WOMEN's ENERGY MATTERS
Women's Energy Matters is a non-profit consumer advocacy group, working for sustainable energy policies in California and around the world. We've been active in proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission since 1997, seeking full phaseout of nuclear and fossil fuel energy sources, and rapid conversion to renewables. WEM is currently participating in two CPUC proceedings related to nuclear energy: The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Investigation, and the Diablo Canyon Power Plant Retirement Proceeding.
In the SONGS proceeding we seek relief for Southern California ratepayers who were ordered to pay billions for the plant after it went offline in January 2012. During the Investigation, a corruption scandal involving illegal contacts between Edison executives and CPUC decision makers led to a reopening of the record in 2016, allowing WEM and other parties to seek better terms for ratepayers.
In the Diablo proceeding, WEM argues that the plant should be shut down immediately. Research shows that early retirement of Diablo is entirely feasible. In 2016, PG&E announced to the world that it was shutting the plant down and replacing it with GHG-free resources. But that "shutdown" is not scheduled to happen until 2024/2025. WEM's analysis reveals that California policy initiatives and the rapid expansion of CCA's (Community Choice Aggregations, such as Marin Clean Energy), make early retirement feasible, and preferable, to PG&E's plan to keep the plant online another 7+ years.
In the SONGS proceeding we seek relief for Southern California ratepayers who were ordered to pay billions for the plant after it went offline in January 2012. During the Investigation, a corruption scandal involving illegal contacts between Edison executives and CPUC decision makers led to a reopening of the record in 2016, allowing WEM and other parties to seek better terms for ratepayers.
In the Diablo proceeding, WEM argues that the plant should be shut down immediately. Research shows that early retirement of Diablo is entirely feasible. In 2016, PG&E announced to the world that it was shutting the plant down and replacing it with GHG-free resources. But that "shutdown" is not scheduled to happen until 2024/2025. WEM's analysis reveals that California policy initiatives and the rapid expansion of CCA's (Community Choice Aggregations, such as Marin Clean Energy), make early retirement feasible, and preferable, to PG&E's plan to keep the plant online another 7+ years.
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