Much needed nuclear market reforms taking shape
Market flaws are putting even the most highly performing nuclear facilities at risk. That is part of the message delivered by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and backed by a new report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and PJM Interconnection, the operator of the grid stretching from the mid-Atlantic to the Midwest.
The report, which also suggests that recognition of these flaws is quickly growing among those with the authority to fix them, comes in the wake of recent nuclear plant shutdowns due to economic issues in both Wisconsin and Vermont over the past 20 months.
