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Nuclear energy should be classed as “renewable”- says Arizona utility regulator

Utility regulator wants nuclear energy to count as renewable, The Daily Progress,  PHOENIX (AP) 13 Dec 16 — Arizona’s utility regulator has suggested that nuclear energy should count as a renewable power source, allowing it to compete with solar and wind.

Environmental advocates don’t generally consider nuclear power plants renewable because the uranium that fuels them must be mined, reported The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/2hitoC0 ). Utility regulator Andy Tobin proposed the change in a letter that implies he never supported the Renewable Energy Standard the state passed in 2006, which didn’t include nuclear energy as a renewable source.

That legislation requires utilities like the Arizona Public Service Co. to get 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025. Currently, solar, wind and geothermal energy count toward that goal but nuclear does not. Arizona Corporation Commission chairman Doug Little proposed doubling that goal in August. He said that would put Arizona more in line with the goals of other western states…..http://www.dailyprogress.com/utility-regulator-wants-nuclear-energy-to-count-as-renewable/article_cb011e4f-ecf6-5bc2-9426-1e7b1638ae9d.html

December 14, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA