San Onofre Update 6/29

Edison to Ax 600 Jobs at San Onofre HispanicBusiness.com Southern California Edison will lay off 600 nonunion employees at the San Onofre nuclear power plant starting in about two months, the utility announced Wednesday. The layoffs, a result of Edison's decision to close the plant permanently, are the first ...http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/6/28/edison_to_ax_600_jobs_at.htm

Gary Griggs, Our Ocean Backyard: Shuttering of San Onofre Santa Cruz Sentinel The closing and decommissioning of San Onofre, which will cost more than $2.7 billion, leaves one remaining operating commercial nuclear power plant in California. Diablo Canyon, on the coast south of Morro Bay, has struggled with its own issues, most ...http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_23562184/gary-griggs-our-ocean-backyard-shuttering-san-onofre

OC Residents Outraged With Higher Utility Bills Allegedly Due To San Onofre ... CBS Local ALISO VIEJO (CBSLA.com) — Orange County residents were outraged Thursday with possible hikes in their utility bills allegedly due to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Laguna Hills resident Felicia Berschauer received a letter ...http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_23562184/gary-griggs-our-ocean-backyard-shuttering-san-onofre

Life After San Onfore: Lights Out this Summer? Patch.com SCE announced it would permanently shutter the 2,300-megawatt San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station earlier this month. That puts the whole regional power grid under pressure, said Danny Zaragoza, director of electric distribution operations for San ...http://missionviejo.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/nuclear-plant-closure-lights-out-this-summer

CA's power grid is ready for heat wave, but be ready for Flex Alerts 89.3 KPCC The agency that operates California's power grid said Friday it has ample supply to meet the needs of California as a heat wave takes hold throughout the state. It's the first major heat event since the San Onofre nuclear plant went offline in January ...http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/06/28/37965/cas-power-grid-is-ready-for-heat-wave-but-be-ready/

CUSD Trustees Receive Safety Recommendations San Clemente Times (blog) Trustee Anna Bryson suggested that since the funding the district received for emergency planning from Southern California Edison was somewhat in doubt due to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the district should look for ...http://www.sanclementetimes.com/blog/2013/06/28/cusd-trustees-receive-safety-recommendations/