Maureen Zawalick on regulatory policy
From Diablo's Future | Maureen Zawalick · · San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
“Federal government will give us 20 years but the state can tell us if it's 5 years or if we need it a little bit longer depending on the advancements of renewables and offshore wind.”
On , Maureen Zawalick, SVP & Chief Risk Officer at PG&E Corporation, spoke about regulatory policy during Diablo's Future | Maureen Zawalick on San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.
About Maureen Zawalick
In a February 2025 appearance on Good Morning SLO, Maureen Zawalick, then Vice President of Nuclear Business & Technical Services at PG&E, discussed the extension of operations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Zawalick stated that legislation passed in September 2022 "paved the way for Diablo running longer and providing that clean energy source along with wind and solar and hydro that we need to combat climate." She noted that the plant, which she described as the largest clean energy generating facility in California, powers over 3 million homes and businesses and employs over 1,300 people. Zawalick also mentioned that a refueling outage had added over a thousand temporary workers to the community. Zawalick said the plant was no longer on a "concurrent path" of decommissioning, having met all of PG&E's requirements under the legislation, though she noted that some state actions and regulatory proceedings were still needed. She described the effort to navigate those requirements as "a collective effort" and said the company was "navigating through that very smoothly." Zawalick added that "the federal government will give us 20 years but the state can tell us if it's 5 years or if we need it a little bit longer depending on the advancements of renewables and offshore wind." She also promoted public tours of the facility through a chamber program and a QR code.