California begins mapping future without nuclear power

Source: Los Angeles Times

California energy officials are beginning to plan for the possibility of a long-term future without the San Onofre nuclear plant.

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That long-range planning process already involves dealing with the possible repercussions of climate change, a mandate to boost the state's use of renewable sources to 33% of the energy supply by 2020 and another mandate to phase out a process known as once-through cooling that uses ocean water to cool coastal power plants, which will probably take some other plants out of service.

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Berberich and other energy leaders gathered in Los Angeles for a meeting convened by the California Energy Commission on long-term plans for the state's grid. The shuttered Southern California nuclear plant loomed large over the discussions.

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California ISO officials said they are beginning to plan for the possibility that the plant will still be offline in the summer of 2013 and hope to have the work done by the end of July.

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