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Monday, March 18, 2013

Hearing on Florida Nuclear Cost Recovery Law

At 3:30 p.m. this afternoon, a Florida State Senate committee will be holding a hearing concerning the state's nuclear cost recovery law. Representatives from NEI, FP&L and Progress Energy will all be testifying in support of the law. You can watch the hearing live at the following link:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/CU/

Ahead of the hearing, FP&L produced the following video explaining why the law has been so important in enabling both nuclear plant uprates as well as future expansion:

http://youtu.be/SjxWRf77cXo

Concurrent with the hearing, we'll be providing updates via our main Twitter feed (@N_E_I). Most of our activity will occur between 3:25 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. US EDT and we invite everyone on the list to join in the conversation. If you'd like to read up on the law and why it's proven to be so critical in enabling a number of important projects, here are a few links:

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130318/OPINION05/303180007/Jerry-Paul-Know-facts-about-nuclear-plant-financing?nclick_check=1

http://www2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2013/mar/13/naopino2-floridas-energy-future-should-include-nuc-ar-656623/

http://www.fpl.com/environment/nuclear/pdf/recovery.pdf

If anyone has any questions, please let us know.
Regards,
Eric McErlain
Nuclear Energy Institute

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