Dive Summary:
- Duke Energy executive Jeff Lyash told Florida state regulators that his company is going forward with plans to build a $24 billion plant that will come online in 2024; in order to complete the project by 2024, construction would need to begin by 2016.
- To accommodate the construction costs, electric bills could soar, beginning with an addition $20 a month for the average customer in 2018.
- Lyash’s announcement seemed to contradict statements made by Duke CEO Jim Rogers last month, who said the company wouldn’t make a decision until all the licenses had been acquired, a step that hasn’t yet taken place.
From the article:
Duke Energy executive Jeff Lyash told state regulators Monday that the $24 billion Levy County nuclear plant will get built and come online in 2024.
"We've made a decision to build Levy," said Lyash, executive vice president for power generation. "I'm confident in the schedule and numbers." ...
