Under California's system of regulating monopoly utilities, the cost
for anything a utility builds to deliver power goes onto consumer
bills — along with a profit of around 10 percent a year.
My rough estimate, which is undoubtedly low because it assumes
regulators will side with consumers, suggests that consumers face a
minimum of $13.6 billion in costs arising from the defunct nuke
— including $4.5 billion in potential new utility profits over
25 years.