Dive Summary:
- Customers paying in advance to help Duke Energy build the Levy County nuclear plant in Florida are still on the tab for $1.5 billion despite Duke Energy canceling the plant meant to provide customers low-cost energy for generations to come.
- "Shame on Duke Energy, Progress Energy for taking the public on this ride knowing that they were never going to build the nuclear plants. Shame on them,” said Rep. Mike Fasano.
- Duke Energy announced Thursday it will cancel the $24 billion plant plans with Westinghouse Electric Co. and two other firms set to build the AP1000 plants, the Pittsburg Post-Gazette reports.
From the article:
... “As part of a wide-ranging agreement with the state Public Counsel's Office, the utility avoids potentially embarrassing public hearings…”