With PG&E facing the possibility of a determination that its equipment started the ongoing Camp Fire, now the deadliest blaze in California history, lawsuits are being prepared and the utility’s stock price is plummeting. Read More …
Tens of thousands of California residents found their power shut off Sunday or Monday as a result of a surprise preemptive move to curtail wildfires by PG&E. Read More …
Following a state Assembly vote on Monday, local government agencies now just need a signature from California Gov. Jerry Brown in order to regain the $85 million Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Read More …
More than 2,800 customers have lost power in an outage in San Luis Obispo Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.
The outage started shortly before 6 a.m. Read More …
Environmental groups have uncovered an email that allegedly reveals a developer or developers’ plan to strike a deal with PG&E so they can build a 15,000-home community in Wild Cherry Canyon near Avila Beach and Diablo Canyon power plant.
If such a deal is in the works, it could violate the terms of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon closure agreement. The email also indicates one of the developers believes the current SLO County Board of Supervisors is supportive of the plan to build the new community. Read More …
A small fire broke out at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s ocean intake structure Thursday evening. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. Shortly after 7 a.m., the motorized pump that runs a Read More …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the closure of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in 2025, but rejected a proposed settlement in which PG&E would have doled out $85 million Read More …
OPINION by MIKE BROWN Last year when Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced that it wished to close the Diablo Nuclear Power Plant by 2025, the San Luis Obispo County sought Read More …
On Nov. 8, Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Administrative Law Judge Peter V. Allen rendered his recommended decision with respect to the PG&E joint proposal for the closure of Diablo to the full Public Utilities Commission Board. The Commission has the final decision making authority. It may act on Dec. 14, but it is not clear if it could hear testimony, deliberate, and render a decision in one day. Read More …
An administrative law judge for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed ruling against the settlement agreement between PG&E and local government agencies over the expected closure of Diablo Canyon. The agreement that is now at risk of being overturned calls for PG&E to dole out $85 million as compensation for lost tax revenue because of the closure of the power plant. Read More …