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Crossville TN

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Governor Newsom (Nancy Pelosi's nephew) mulls keeping California's last nuclear power plant open amid green energy woes. Facing possible electricity shortages, the Democratic governor on Friday raised the possibility that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant might continue operating beyond a planned closing by 2025. First speaking to the Los Angeles Times editorial board Thursday, Newsom floated the idea that plant owner Pacific Gas & Electric could seek a share of $6 billion in federal funding the Biden administration established earlier last month to support the continued operation of nuclear reactors at risk of closing. The administration has touted U.S. nuclear reactors as "the nation’s largest source of clean energy." In 2016, PG&E agreed to shut down the plant, which sits on a seaside bluff above the Pacific midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, by the year 2025 rather than take on expensive environmental and earthquake safety upgrades demanded by activists and union workers. The company’s decision six years ago had recognized "California’s new energy policies will significantly reduce the need for Diablo Canyon’s electricity output," but Newsom’s recent suggestion signals that California does not yet have reliable enough power sources for its some 40 million population as the state has been gradually shifting to solar, wind and other renewables. Gets hot there in the summer! Rolling blackouts expected. :)