Business column in the Tampa Bay Times, by Robert Trigaux.
Trigaux concludes his column about the cancellation of Summer 2 & 3 in SC, as well as the cancellation of Levy County in FL:
None of these projects would have seen the light of day if state laws had not been enacted to shift the financial risk of grotesquely expensive nuclear plants from power company shareholders and dumped it all on hapless ratepayers. Utility customers typically have no other choice for their electricity. Florida's law, signed in 2006 by then Gov. Jeb Bush, was a loser from day one. Shame on Tallahassee for still having it on the books 11 years later.