[NukeNet] Florida PSC Approves Need for Two New Nuclear Units at Progress...

Tue Jul 15 18:51:20 EDT 2008

Hey Jim,

I watched today's proceedings on the Florida channel. It's a 420 mile trip  
to Tallahassee from my home in SW Florida.I go up there only when I can  
justify the trip and today's meeting, "the same business-as-usual  sound-bite 
platitude stuff" as you've called it, didn't justify a trip.

My "ead it and weep"comment was more sarcasm than despair. Your right  
thought we must continue to take action.

Jim, which Jim are you? Do you live in Tallahassee? Are you  affiliated with 
anyone in particular?

Bob Krasowski
Naples,Fl. 34103
The Florida Alliance for a Clean Environment
_Alliance4cleanfl at aol.com_ (mailto:Alliance4cleanfl at aol.com) 
239-963-6285

In a message dated 7/15/2008 2:12:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
bastaya at comcast.net writes:

Thanks  for the email with the PSC'S release. I have posted itto  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NONUKESNOW 

I was there at the  PSC-Progress Energy show this morning and it was the same 
business-as-usual  sound-bite platitude stuff we've been dealing with for 
years.  I did get  a chance to be interviewed on video by AP, Capitol News 
Service and Tampa  Bay/Central Florida channels 9 & 13.  Hope it gets some play.   
I'm sure my 81-year old dad will call and tell me to get a haircut if he sees  
it!

Don't weep! Take action!! I never thought I'd live long enough to  fight this 
stuff twice but here it comes again and I'm not dead yet.   

Jim
NONUKESNOW

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Subject: [NukeNet] Florida PSC  Approves Need for Two New Nuclear Units at
Progress, Levy  County.
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:05:37 +0000
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Read it and  weep!

BK, 
Florida Alliance for a Clean  Environment 
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_Home Page_ (http://www.psc.state.fl.us/Default.aspx)  >  Florida Public 
Service Commission News Releases  

     State of  Florida

NEWS  RELEASE     
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   7/15/2008 Contact: 850-413-6482    
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FPSC Approves Need for Two New Nuclear  Units at Progress Levy County 
Facility 

TALLAHASSEE —  Florida’s Public Service  Commission (PSC) today approved a 
petition by Progress Energy Florida  (Progress) for a determination of need for 
two new nuclear units at an  energy complex to be constructed in Levy County, 
Florida.

The new complex will be located about ten miles north  of the company’s 
Crystal River Energy Complex and eight miles inland  from the Gulf of Mexico on 
Florida’s west coast.  The two new  nuclear units, Units 1 and 2, are projected 
to come online in 2016 and  2017 and generate 2,200 megawatts (MW), enough to 
power about 1.3  million average residential homes using 1,200 kWh per month.

“Pursuing nuclear generation helps to diversify  Florida’s fuel supply and 
meet the state’s growing energy needs,” said  PSC Chairman Matthew M. Carter 
II.  "As directed by the  Legislature, annual nuclear cost recovery proceedings 
will allow the  Commission to monitor the project, including appropriate 
checks and  balances, to make sure it continues to be in the customers' best  
interest." 
The new units are projected to satisfy the generation  needs of Progress 
through 2023 while emitting zero greenhouse gases and  reducing Florida’s 
dependence on natural gas and fuel oil. The company  also intends to increase 
demand-side management programs and renewable  energy contracts. 

In making its determination, the Commission considered  the need for electric 
system reliability and integrity, base-load power,  adequate electricity at a 
reasonable cost, and whether the proposed  units are the most cost-effective 
alternative available.  The  Commission also considered whether renewable 
energy sources or  conservation measures were available to the utility that might 
mitigate  the need for the proposed plant. 
A service hearing was held in Crystal River in April to  receive public 
testimony, and the public was provided an opportunity to  testify at the beginning 
of the formal technical hearing in Tallahassee  on May 21.

The PSC is committed to making sure that Florida's  consumers receive their 
electric, natural gas, telephone, water, and  wastewater services in a safe, 
affordable, and reliable manner. The PSC  exercises regulatory authority over 
utilities in the areas of rate  base/economic regulation; competitive market 
oversight; and monitoring  of safety, reliability, and service.

For additional information, visit _www.floridapsc.com_ 
(http://www.floridapsc.com/) . 
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Bob Krasowski 
The Florida Alliance for a Clean Environment
_Alliance4Cleanfl at aol.com_ (mailto:Alliance4Cleanfl at aol.com) 
239-963-6285

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