California’s last operating nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, has been given a new lease on life after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a measure allowing it to remain open past its scheduled 2025 shutdown date.
The plant, located in San Luis Obispo County, was slated for decommissioning with the expiration of its current operating license. Keeping the facility online became a priority recently as the state’s aggressive efforts to eliminate carbon-emitting power sources collided with statewide power reliability.