The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) terminated its consideration of Rick Perry’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would have bailed out uneconomic coal and nuclear plants that cannot compete against cleaner, cheaper energy sources like solar, wind, and energy efficiency.
ATLANTA, GA —The state’s Public Service Commission today failed consumers by approving Georgia Power’s proposal to finish Plant Vogtle, a slipshod nuclear project plagued by multi-year construction delays, bankruptcy, and a cost that has ballooned to more than $25 billion.
A coalition of environmental organizations filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for information pertaining to Rick Perry’s proposal to FERC that could force electricity customers to bail out old, expensive coal and nuclear plants that can no longer compete in America’s 21st century energy marketplace.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
7/31/2017
Sierra Club Statement on Abandonment of Nuclear Plant in South Carolina
Sierra Club has opposed the dangerous V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant
since the beginning of the project