What comes next for Diablo Canyon after a budget debacle and over $1B loaned to PG&E? (Sacramento Bee)

“Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom brokered an agreement to help Pacific Gas & Electric Co. preserve the life of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the state’s Central Coast, the expensive deal came under fresh scrutiny from lawmakers.

Once the governor got his way in recent budget negotiations, criticism quieted.

Now that the dust has settled, it remains unclear whether California taxpayers will be paid back for hundreds of millions in loans to PG&E and just how necessary the plant’s operations remain to the grid’s resilience during extreme heat waves.”

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