Newsom Considers Keeping California S Last Nuclear Power Plant Open Amid Green Energy Trouble
Gov. Gavin Newsom said it may delay the planned closure of California’s last nuclear power plant. Faced with possible power outages, the Democratic governor on Friday raised the possibility that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will continue to operate beyond the planned closure until 2025. First speaking to the Los Angeles Times editorial board on Thursday, Newsom backed the idea that the owner of the Pacific Gas & Electric plant could claim a $ 6 billion stake in federal funding set up by the Biden government earlier last month to support continued operation of nuclear reactors in danger of shutdown....