San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station may be shutdown for good, but that doesn't mean we're finished paying for it.
We recently learned that San Onofre owners, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric, are asking to pass along the cost of investment in the faulty steam generators -- plus more than five percent return on their investment -- to ratepayers.
The combined amount being sought by the utilities is reportedly more than $3 billion.
The California Public Utilities Commission has been taking testimony on the utilities revenue requests, and they've been hearing a very different opinion about who should pay for the San Onofre breakdown from the CPUC's Division of Ratepayer advocates.
The California Public Utilities Commission will hold public participation hearings on phase two of the investigation in San Diego on Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 2 - 5 p.m. and 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the Al Bahr Shriners Building on Kearny Mesa Road.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting on Sept. 26 in Carlsbad. That meeting will focus on the nuclear power reactor decommissioning process.
