But some have been calling for still further life extension, and in June 2022 the California legislature set aside $75 million that could be used to reimburse the owners of some of the state’s aging power plants “for any costs, expense or financial commitments incurred to retain the future availability of such generating facilities” (AB 180, sec.
The analogy is misplaced (even putting aside another friend’s invitation to cite Goliath in rebuttal).įirst, unlike Lazarus, Diablo Canyon avoided premature entombment, thanks to a 2016 agreement that NRDC helped negotiate, which secured the plant’s two units a long-term lease extension that allows them to continue operations through November 2024 and August 2025, respectively.
One of my Sacramento friends recently suggested that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant was on the verge of becoming “another Lazarus,” invoking the biblical story about a man restored to life several days after being entombed.
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