EPSA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Nuclear Facilities in Pennsylvania Can Easily Cover Their Going Forward/Avoidable Costs through 2028 and Should Not Rationally Retire Publicly available fuel and going forward/avoidable cost data indicates Pennsylvania nuclear unit costs, expressed on a $/MWh basis, that range from a low of $24.62/MWh for Limerick 1 in the PECO Zone in the EMAAC LDA in eastern Pennsylvania to $30.05/MWh for Beaver Valley 1 in the ATSI LDA in northwest Read More
Publicly available fuel and going forward/avoidable cost data indicates Pennsylvania nuclear unit costs, expressed on a $/MWh basis, that range from a low of $24.62/MWh for Limerick 1 in the PECO Zone in the EMAAC LDA in eastern Pennsylvania to $30.05/MWh for Beaver Valley 1 in the ATSI LDA in northwest Pennsylvania. Overall, the going forward costs for six of the nine operating nuclear units in Pennsylvania are at or below the industry average, with Three Mile Island 1 and Beaver Valley 1 and 2 Read More
On March 11, 2019, State Rep. Tom Mehaffie introduced House Bill 11, the Keep Powering Pennsylvania Act, which amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. It would needlessly raise consumer electricity bills and stifle competition by essentially guaranteeing market share for certain out of state nuclear plant owners. These same nuclear plant owners aggressively favored competition when they were winning, but now want to “tap out” from competition when it no longer suits their interests. Read More
In January, EPSA and others petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review two lower court cases upholding nuclear subsidy programs based on Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) payments to uneconomic nuclear units in New York (2nd Circuit) and Illinois (7th Circuit). Both lower court opinions erroneously interpret the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Hughes v. Talen which found that certain state actions unlawfully interfere with FERC’s exclusive jurisdiction over interstate wholesale electricity Read More
New England has relied on wholesale and retail electric market competition to guide most electric capacity resource development in New England for nearly 20 years. Since that time the region’s fleet of generation capacity resources has evolved to its current mixture where there is now an increased use of low emission natural gas-fired, renewable and energy efficiency resources operating alongside of existing hydroelectric and nuclear resources. By relying on New England’s wholesale power Read More
New England has relied on wholesale and retail electric market competition to guide most electric capacity resource development in New England for nearly 20 years. Since that time the region’s fleet of generation capacity resources has evolved to its current mixture where there is now an increased use of low emission natural gas-fired, renewable and energy efficiency resources operating alongside of existing hydroelectric and nuclear resources. Download Report (PDF Format) Read More
