Graphic art from AGREE action alertNY Governor Cuomo and his Public Service Commission have proposed a massive $8 billion bailout, at ratepayer expense, to prop up three financially failing Exelon atomic reactors in upstate NY on the Lake Ontario shore, and a fourth currently owned by Entergy but that Exelon also wants to buy. The nuclear bailout would gobble up two-thirds of a Clean Energy Fund originally meant for renewables, like wind and solar power, as well as energy efficiency. These four age-degraded reactors are also deep into their breakdown phase, so continued operations significantly increase the risk of a catastrophic radioactivity release on the shore of the Great Lakes, drinking water supply for many millions downstream in the U.S., Canada, and a large number of Native American First Nations. Please take one or more of the following actions ASAP to prevent this dangerous boondoggle -- the public comment deadline is tomorrow, Friday, July 22nd, as the PSC races to rubber-stamp this bad deal. You can use the Alliance for a Green Economy's (AGREE) web form, and/or Public Citizen's web form, and/or sign and submit a letter drafted by Clearwater. If this nuclear bailout precedent gets set in NY, Exelon's and other nuclear industry lobbyists could then attempt to get away with it at dirty, dangerous, and expensive atomic reactors in other states too. More
July 21, 2016