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California Legislature Passes Bill to Support Reliability Reserve, Lifeline for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

June 30, 2022

California’s State Legislature has passed a bill that could extend the operating lives of existing generating facilities slated for retirement, potentially providing a new lifeline for the 2,240-MW Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), which has a premature closure date in 2025.

Both houses on June 29 passed AB-205 Energy, an energy trailer bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration negotiated to address the state’s power generating sufficiency as the state contends with climate change impacts and other challenges amid its transition to a clean energy future.

“Extreme events from climate change, including heat waves, wildfires, and drought, combined with other factors, such as supply chain disruptions, are jeopardizing California’s ability to build out the electrical infrastructure needed to maintain affordability and reliability,” Legislature declared in the bill.

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