Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: Our Atomic Dominoes are Falling [View all]RobertEarl,
If you tell me that there was a utility that built a nuclear power plant, and told the people that it would not be applying to the State Public Utility Commission for a ruling as to how much it could charge; then please tell me which utility made that promise and for what plant.
ALL the nuclear power plants that we have now, I know were built by utilities that had to borrow the money to build the plant, and they were ALL fully expecting the State Public Utilities Com. to allow them to charge the ratepayers to recoup the cost of the plant.
I NEVER encountered a case where a utility said it would build a very costly plant; and give the electricity away.
It is just NOT TRUE that fission power plants are "too cheap to meter".
So I have to assume you are either lying or you were so young back when these plants were built that you didn't understand that they were NOT "too cheap to meter". Never where.
I've NEVER heard the pro-nukes say that. The only people I hear say "too cheap to meter" are anti-nukes claiming the nuclear industry is lying.
PamW