Energy czar: State actively working to shutter Indian Point--Nuclear power plant north of NYC
Scott Waldman
ALBANY—The state is working on “multiple fronts” to close and replace the Indian Point nuclear plant, state energy czar Richard Kauffman said, in a notably direct acknowledgement that the Cuomo administration is actively trying to shutter the Westchester County facility.
“The governor has repeatedly said that he wants to close Indian Point,” Kauffman said in response to a question from State Senator Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, during an energy committee hearing this week. “Even before he was governor, he was saying that. Entergy, who is the owner and operator of Indian Point, is seeking a 20-year license from the [federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission] and the state opposes this relicensing. We are in litigation on multiple fronts opposing the relicensing and this involves state entities, including the Department of State, D.E.C. and the attorney general's office.”
After a transformer fire at the plant earlier this month, Andrew Cuomo reiterated his longstanding concerns about the Indian Point facility but as governor has generally avoided explicit discussion of efforts to close it.
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/05/8568598/energy-czar-state-actively-working-shutter-indian-point
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