The US Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for a second time for a $6bn programme aimed at keeping power plants open by two months, it announced, days after California's biggest power utility asked for more time.
Power utility PG&E Corp asked the DOE for a 75-day extension to the civil nuclear credit (CNC) programme deadline to apply for federal funds that could keep its Diablo Canyon nuclear power station in California open. Two reactors at Diablo Canyon are scheduled to shut down in 2024 and 2025.
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