The deadline for citizen comments to the NRC on re-licensing of the South Texas Nuclear Project units 1 and 2 is tomorrow, April 1st. The applicant for license renewal is STPNOC – the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company. The Matagorda County nuclear reactors are owned by NRG South Texas LP, CPS Energy and the City [...]
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NRG could pull out permanently from STP expansion by the end of the 2011 3rd quarter.
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Energy, loan guarantee, nrg energy, STP, toshiba, tx on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NRG Energy, Inc. posted their 2010 Full-Year and Fourth Quarter results today. It appears that if no loan guarantees are forthcoming and the company fails to secure sufficient Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for the STP expansion project by the third quarter of this year, NRG could make a final decision to pull the project. For [...]
Could Austin make another bad deal with STP
Posted in Energy, tagged Austin Energy, austin texas, Energy, nrg energy, Nuclear on February 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On January 25th, Juan Garza, President of Advanced Technology with NRG Energy, Inc. sent a letter to Austin Energy general manager, Larry Weis. The contents of that letter are outlined below. Two months ago, I informally delivered a proposal to you for Austin Energy and NRG Energy to explore a purchase power agreement from the [...]
U.S. nuclear loan-guarantee program is testing how much risk the US government is willing to take
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged Constellation Energy, loan guarantee, NRG, nrg energy, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, Office of Management and Budget, STP, united states department of energy on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Constellation Energy Group Inc. said last week it was pulling out of talks on a $7.5 billion loan guarantee to build a reactor at its Calvert Cliffs facility in Maryland. Constellation Energy Group’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Wallace told the Energy Department that they felt the estimated $880 million the company would have to pay [...]
Smitty’s statement on former PEC/AE GM Juan Garza’s new nuclear job
Posted in Co-op Reform, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged Austin Energy, Juan Garza, nrg energy, South Texas Project, Tom "Smitty" Smith on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith: We are shocked to hear the news that former Austin Energy and Pedernales Electric Cooperative General Manager Juan Garza has taken a job promoting nuclear power with New Jersey-based NRG Energy. While Garza rightfully acknowledges the danger climate change poses to Texas, nuclear power’s life cycle carbon footprint, exorbitant cost [...]
NRG Energy Scales Back Nuke Investment; Makes TPPF Look Bad
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, tagged david crane, Energy Efficiency, forbes, nrg energy, Nuclear, public citizen texas, renewable energy, texas public policy foundation on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In their recent report on how energy efficiency is bad for consumers in Texas, the Texas Public Policy Foundation took some time to tout nukes. To distinguish the development of new nuclear reactors from the previous generation which was frought with cost overruns and delays, they claim the following (page 7-8): “But unlike consumers from [...]
CPS/NRG Settlement Shows Nuclear Power Too Costly, Too Risky
Posted in Nuclear, tagged City Council, CPS Energy, Department of Energy, doe, Loan Guarantees, nrg energy, rate increase, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today’s announcement that as a part of a settlement with NRG Energy, CPS Energy will withdraw its application for a federal loan guarantee for the South Texas (Nuclear) Project (STP) expansion and end further investment in the project demonstrates nuclear plants are too costly and [...]
Nuclear Renaissance Dealt Blow by South Texas Project Troubles
Posted in Energy, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged CPS Energy, doe, julian castro, larry noll, NINA, nrg energy, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, nuclear reactors, nuclear renaissance, public citizen texas, San Antonio, South Texas Project, Tom "Smitty" Smith on January 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A critical court ruling today rang the first chime in what could be the death knell of the so-called “nuclear renaissance,” starting with the failed expansion of the South Texas Project (STP). This afternoon’s ruling by 408th District Court Judge Larry Noll that CPS Energy can safely withdraw from the proposed STP expansion project without [...]
CPS-NRG Lawsuit: Settlement Meeting and Citizen Intervenors
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged citizen intervenors, City Council, city public services, CPS Energy, david crane, Greg Harman, karen seal, lawsuit, nrg energy, orlando gutierrez, ratepayer protection coalition, ratepayers, San Antonio, san antonio current, settlement, steve winn on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Representatives from San Antonio’s CPS Energy and NRG Energy, their partner in the proposed South Texas Nuclear Project expansion, met this morning to try and reach a settlement on their $32 Billion lawsuit. But CPS acting General Manager Jelynne LeBlanc-Burley apparently walked out of the meeting after learning that “neither Nuclear Innovation North America CEO [...]
South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors Too Expensive, CPS Cost Estimate Overly Optimistic
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged $13 billion, Arjun Makhijani, bay city, City Council, city public services, clarence johnson, CPS, energy policy, mark cooper, matthew johnson, Moody's, NRC, nrg energy, nuclear expansion, nuclear reactor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear renaissance, Public Citizen, san antonio express news, South Texas Project, STP, Texas, vermont law school, wallstreet on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week San Antonio’s CPS released their cost estimate for the proposed South Texas Project Nuclear Expansion, and we found their numbers naive optimistic ignored history wanting. To find out why, check out this Guest Column, printed in today’s San Antonio Express-News, from Public Citizen’s own Energy Policy Analyst Matthew Johnson. Nuclear reactors too expensive [...]
CPS’ Reactor Cost Estimate Naïve; Ignores History and Independent Reports
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, City Council, clarence johnson, CPS, CPS Energy, NRG, nrg energy, nuclear cost, nuclear expansion, Nuclear Power, nuke, San Antonio, South Texas Project, STP, wall street on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office CPS Energy’s announcement today that it will cost $13 billion to build two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) is a naïve guess when compared to independent assessments that offer more realistic estimates for financing and construction. San Antonio already has spent [...]
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