces about 15 percent of California’s renewable energy.

It produced about 9 percent of the state’s energy last year, according to the state’s energy commission.

Politicians applauded the funding that will help extend the life of the once-doomed power plant located in central California near San Luis Obispo.

“This investment creates a path forward for a limited-term extension of the Diablo Canyon Power plant to support reliability statewide and provide an onramp for ore clean energy projects to come online,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.

Newsom signed legislation Sept. 1 to reverse plans to terminate the plant, which was scheduled to close in 2025.

The bill was essential to prevent rolling blackouts and increased electricity prices in California, according to author Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa). It allows Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to continue operating the plant until 2030. It also authorized a forgivable loan of $1.4 billion from the state to help extend the operations.

PG&E agreed six years ago to close the San Luis Obispo plant amid pressure from environmental groups and the local community.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a statement she welcomed the news.

“This short-term extension is necessary if California is going to meet its ambitious clean-energy goals while continuing to deliver reliable power,” Feinstein wrote. “This is especially critical as California’s electric grid has faced increasing challenges from climate-fueled extreme weather events.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; energy; nuclearpower

1 posted on 11/24/2022 9:31:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So why don’t the California rate payers pay for their own power plant maintenance. I’m pretty sure power users in other states pay for maintenance of their power plants.


2 posted on 11/24/2022 9:38:58 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: House Atreides
Correct you are.

When taxpayers across the country are FORCED to subsidize states with "Federal Dollars", it's wealth redistribution at its finest.

How about the SHAREHOLDERS who will rake in profits from the Taxpayer Subsidizing their business operation? Let each State pay their own way, and let the enviro-whackos donate THEIR earnings (if any) to keep fossil fuels out of the marketplace.

3 posted on 11/24/2022 9:46:01 PM PST by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: SeekAndFind

We are being ripped off big time. Prices are .20c to .30c a kw and will keep rising.

In California the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant produces electricity at .6 cents a kw.

The high rates are to A) pay for the big salaries and pensions of state workers and B) to subsidize the very expensive “green” energy of solar and wind as they cannot compete in a free market.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant


4 posted on 11/24/2022 9:52:45 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: SeekAndFind

What act of the House of Representatives enacted this expenditure?
Constitutionalists want to know.


5 posted on 11/24/2022 11:58:29 PM PST by dodger
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To: SeekAndFind

Money laundering?


6 posted on 11/25/2022 12:02:42 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbDebihKbpo


7 posted on 11/25/2022 12:58:21 AM PST by Krosan
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To: mountainlion

There is never a move unless someone is profiting


8 posted on 11/25/2022 3:58:18 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: dodger
$1.1 billion from the Civil Nuclear Credit Program funded by an infrastructure bill passed by Congress in 2021
9 posted on 11/25/2022 5:00:26 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a dime will be spent on this nuclear power plant. It’s just a payout to the Newsome regime for what ever else they want to waste money on.


10 posted on 11/25/2022 5:18:22 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

I suspect this explains a lot...

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/pcg/institutional-holdings

Check out thr top ownership.


11 posted on 11/25/2022 5:27:37 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: SeekAndFind

News on and Biden blinked.

Even they know their green energy is shat.


12 posted on 11/25/2022 5:41:41 AM PST by RedMonqey
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To: SeekAndFind

Nuclear power provides half of the nation’s carbon-free electricity and 100% of nuclear waste.

Wait for posts saying OH they fixed that it’s all recyclable to ensue.


13 posted on 11/25/2022 8:24:26 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: SeekAndFind

BTT


14 posted on 11/25/2022 9:26:01 AM PST by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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