State Senate introduces nuclear bailout bill, similar to $500 million House plan | News | witf.org

State Senate introduces nuclear bailout bill, similar to $500 million House plan | News | witf.org: FILE PHOTO: This photo shows an American flag and the Pennsylvania State flag flying near a cooling tower at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Exelon Corp., the owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst commercial nuclear power accident, said it will shut down the plant in 2019 without a financial rescue from Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, FILE) (Harrisburg) -- State Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) has introduced a long-awaited bill aimed at preventing two of the state's five nuclear plants from retiring early. Senate Bill 510 recognizes the plants as carbon free energy and adds nuclear power to the state's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard -- a 2004 law requiring electric utilities to buy power from a list of clean and alternative energy sources, like wind and solar. Exelon plans to close its Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor near Harrisburg in...