[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 82 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, the Biden energy crisis doesn't just 
extend to gas and diesel in this country. It also extends to our power 
grid, shutting down our hydroelectric plants, et cetera.
  We also have in California a nuclear power plant known as Diablo 
Canyon, which produces just under 10 percent of all of our power in 
California, slated to be shut down in 2024.
  The California Independent System Operator warns of a critical 
inflection point to the stability of the grid and would require a shift 
to--get this--more fossil fuel, which would then require more 
CO2 to be produced, even though we know CO2 is 
only 0.04 percent of the atmosphere.
  Summer blackouts were predicted by the California Energy Commission 
and the ISO just last October in information they released, so this 
would make a greater reliance on imported electricity from other 
States.
  The Biden administration needs to do all it can to help have the NRC, 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission renew the licenses for Diablo Canyon for at least 20 years.

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