Here’s how things break down: Operating Diablo Canyon from 2024 to 2030 will cost roughly $8.3 billion dollars, $1.2 billion of which is being paid for by state and federal programs.

In May 2023, PG&E estimated it might cost $5.2 billion to operate Diablo Canyon from roughly 2025 through 2030, the first five years of the extended operations at the nuclear complex.

FILE – The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Avila Beach, Calif. The power plant was scheduled to close by 2025.

As recently as 2022, PG&E was moving forward with plans to shut down the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Its current licenses set to expire in 2024 for Unit 1 and 2025 for Unit 2, California's last ...

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on June 1, 2023. If the NRC approves the license renewals, Units 1 and 2 would have the option to operate until 2044 and 2045, respectively.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on June 1, 2023. If the NRC approves the license renewals, Units 1 and 2 would have the option to operate until 2044 and 2045, respectively.

PG&E believes that long-term, customers could save $6.46 a month with Diablo Canyon operating through 2030 instead of ceasing electricity generation next year as originally planned.

PG&E Corp. <PCG.N> powered its 1,087-megawatt Diablo Canyon Unit 2 nuclear reactor to 97 percent of capacity by Tuesday afternoon after it had run at half power since last week, the company said.

Should Diablo Canyon continue to operate another 20 years, there’s a 2.8% probability of a “severe accident,” according to an analysis conducted by Peter Bird, a professor emeritus of ...

Diablo Canyon was scheduled to shut down completely by 2025 but three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom made an about-face, fearing that closing the plant could jeopardize electric reliability and make ...

Awarding PG&E with a 20-year operating license for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County, California, would have minor environmental impacts a new report found.

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, shown here on Oct. 25, is the last of its kind in California. (Laura Dickinson/San Luis Obsipo Tribune/TNS) ...