Sentences with phrase «said nuclear plants»

Mohl said nuclear plants are competing with wind and solar using production and investment tax credits, which he said created unfair footing for Entergy's 5,000 MW of merchant nuclear power.

It said nuclear plants should continue to operate as long as they are deemed safe, but didn't set a precise timetable.

Jessica Azulay, with the Alliance for a Green Economy, says the nuclear plants are «dirty,» «dangerous» and at more than 40 - years - old, are «antiquated» and should be shuttered.

Jessica Azulay, with the Alliance for a Green Economy, says the nuclear plants are «dirty», «dangerous» and at more than 40 years old, are «antiquated» and should be shuttered.

The state says the nuclear plants are essential to the power grid.

Doyle, who is also an Oswego County Legislator for Pulaski and Richland, said the nuclear plant closing will have a huge impact for the entire county.

Second you can not possibly say a nuclear plant can be built on the site of a coal plant.

Across the nation's organized markets, nuclear supoorters say nuclear plants are not properly compensated for their reliabile, carbon - free generation.

Not exact matches

Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, who has pushed for immediate aid to struggling coal and nuclear plants, signed off on the order and said in an opinion that he expected the decision to be «only the first step in a more systematic effort by the Commission» to address resilience.

Perry has repeatedly said that storing fuel on site makes coal and nuclear plants less prone to shutdowns than other power generators in the event of disasters and attacks.

Critics of the proposal said it could have let some coal and nuclear plants continue to operate even if they're not economic to run.

Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber experts said is widely used in the energy industry, including at nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.

NEW YORK, April 1 - FirstEnergy Corp said late on Saturday its nuclear and coal power plant units filed for bankruptcy court protection as the company looks to restructure, sell assets and win government support to cope with competitors using lower - cost natural gas.

Clients who have become friends tell countless tales of meeting him at the end of one of his 12 - hour seminar days — Robbins exhausted from giving out as much energy as a nuclear power plant to a room of thousands of acolytes — because he wanted to help with a project or problem, even at 2 a.m. «The secret sauce with Tony is that he recognizes that he's not in the transaction business,» says Guber.

TOKYO (AP)-- About 1,400 people filed a joint lawsuit Thursday against three companies that manufactured reactors at Japan's Fukushima Dai - ichi nuclear plant, saying they should be financially liable for damage caused by their 2011 meltdowns.

«Financial markets have been rattled by the growing risk posed by potential radiation leaks at the stricken nuclear power plants in Japan,» said Lee Hardman, an analyst at The Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi UFJ.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-- The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday that it is entering negotiations with General Electric's nuclear division on a proposal to replace an aging uranium enrichment plant in Kentucky with a new facility.

«It's certainly a quandary,» one of the people briefed on the matter, Gavin J. Donohue, the president of the Independent Power Producers of New York, said of Mr. Cuomo's positions on the upstate and downstate nuclear plants.

Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association and a former LIPA chief, said the bigger commitment to wind could prove helpful now that the state has reached an agreement to shutter the 2,000 - megawatt Indian Point nuclear power plant.

The Democratic chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators said Thursday legislation to support Republican County Executive Rob Astorino's planned lawsuit to stop or delay the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant is dead on arrival.

A view of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has repeatedly called for Indian Point to be shut down, saying it is too dangerous to have a nuclear power plant close to a metropolis.

The governor has repeatedly called for Indian Point to be shut down, saying it is too dangerous to have a nuclear plant so close to a metropolis.

He says the NRC is considering how the baffle bolt issue could be impacting other nuclear plants and has been in discussion with plant owners on the matter.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

[214] Euan Phimister has said that bills are likely to increase across the whole of Great Britain because renewable schemes and new nuclear power stations in England are both receiving higher subsidies than the power plants which will shortly close due to environmental regulations.

«Governor Cuomo is absolutely right that the dangerous Indian Point nuclear plant poses a grave threat to New Yorkers and must be shut down,» he said in a statement.

Since, says the NRC's Sheehan, similar numbers have turned up elsewhere, including at the Salem nuclear plant in New Jersey.

I suppose you will say I'm biased but Indian Point has been the most successful nuclear plant in the northeast.

The state is working on «multiple fronts» to close and replace the Indian Point nuclear plant, state energy czar Richard Kauffman said — a direct acknowledgement that the Cuomo administration is actively trying to shutter the Westchester County facility.

A state agency has objected to relicensing the Indian Point nuclear plant on the Hudson River, saying it kills millions of fish larvae and sits near seismic faults with an earthquake threat to millions of people.

«And keep it producing nuclear power for years and years to come,» Cuomo said outside the plant as workers cheered.

The company said the continued operation of the nuclear plants is a «crucial way» to keep down New York's carbon emissions, as well as electric costs, and a «realistic» plan to meet the state's 2030 clean energy standards.

Cuomo has earmarked billions in state dollars to keep upstate nuclear plants open, saying workers needed the jobs while the state transitions to renewable fuels.

ALBANY — The owners of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to keep the facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and on Wednesday filed a notice with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing pPlant in Oswego County say talks with state officials to keep the facility open have been «unsuccessful,» and on Wednesday filed a notice with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating they would close the money - losing plantplant.

Officials said the decision to change the plant's nuclear safety level was due to cumulative radiation releases since the earthquake wreaked serious damage to the reactors, rather than a sudden deterioration in conditions.

Joe Heath, an attorney for the Onondaga Nation, grew up in Oswego County and said he understands how important jobs such as the ones at the Fitzpatrick nuclear plant are to the region.

An official with Entergy said that its decision to close Oswego County's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant last October is negatively affecting the way state lawmakers view its Indian Point nuclear faNuclear Power Plant last October is negatively affecting the way state lawmakers view its Indian Point nuclear fanuclear facility.

That's one possible outcome of the looming Indian Point nuclear power plant closure, which the Cuomo administration earlier this year said would happen by 2021.

But if a state proposal to shutter Indian Point for three months a year is part of larger plot to close the nuclear power plant permanently, as the owner contends, the governor isn't saying so.

Most of the nuclear facilities currently operating in America don't have them, and few of the operators of the older plants would opt to build them because of the cost, N.R.C. spokesman Neil Sheehan said.

He says the pension fund is also shifting away from investments like coal and he's not enthused about nuclear because as a resident of Long Island, electric customers are still paying for a nuclear plant which never opened.

The governor has said keeping the Indian Point nuclear power plant open defies «basic sanity.»

Cuomo as well as environmentalists and nearby residents have said for years they want to close the nuclear plant, which is less than 40 miles from New York City, for safety reasons.

Julia Walsh, with Frack Action, says she hopes that the governor will now act to stop the expansion or building of new gas pipelines in Westchester County, near the Indian Point Nuclear power plant, and upstate across Schoharie, Albany and Rensselaer counties.

Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, whose Westchester district includes both the nuclear plant and the pipeline, said the project is a potentially dangerous mistake.

Spokesman for Entergy, Jim Streets, dismissed the lawsuit's accusation saying that Indian Point may actually be the most secure nuclear plant in the nation.

The state energy officials argued that the financing arrangement is fair, saying that New Yorkers will benefit by cleaner air overall and hopefully, slower climate change, by extending the life of the nuclear plants.

And he said the federal Nuclear Energy Commission has required U.S. nuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like diNuclear Energy Commission has required U.S. nuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like dinuclear plants to take steps to avoid a Fukushima - like disaster.

Meanwhile, according to today's Siena poll, Nearly three - quarters of voters say they are «concerned» about the safety of New York's nuclear power plants and a majority opposes building new nuclear power plants in the state.

Oswego County Legislature Chairman Kevin Gardner said it's his understanding that the bill, if passed, will help Oswego County governments if the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant is closed in 2017.