NY State’s 15-Year Energy Plan to Explore Role of Nuclear Power

Nuclear power has emerged as a potential key player in future energy infrastructure as New York mulls its long-term moves to arrive at a low-emission economy. During a Sept. 9 state energy planning board meeting, board members kicked off the process of developing the Empire State’s next 15-year energy plan and unveiled a draft guiding document that says nuclear energy is one of 15 major topics to be explored. That stands in contrast to the last state energy plan in 2015. “Nuclear” is nowhere to be found in the main text body of that plan, and when it showed up in a follow-up report two years later, it was in the context of decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear plant....