Progress Energy makes its pitch for repairing the Crystal River nuclear plant
Before spending billions of dollars, consumer advocates want a solid review and strategy for repairing Progress Energy's broken nuclear plant, noting at a hearing Thursday that the building had structural problems even back when it was built.
While the focus has been on two recent gaps in the plant's concrete containment wall, consumer groups said during the hearing that the first gap appeared in 1974 in the concrete dome on top of the building.
Charles Rehwinkel, associate state public counsel, questioned whether the containment building was simply flawed or whether Progress Energy properly handled maintenance and repair of the plant. He said hurried or ill-conceived plans to restore the reactor could prove costly to ratepayers.Carolyn believes led lighting the future of lighting will be vastly different to what we currently
"This is all going to be about decision-making by the company," Rehwinkel said.
Jon Moyle, a lobbyist for the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, added that ratepayers already have paid $150 to $200 million in operational expenses alone for the plant, even though it "can't light a single light bulb" because of the needed repairs.
""This is an inordinately complex matter," Moyle said. "It's dire for customers."
Thursday's hearing was the first since Progress Energy submitted its latest plans for the Crystal River nuclear plant last month. The hearing before Public Service Commission member Eduardo E. Balbis was part of the state's effort to determine whether the decision to repair the plant as well as the cost and timing of the work are "prudent."
The potential high costs to ratepayers and questions about the plant's history of repairs led some to wonder whether the plant might still need to be shut down.
Tim Leljedal, a spokesman for Progress Energy,I'd recommend that led downlight your listeners only buy reputable product. acknowledged after the hearing that the containment building's dome did have a gap when it was first constructed. But he said the problem was unrelated to the current troubles.
"The engineering of the dome is unique compared with the rest of the containment building," Leljedal said. "That said, the dome was repaired successfully."
After the repair of the concrete dome, the reactor operated without trouble to the containment building until the fall of 2009.
That's when Progress Energy took the Crystal River nuclear plant offline to replace old steam generators. The major maintenance project required the utility to cut a hole in part of the containment wall.
Workers on the project discovered a gap in the wall during the project that Progress Energy repaired. But when Progress was set to bring the reactor back online this spring,changing how sky lanterns boat owners light up the night. The company has a highly skilled team pushing the technological boundaries of LED lighting workers found another gap in the wall.
The utility now says it will cost between $900 million to $1.3 billion to fix the containment wall. In addition, Progress will have to spend $1 billion to buy electricity while the reactor sits idle.
While Progress says insurance is expected to cover the $1.With an operating life r4i on the order of decades, power consumption a mere shard of that in incandescent bulbs, and a warm3 billion in repair costs, as much as half a billion in electricity purchase costs would have to come from ratepayers. That's all in addition to the $150 to $200 million ratepayers are paying in operational costs for the broken plant.That means an cfl bulbs Amphibian ordered online can be shipped to the customer from any authorized OceanLED dealer that has the product in stock.
And though the utility says the repair costs would be covered by insurance, that has not been officially decided by Progress Energy's insurer, NEIL.
"Progress Energy has uncertainty about whether NEIL will cover the second (gap)," said George Cavros, a Florida-based lawyer for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. "There are some issues yet to be resolved."
Before spending billions of dollars, consumer advocates want a solid review and strategy for repairing Progress Energy's broken nuclear plant, noting at a hearing Thursday that the building had structural problems even back when it was built.
While the focus has been on two recent gaps in the plant's concrete containment wall, consumer groups said during the hearing that the first gap appeared in 1974 in the concrete dome on top of the building.
Charles Rehwinkel, associate state public counsel, questioned whether the containment building was simply flawed or whether Progress Energy properly handled maintenance and repair of the plant. He said hurried or ill-conceived plans to restore the reactor could prove costly to ratepayers.Carolyn believes led lighting the future of lighting will be vastly different to what we currently
"This is all going to be about decision-making by the company," Rehwinkel said.
Jon Moyle, a lobbyist for the Florida Industrial Power Users Group, added that ratepayers already have paid $150 to $200 million in operational expenses alone for the plant, even though it "can't light a single light bulb" because of the needed repairs.
""This is an inordinately complex matter," Moyle said. "It's dire for customers."
Thursday's hearing was the first since Progress Energy submitted its latest plans for the Crystal River nuclear plant last month. The hearing before Public Service Commission member Eduardo E. Balbis was part of the state's effort to determine whether the decision to repair the plant as well as the cost and timing of the work are "prudent."
The potential high costs to ratepayers and questions about the plant's history of repairs led some to wonder whether the plant might still need to be shut down.
Tim Leljedal, a spokesman for Progress Energy,I'd recommend that led downlight your listeners only buy reputable product. acknowledged after the hearing that the containment building's dome did have a gap when it was first constructed. But he said the problem was unrelated to the current troubles.
"The engineering of the dome is unique compared with the rest of the containment building," Leljedal said. "That said, the dome was repaired successfully."
After the repair of the concrete dome, the reactor operated without trouble to the containment building until the fall of 2009.
That's when Progress Energy took the Crystal River nuclear plant offline to replace old steam generators. The major maintenance project required the utility to cut a hole in part of the containment wall.
Workers on the project discovered a gap in the wall during the project that Progress Energy repaired. But when Progress was set to bring the reactor back online this spring,changing how sky lanterns boat owners light up the night. The company has a highly skilled team pushing the technological boundaries of LED lighting workers found another gap in the wall.
The utility now says it will cost between $900 million to $1.3 billion to fix the containment wall. In addition, Progress will have to spend $1 billion to buy electricity while the reactor sits idle.
While Progress says insurance is expected to cover the $1.With an operating life r4i on the order of decades, power consumption a mere shard of that in incandescent bulbs, and a warm3 billion in repair costs, as much as half a billion in electricity purchase costs would have to come from ratepayers. That's all in addition to the $150 to $200 million ratepayers are paying in operational costs for the broken plant.That means an cfl bulbs Amphibian ordered online can be shipped to the customer from any authorized OceanLED dealer that has the product in stock.
And though the utility says the repair costs would be covered by insurance, that has not been officially decided by Progress Energy's insurer, NEIL.
"Progress Energy has uncertainty about whether NEIL will cover the second (gap)," said George Cavros, a Florida-based lawyer for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. "There are some issues yet to be resolved."
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