The California State Legislature voted Wednesday to postpone the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, the state’s last, as an acute energy shortage forced “green” ideologues to rethink the wisdom of cutting off 6% of the state’s current power supply.
The lopsided vote came after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and even Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urged legislators to reverse course and approve a $1.4 billion loan to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company so that Diablo Canyon would not close in 2025 but in 2030.
The Los Angeles Times noted: “California’s inability to avoid rolling blackouts during 2020 heat waves prompted Newsom to reconsider closing Diablo, the state’s single largest power source. The plant generated 6% of California’s electricity last year.”
Feinstein wrote in a letter that renewable energy sources had not yet been able to make up for…
