Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Support State's Nuclear Power Plants, House Vote Pending

摘要

The Ohio Senate passed a bill on July 17that will allow financial subsidies to stopthe state's single-unit Davis Besse(894 MWe PWR) and Perry(1,256 MWe BWR) Nuclear Power Plantsfrom retiring early.The two reactors are owned byFirstEnergy Solutions, which filed forbankruptcy protection last year, and saidit would close the financially challengedplants in 2020 and 2021 unless the stateprovides some financial assistance tokeep them operating.