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From:Mori, Gina <
Sent:Monday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Winamarieag@aol.com
Subject:Support of Community Choice Energy and DCNPP shut down ASAP
Dear Mayor Harmon and City Council Members,
I am writing in support of Community Choice Energy, as a way for communities to develop their own local
sources of 100% renewable energy. Where rather than receiving energy from PG&E, residents and businesses
will be covered under a locally owned and locally controlled renewable energy program, at a cost that is
equivalent or less than standard rates.
Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant has been a dangerous albatross, hanging over our communities for far too
long. The sooner it is gone, the better. The waste piling up will be a huge burden to bear.
Community Choice is a much better alternative. Too bad we didn’t do that first, instead of the deadly,
destructive nuke plant. Here are more reasons DCNPP needs to be shut down NOW!!!!
Diablo Canyon nuclear plant can retire before the planned years 2024/2025 for the
following reasons:
1. ALJ Allen, PG&E, and the Joint Parties all agree that the closure of Diablo Canyon
will not have adverse impacts on system reliability.
2. Replacement energy will certainly be available by 2020. Even today, when weather
conditions favorable to wind and solar generation occur, California has more electrical
energy than the grid can manage. Since it is unsafe to suddenly ramp down the output
from the nuclear plant, California must pay neighboring states to take excess energy
from California.
3. Given that Diablo generates 500 pounds of radioactive waste each day it
operates, fewer years of continued operation will result in fewer additional tons of
wastes that will have to be stored on site for decades.
4. Because many aging components are still in place at the plant, and because it is
located in a seismically active area, ratepayers are subjected to both financial and
environmental risks. These risks would be significantly reduced if Diablo were shut
down by 2020, rather than waiting until 2024/2025.
5. The once-through cooling system at Diablo Canyon, sited less than a mile from a
Marine Protected Area, draws 2.5 billion gallons of water through the plant every day
and is responsible for killing over 1.5 billion fish larvae every year. In the words of the
California Coastal Commission to the State Water Resources Control Board, Diablo
Canyon is California's largest marine predator.
Please support and promote the Community Choice option. We will be healthier, safer and helping our
communities, as well as the environment at the same time. We can protect all of the creatures in the ocean
from DCNPP destruction too.
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Thanks for your time and consideration.
Gina Mori
Gina Mori | Quality Assurance Representitive | San Luis Bay Inn | Diamond Resorts International® | Tel: 805.595.4040 x6
| Fax:805.595.2470
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