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Why Did California Decide to Keep Operating Diablo Canyon?

It was announced that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant would be closing in 2016. But climate change brought new pressures to California's grid that forced the state to reconsider. Californians ended up without power during extreme heat. In order to meet clean energy goals and to keep essential power flowing in the face of such events, the decision was reversed until at least 2030.