<story><title>California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant Closures</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-scrambles-to-find-electricity-to-offset-plant-closures-11634376600</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>NikolaeVarius</author><text>&amp;gt; PG&amp;amp;E announced that it plans to close the two Diablo Canyon reactors in 2024 and 2025, stating that because California&amp;#x27;s energy regulations give renewables priority over nuclear, the plant would likely only run half-time, making it uneconomical.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In 2020, experts at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) warned that when the plant closes the state will reach a &amp;quot;critical inflection point&amp;quot;, which will create a significant challenge to ensure reliability of the grid without resorting to more fossil fuel usage, and could jeopardize California&amp;#x27;s greenhouse gas reduction targets.&lt;p&gt;Good stuff, shooting yourself in the foot because ideology versus reality</text></comment>
<story><title>California Scrambles to Find Electricity to Offset Plant Closures</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-scrambles-to-find-electricity-to-offset-plant-closures-11634376600</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>google234123</author><text>California has such a disfunctional  gov, don’t ever let people tell you there’s no money. It’s just going to overpaid public sector workers in education (where you can’t be fired after 2 years and pay is completely based on seniority), health care, and the prisons. Police in my area make up to 600k with overtime, and probably get a similarly large guaranteed pension.  All those services have gotten huge increases in money over the last few years with 0 to negative  improvement.</text></comment>