Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Diablo Canyon Power Plant is a safe, clean, reliable and vital energy resource for California. The plant provides low-cost, carbon-free electricity for more than three million people and plays a key role in allowing PG&E to deliver some of the cleanest energy in the nation to its customers. All plant operations are overseen and monitored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the plant is licensed to operate Unit 1 into 2024 and Unit 2 to into 2025. Click on the links below to learn more about Diablo Canyon's operations.

A good neighbor

At PG&E, we pride ourselves in doing more than just a job – we strive to provide the best service to our customers and remain good neighbors to the communities in which we work and live. Diablo Canyon is no exception.

• In 2017, PG&E made charitable contributions of nearly $1 million dollars to more than 120 nonprofit organizations in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.
• Local PG&E employees pledged over $508,000 to nonprofit organizations in 2018 through the company's "Campaign for the Community" program.
• PG&E employees also volunteer thousands of hours of their personal time each year to after-school athletic programs, environmental organizations, churches and other community organizations.

Taking care of the environment

Nuclear power plants like Diablo Canyon emit no greenhouse gasses during the production of electricity.

• Diablo Canyon is located on one of the most scenic and habitat-rich coastlines in the country. It is surrounded by roughly 12,000 acres of land that is managed by PG&E and largely maintained in a natural state as a home to many species of plant and animal wildlife that thrive on land, as well as in the ocean and intertidal zones. PG&E’s responsible stewardship of this precious natural resource allows for scientists and others to explore its habitat and ecology.