On Tuesday, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed
S.903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA). The bill will allow
the federal government to sign long-term power purchase agreements
(PPA's) as well as call for deployment of new reactor designs at
government facilities.
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
submitted
and then withdrew an amendment to NELA that would have only allowed
plants that enter into service after 2019 to qualify for 40-year PPA's
with the government. Generating facilities that start operations before
that year would only be able to obtain contracts for the existing
maximum of 10 years. Energy Committee Chairman Murkowski (R-AK) and
Ranking Member Manchin (D-WV) promised to work with Hirono separately on
possible changes as NELA moves to the Senate floor.
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