Howdy Vorts, Local news Sunday report on electric power generation. Dynegy backs out of plans for a venture to build two new coal fired power plants. New coal plant construction planning is gone forever with the threat by BO to tax them out of existence.
Electric Power Institute statistics quoted: Nationwide electric power production source, Natural gas 21.% Coal 48.3% Nuclear 19.2% Wind 1.0% Hydroelectric 6.9% Solar and other 3.3% Nuclear Power plant liscense applications filed 27 new plants Applications granted ZERO. Estimated startup date for first new Nuclear plant if application granted today year 2018 Another Nine years to wait on the first new nuke to come on line is a poor guess since the last nuke plant at South Texas took almost 20 years from start to finish. Hyperion, out Santa Fe way may be the best answer with their small packaged 25 meg/w gen plants to be ready in less than 5 years.. given NRC approval is not delayed. Richard
