Here’s how much Californians will Pay to Keep PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Running

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Written By Alejandra Cruz

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |  By Julie Johnson

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will charge the average residential customer about $41 in 2025 to keep California’s only nuclear power plant running longer than planned. In filings with state regulators Friday, PG&E detailed the costs of operating Diablo Canyon Power Plant near San Luis Obispo in 2025 — costs that include impacts on customers of other California utilities, who will start paying for the power plant’s operations for the first time in its nearly 40-year life.

“One of the biggest questions of all for California is this: Is this a money loser or not?” said Matthew Freedman, a staff attorney with The Utility Reform Network, an advocacy group for ratepayers.

 
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