Markets, politics drive nuclear power expansion in the South: industry observers

摘要

The expansion of nuclear capacity in the Southeast may contrast with its contraction elsewhere, especially in competitive wholesale power markets, but the reasons, in effect, remain tied as much to supply and demand as they are to politics. For example, last week's announcement that the Tennessee Valley Authority had ramped up its Browns Ferry Unit 3 to full power contrasts with claims from nuclear power operators in competitive market areas, who have either shut down nuclear plants or threatened to do so without state subsidies.