Last week, with little fanfare, two decisions were made with major implications for PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and local community funding.
In Sacramento, Senate Bill 931 was scheduled for a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy. The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Laird and Assemblymember Dawn Addis, reinstates $8 million in annual mitigation fund payments to SLO County and the San Luis Coastal Unified School District until 2030.
Meanwhile, in San Luis Obispo, the county Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to join an organization called Diablo Canyon 2045, an advocacy group lobbying to keep the plant open until 2045. According to its website, many, if not most, of the organization’s members are from out of the area and have no stake in what happens to San Luis Obispo County schools…