State, Federal Efforts to Save Nuclear Plants As Closures Rise May Be Too Little, Too Late

摘要

State and federal efforts may be too late to save nuclear plants struggling to remain profitable in deregulated wholesale energy markets in the Midwest and Northeast, the nuclear industry says. The nuclear industry has been having difficulty competing in certain deregulated energy markets because of record-low natural gas prices. Analysts project these prices aren't going up any time soon, which doesn't bode well for the nuclear industry's future. Five nuclear plants are scheduled to be retired by 2020.