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August 28, 2018
The Honorable Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Governor, State of California
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Subject: Support for Senate Bill 1090 (Monning) - Diablo Canyon
Dear Governor Brown,
The Coalition of Cities (Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach and San Luis
Obispo), in coordination with the County of San Luis Obispo and the San Luis Coastal Unified School
District, strongly supports approval of Senate Bill (SB) 1090.
By providing express statutory authority and directing the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
to approve elements of the Joint Proposal, brought forward as part of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant (Diablo Canyon) decommissioning application, SB 1090 will ensure appropriate staffing for the
continued safe operation of the plant through its permitted life, until 2025. The Coalition strongly
supports SB 1090’s direction to the CPUC to fully fund the community impact mitigation settlement,
employee retention program as originally proposed, and to require management of the integrated resource
plan to ensure that there is no increase in greenhouse gas emissions as a result of the decommissioning of
Diablo Canyon.
San Luis Obispo communities have long borne the unique risk of hosting a nuclear power plant and will
continue to bear the risks of being a spent fuel storage location for decades to come. The risks the local
community manages, and will continue to manage, will continue to benefit all PG&E’s ratepayers
statewide. While all ratepayers will continue to benefit from our community’s support of the operations,
closure and storage needs of the plant, the closure of Diablo Canyon will have significant adverse
economic consequences unique to our region. This legislation, approving one-time compensation, will
provide resources over the next seven years to continue the safe and secure operation of the plant,
assuring customers that there will be clean, reliable power until closure of the plant and will ease the
economic transition of our community from plant host to nuclear storage site.
Diablo Canyon is one of the largest head of household employers in the County and its annual local
economic impact is an estimated $1 billion. Diablo Canyon directly employs over 1,500 people and supports
over 3,358 local jobs, 4,542 statewide, and 10,372 nationwide.
The approval of the community impact mitigation settlement and employee retention program are critical
to our region’s transition to a post-Diablo Canyon economy as we work to diversify resources and ensure
the creation of new jobs, industries and emergency planning. The resources are also integral to the
maintenance of local public safety support and the local economic stability that will retain qualified staff in
our communities and permit the plant’s safe operation through its closure date.
The Coalition of Cities strongly supports the approval of SB 1090 and respectfully requests your support
as well.
Sincerely,
Caren Ray Tom O’Malley Jamie Irons
Mayor Pro Tem Mayor Mayor
City of Arroyo Grande City of Atascadero City of Morro Bay
Steven W. Martin Ed Waage Heidi Harmon
Mayor Mayor Mayor
City of Paso Robles City of Pismo Beach City of San Luis Obispo