Category: Pacific Gas & Electric

Feds OK Plan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operating

March 3, 2023
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Federal regulators granted an exemption March 2 to allow California’s last nuclear power plant to continue operating as the state grapples with green energy shortages. Pacific Gas & Electric, operator of the San Luis Obispo plant, asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a temporary extension last year. “After evaluating the company’s exemption request, the [Nuclear…

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PG&E’s Criminal Probation to End Amid Ongoing Safety Worries

January 25, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation, despite worries that nation’s largest utility remains too dangerous to trust after years of devastation from wildfires ignited by its outdated equipment and neglectful management. The probation, set to expire at midnight Tuesday, was supposed to rehabilitate PG&E after its…

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