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Newsom - no doubt eager to avoid power outages as he elevates his national profile in what some suspect is preparation for a future presidential run - has for months pushed the idea of temporarily extending Diablo Canyon’s lifespan past its planned 2025 closure to help shore up the state’s electricity supplies.īut the draft legislation makes explicit the urgency behind his proposal: It would exempt the Diablo Canyon extension from review under the California Environmental Quality Act and several other environmental laws, limiting the legal challenges that anti-nuclear advocates and other environmental justice groups could bring against it, according to the Los Angeles Times.Īnd, unless Newsom calls for a special legislative session, lawmakers will have to approve his plan before the regular session ends on Aug. Taken together, the two actions underscore the extent to which California is at risk of repeating the events of 2020, when the state was unable to supply enough energy to meet demand, triggering the first rolling blackouts in nearly two decades. Gavin Newsom’s office unveiled late Thursday to extend the life of Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo, by as much as 10 years - and give its operator, PG&E, a forgivable loan of as much as $1.4 billion to do so. The California Independent System Operator’s warning came on the heels of draft legislation Gov. He would like to see “a broader accounting” of how the federal government handles health crises.Starting today and lasting through Thursday, generators and transmission-line operators should delay any scheduled maintenance to avoid possible power outages as Californians crank up their air conditioners to deal with an expected onslaught of 100-plus degree heat, the state’s electric grid operator said Friday. Schwartz said flaws in the federal response go beyond the CDC, because the White House and other agencies were heavily involved.Ī CDC reorganization is a positive step but “I hope it’s not the end of the story,” Schwartz said. “This will not be simply moving boxes” on the organization chart, she said. Walensky also said she intends to “get rid of some of the reporting layers that exist, and I’d like to work to break down some of the silos.” She did not say exactly what that may entail, but emphasized that the overall changes are less about redrawing the organization chart than rethinking how the CDC does business and motivates staff. Establishing an office of intergovernmental affairs to smooth partnerships with other agencies, as well as a higher-level office on health equity. Altering the agency’s organization chart to undo some changes made during the Trump administration. Wakefield headed the Health Resources and Services Administration during the Obama administration and also served as the No. Appointing Mary Wakefield as senior counselor to implement the changes. Creation of a new executive council to help Walensky set strategy and priorities. Altering the length of time agency leaders are devoted to outbreak responses to a minimum of six months - an effort to address a turnover problem that at times caused knowledge gaps and affected the agency’s communications. Restructuring the agency’s communications office and further revamping CDC websites to make the agency’s guidance for the public more clear and easier to find. Increasing use of preprint scientific reports to get out actionable data, instead of waiting for research to go through peer review and publication by the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Some changes still are being formulated, but steps announced Wednesday include:

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CDC officials say they hope to have a full package of changes finalized, approved, and underway by early next year. Her reorganization proposal must be approved by the Department of Health and Human Services secretary. In April, she called for an in-depth review of the agency, which resulted in the announced changes. Walensky, who became director in January 2021, has long said the agency has to move faster and communicate better, but stumbles have continued during her tenure. “We saw during COVID that CDC’s structures, frankly, weren’t designed to take in information, digest it and disseminate it to the public at the speed necessary,” said Jason Schwartz, a health policy researcher at the Yale School of Public Health.