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dpb

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:54:55 -0800 (PST), "
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i live within 50 miles of shippingport power station.
You probably enjoy reasonably-priced, if not CHEAP, electric power.

not true at all, pittsburgh had some of the highest electric rates in
the nation, untill a few years ago, duquesne light sold off power
generation, rates dropped, now they are headed up agan big
time.........

around here nuke didnt equal low cost.

Back when Nuke power was first developed, there wre lots of glowing (pun
intended) articles in every major publication touting it as being able to
produce electricity "too cheap to meter". That was the standard company line.

They've been lying about it's benefits ever since.

The only significant cost factor has been the extended
design/license/build time that raised capital costs owing to
obstructionist tactics.

The actual fuel/incremental generation costs are extremely competitive
w/ any other baseload generation other than hydro.

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