Ketchup is a Vegetable and Nukes are Renewables

These guys are desperate to get their new nukes.

FPL Touts Nuclear Energy as a Renewable - Miami Herald - 30 Aug 08

"The discussion about nuclear came up earlier this week during a workshop put on by staff of the Public Service Commission, in response to a legislative act ordering the commission to develop a renewable energy portfolio standard and send it back to the Legislature by Feb. 1 for approval."

"The draft suggests that by 2010, 2 percent of the prior year's retail sales should be made up of renewable energy for each investor-owned utility. That would increase to 3.75 percent by 2017, 6 percent by 2025 and 20 percent by 2050.

FPL has said it is willing to do that much faster: 5 percent by 2017, 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2030 -- if the commission includes three things in a renewable standard: nuclear power, modernizations of older power plants, and energy efficiencies that would reduce greenhouse gases."

"Karnas of the Environmental Defense Fund said he wasn't opposed to nuclear completely. 'It could be part of our energy policy as we turn to low-carbon sources,' but the Legislature has already given nuclear plenty of breaks, including the utilities' ability to charge customers for construction costs years before the plants are completed.

But nuclear plants are so huge compared to solar, that they 'would just completely suck all the air out of the room for any renewable energy market,' leaving solar with virtually no chance, Karnas said."

FPL to File Rate Estimates With State Next Week - Miami Herald - 29 Aug 08

"Several days before Florida Power & Light releases its own estimates, Progress Energy Florida announced Friday its customers could face a stunning 31 percent increase in their electric bills next year.

If approved by state regulators, Progress Energy, the state's second-largest power company, proposed $21.12 be added to bills for fuel costs, $11.42 for new nuclear plant construction and $2.50 for environmental projects, bringing the bill for the typical homeowner using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month to $144.86 starting in January.

Ketchup is a Vegetable and Nukes are Renewables

These guys are desperate to get their new nukes.

FPL Touts Nuclear Energy as a Renewable - Miami Herald - 30 Aug 08

"The discussion about nuclear came up earlier this week during a workshop put on by staff of the Public Service Commission, in response to a legislative act ordering the commission to develop a renewable energy portfolio standard and send it back to the Legislature by Feb. 1 for approval."

"The draft suggests that by 2010, 2 percent of the prior year's retail sales should be made up of renewable energy for each investor-owned utility. That would increase to 3.75 percent by 2017, 6 percent by 2025 and 20 percent by 2050.

FPL has said it is willing to do that much faster: 5 percent by 2017, 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2030 -- if the commission includes three things in a renewable standard: nuclear power, modernizations of older power plants, and energy efficiencies that would reduce greenhouse gases."

"Karnas of the Environmental Defense Fund said he wasn't opposed to nuclear completely. 'It could be part of our energy policy as we turn to low-carbon sources,' but the Legislature has already given nuclear plenty of breaks, including the utilities' ability to charge customers for construction costs years before the plants are completed.

But nuclear plants are so huge compared to solar, that they 'would just completely suck all the air out of the room for any renewable energy market,' leaving solar with virtually no chance, Karnas said."

FPL to File Rate Estimates With State Next Week - Miami Herald - 29 Aug 08

"Several days before Florida Power & Light releases its own estimates, Progress Energy Florida announced Friday its customers could face a stunning 31 percent increase in their electric bills next year.

If approved by state regulators, Progress Energy, the state's second-largest power company, proposed $21.12 be added to bills for fuel costs, $11.42 for new nuclear plant construction and $2.50 for environmental projects, bringing the bill for the typical homeowner using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month to $144.86 starting in January.