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Morton, Steve <
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Subject:SLO City Council Meeting (2/3/26) consent agenda item #5H: supporting up to 20-
year extension of DCPP
Council Members,
As a resident of San Luis Obispo County, I strongly urge you to support the draft letter written by council
members Jan Marx and Michelle Shoresman, regarding the extended use of Diablo Canyon for the next
20 years. I urge you to support this initiative based on the following:
It is reassuring to learn of recent successful safety inspections and related operations reports
indicating the power generation facility is safe for continued use.
Power generation at this facility has been proven since opening day that DCPP operations to have
the cleanest carbon footprint of any other local area source.
The significant positive fiscal impacts from DCPP are many fold providing jobs and tax base
payments to support SLO schools and local governments in the region.
As the State’s only operating nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon provides nearly 10% of the
State’s total power supply and that puts SLO County ‘on the map’!
Several visionary leaders including CalPoly’s President Je?ery Armstrong, see opportunities to
build on the spot on the map to create a clean energy hub whereby other forms of clean energy
can be researched and brought to commercial scale in a co-located fashion. Ample land area
exists to meet these R&D/ Commercial activities.
Thank you for giving my public comments your attention. I look forward to hearing the results of this
meeting and your decisions.
Best,
Steven D. Morton, MCR, LEED AP
P. O. Box #2675
Avila Beach, CA 93424-2675
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