On September 2, 2022, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 846 into law, providing a path to extend operations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant beyond the current planned closures of unit 1 in 2024 and unit 2 in 2025. The County of San Luis Obispo has established a website to track the implementation of SB 846.
Click HERE to view the SLO County SB 846 Implementation Website.
Upcoming Engagement Panel Topics and Activities
Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Final Environmental Impact Report
Summer 2025
Date and Location TBD
A public meeting or workshop to discuss the Final Environmental Impact Report for Decommissioning Diablo Canyon Power Plant prepared by San Luis Obispo County. This report is anticipated to be released in the summer of 2025.
Status of California Energy Grid Resilience - Is Diablo Canyon Power Plant Needed?
Summer 2025
Date and Location TBD
A public meeting or workshop to understand the current status of California's energy grid and the roll of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to assure grid resilience.
Financial Impacts of Decommissioning Diablo Canyon Power Plant
3rd Quarter 2025
Date and Location TBD
A public meeting or workshop to review the financial impacts of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
Spent Fuel Storage at Diablo Canyon Power Plant
4th Quarter 2025
Date and Location TBD
A public meeting or workshop to update the status of spent fuel storage at Diablo Canyon Power Plant and national interim consolidated storage projects.
Other Decommissioning Related Activities
Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
June 10-11, 2025
Avila Beach, CA
A public meeting to address safety related issues and concerns at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee
October 22-23, 2025
Avila Beach, CA
A public meeting to address safety related issues and concerns at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
Diablo Canyon
Decommissioning Engagement Panel
Strategic Vision
Since its creation in May 2018, the Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel has conducted public meetings and workshops on key topics of decommissioning, including Decommissioning Process, Decommissioning Funding, Use of Diablo Canyon Lands, Repurposing of Diablo Canyon Facilities, Emergency Services, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Performance and Structure of the Panel, and Economic Opportunities and Impacts of Decommissioning. The Panel has prepared a Strategic Vision Report that includes vision statements, goals and specific recommendations for these key areas of decommissioning based on the community input and technical presentations at the meetings and workshops. The Strategic Vision was submitted to PG&E and the California Public Utilities Commission in 2018 and has been continuously updated as new decommissioning topics are addressed.
Community Meetings and Workshops have addressed the following topics
Decommissioning
Process
The regulatory process and timing
of decommissioning.
Decommissioning
Funding
The cost associated with decommissioning.
Diablo Canyon
Lands
The future use of the 12,000 acres of land and
14 miles of coastline surrounding DCPP.
Repurposing of
Facilities
The repurposing of non-radiological
facilities at DCPP.
Emergency
Planning
Emergency planning systems after
decommissioning of DCPP.
Spent Nuclear Fuel
Management
The storage and management of spent
nuclear fuel after decommissioning
Panel Performance and Structure
The past performance and future
structure of the Panel.
Economic Opportunities
& Impacts
Economic Opportunities and Impacts
of Decommissioning
Transportation Impacts
Transportation of Non-Radioactive Materials
and Low-Level Radioactive Wastes
Water Resources
Water Resources at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and Lands