Nuclear Plant Journal, September-October 2016 NuclearPlantJournal.com
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Utility,
Industry &
Corporation
Utility
James A. FitzPatrick
Exelon Generation
has agreed to
assume ownership and management of
operations of Entergy Corporation’s
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
in Scriba, NewYork. NewYork Governor
Andrew Cuomo, who asked the New
York Public Service Commission (PSC)
to adopt a Clean Energy Standard (CES)
benefitting the state’s nuclear power
plants, helped facilitate the transaction.
In recent months, Entergy and Exelon
began discussing a path forward that would
allow the plant to continue operating
beyond January 2017. The CES, approved
last week, will save thousands of high-
paying jobs and spur hundreds of millions
of dollars in short-term investments in
energy infrastructure in upstate NewYork.
Without the CES, upstate nuclear plants
would have been at risk of closure.
Under the agreement totaling
$110 million, Entergy would transfer
FitzPatrick’s operating license to Exelon.
TheNewYork PowerAuthority has agreed
to transfer the decommissioning trust fund
and liability for FitzPatrick to Entergy,
and if regulatory approvals are obtained
and the transaction closes, Entergy would
then transfer the fund and associated
liability to Exelon. Transaction closure
is dependent upon regulatory review and
approval by state and federal agencies,
including the US Department of Justice,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and the New York State Public Service
Commission. The transaction is expected
to close in the second quarter of 2017.
Contact: Paul Adams, Exelon,
Darlington
Refurbishment
Years of preparation, planning and
practice has ensured the Darlington
Refurbishment will begin mid-October
2016.
Ontario Power Generation
(OPG) released the latest in a series of
performance reports that have tracked the
company’s efforts for the past two years.
“I’m pleased to report it’s all systems
go for Canada’s largest clean energy
project,” said Dietmar Reiner, SVP
Nuclear Projects. “Come October 2016,
we’ll shut down Unit 2, the first of four
nuclear units to be refurbished, and begin
removing, replacing and overhauling
critical components.”
Highlights from the semi-annual
performance report include:
• Cost performance has been excellent
and has improved since the last
reporting period;
• Safety performance has been
excellent – the team has worked
2,372 days without a lost-time
accident;
