NextEra and Entergy leave NEI

From an email:

NUCLEAR GROUP LOSES TWO UTILITIES: The nuclear power industry’s central lobbying outfit in D.C. is losing two of its utility member companies, NextEra and Entergy. Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick said the two companies “made the business decision not to renew" their memberships with the trade association. NextEra and Entergy operate more than a dozen reactors, and both had seats on NEI's board of directors. The companies declined to comment. "We are disappointed by the decision but remain committed to our role as the voice of the nuclear industry representing the vast majority of the U.S. nuclear power generators on regulatory and policy issues,” Korsnick said in a statement to ME. NEI board chairman Don Brandt insists the group's work to advance the industry's policy interests "has never been more important.”