The board takes baby steps toward doing just that, voting to fund a $250,000 “amortization study” to determine just how long existing operators must be allowed to continue producing oil and gas.
Judge Donna Geck upholds injunction and rejects the Houston oil company’s claim that a federal order overrides California law. The next hearing set for May 22 could decide whether the company pays for violating the court order.
A new report by UC Santa Barbara’s 2035 Initiative alleges that PG&E “significantly inflated costs of operating” the nuclear power plant, “causing ratepayers and taxpayers to pick up excess costs.”