CPUC: We don't need no Stinkin' Physics or Engineering

Anti-Nuclear Power Ideology trumps physical principles at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Nov 11 • 

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October 2025

Part II of "Energy Justice" a/k/a "Blackouts for All" - The Hard Evidence That Green Energy Is Just Fool's Gold

Subsequent to publishing the post preceding this one, two different and very alert readers sent me a link to a summary presentation of the work to date…

Published on Energy Security and Freedom • Oct 28

Diablo Canyon Protects California Ratepayers and the Environment

CGNP's Newest CPUC Filing - October 1, 2025

Oct 6 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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September 2025

CGNP's Objection Letter Regarding AB 825 (Petrie-Norris, Rivas, and Senator Becker)

September 12, 2025

Sep 12 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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Time-Sensitive Fight to Defeat California AB 825

The deadline is in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 13.

Sep 11 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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August 2025

CGNP's Public Comments Before the California SEUC on 08/19/2025

California has an ongoing need for Diablo Canyon's power with its unique characteristics

Aug 25 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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Despite a massive wildfire, Diablo Canyon produces reliable power

California's grid was likely close to collapse on May 4, 2025 - see article end

Aug 15 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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California Running on Empty: Newsom's No Oil Delusion

A guest post from Ronald Stein P.E. on Gavin Newsom's California Dreaming

Published on Tuco's Child Newsletter • Aug 13

Taxation Without Representation - Part 1

- California electricity prices are a private-sector tax on a necessary of life

Aug 7 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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July 2025

The Future of Nuclear in Texas

Highlights from July 14, 2025 American Nuclear Society Webinar

Jul 26 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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The Spanish Version of the 'Duck Curve' is a real killer

This curve underscores the problem of insufficient synchronous grid inertia in Spain on April 28, 2025

Jul 8 • 

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

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Colorado’s Power Pathway to Nowhere yet Somewhere—in the Name of Climate

What if a state, er the ratepayers, spent billions of dollars building infrastructure that didn’t actually do anything—unless the right chain of…

Published on Green Leap Forward • Jul 1