by Reddy (Posted Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:11 GMT)
evnow wrote:
One of the nukes in Florida is shutting down. Because it would be too costly to fix it.
Guess who pays to decommission the plant. Right, the rate payers. Welcome to the "free market".
If the company had to pay to decommission as well, I guess they would have fixed it instead.
Here's an interesting op-ed analysis: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100825242Guess who pays to decommission the plant. Right, the rate payers. Welcome to the "free market".
If the company had to pay to decommission as well, I guess they would have fixed it instead.
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Edison invested $2.1 billion in the plant and related assets and has allocated $2.7 billion for decommissioning. All in all, SONGS will cost California ratepayers over $5 billion plus the cost of fuel.