FirstEnergy to shut Davis-Besse, Perry and Beaver Valley nuclear plants

摘要

FirstEnergy on Wednesday notified the regional grid operator PJM Interconnection of its plans to retire three nuclear plants in the next two to three years due to poor market conditions. The plans include retiring the 908-MW Davis-Besse and 1,268-MW Perry plants in Ohio in 2020 and 2021, respectively. FirstEnergy also plans to shut the 1,872-MW Beaver Valley plant in western Pennsylvania in 2021, according to a Wednesday statement from the company. The plant closures hinge on PJM’s review of reliability impacts to the grid. Don Moul, president of FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. Generation Companies and FirstEnergy’s chief nuclear officer, said in the news release the company has taken aggressive measures to cut costs at the plants, but “the market challenges facing these units are beyond their control.”