Ontario’s crisis of unaffordable energy

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 Ontario’s crisis of unaffordable energy

Ben Eisen
By Ben Eisen, Special to the Toronto Sun

First posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:30 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:35 PM EST
 

It’s human nature to take many important things for granted — until they are taken away.

For example, most of us take for granted the ability to breathe the air around us. It’s only when we develop a respiratory disease that a deep breath of clean air feels like a great blessing.

Affordable energy is to the economy what oxygen is to the human body.

Just as we all need fresh air, the economy needs a reliable supply of affordable energy to thrive.

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/17/ontarios-crisis-of-unaffordable-energy

[kidd]

When the Indian Point nuclear power plants close in a couple of years, there will be even more demand for Canada's hydroelectric power.
Prices will only go up for the foreseeable future

[thackney]

When the Indian Point nuclear power plants close in a couple of years, there will be even more demand for Canada's hydroelectric power.
Prices will only go up for the foreseeable future

From another thread:

U.S. REACTOR CLOSURES SINCE 2013
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/reactors-are-closing/

Fort Calhoun             (NE)               closed 10/24/2016

Vermont Yankee       (VT)                closed 12/29/2014

San Onofre 2 & 3      (CA)               closed 06/12/2013

Kewaunee                 (WI)               closed 05/07/2013

Crystal River             (FL)                closed 02/20/2013

 
ANNOUNCED U.S. REACTOR CLOSURES

FitzPatrick (NY)              1/27/2017 [Was to have closed, but now Gov. Cuomo's nuclear tax, a bailout at ratepayer expense, of $7.6 billion, would extend upstate NY reactor operations for a dozen years beyond 2017, including at FitzPatrick]

Ginna (NY)                     March 2017 (Was to have closed, absent state approved ratepayer bailout; see FitzPatrick note above re: Gov. Cuomo's nuclear tax)

Clinton (IL)                     06/01/2017 (Was to have closed, absent early Dec., 2016 state-approved ratepayer bailout approved by Gov. Rauner and the State Legislature)

Three Mile Island 1 (PA)  May 2018 (absent potential state-approved ratepayer bailout)

Quad Cities 1 & 2  (IL)    06/01/2018 (Was to have closed, absent early Dec., 2016 state-approved ratepayer bailout; see Clinton above)

Oyster Creek (NJ)           12/31/2019 or sooner

Pilgrim (MA)                   06/01/2019 or sooner

Indian Point 2 (NY)          4/30/2020 (or 4/30/2024), per agreement with State of NY and Riverkeeper

Indian Point 3 (NY)          4/30/2021 (or 4/30/2025), per agreement with State of NY and Riverkeeper

Diablo Canyon 1 (CA)      11/02/2024 (PG&E will not seek a 20-year license extension)

Diablo Canyon 2  (CA)     08/26/2025 (PG&E will not seek a 20-year license extension)