Cape faces winter without Pilgrim power - News - capecodtimes.com - Hyannis, MA

Cape faces winter without Pilgrim power - News - capecodtimes.com - Hyannis, MA: This year marks New England’s first winter in more than four decades without the benefit of power generated by the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, but the region won’t be left in the dark. The 690-megawatt reactor in Plymouth was permanently shuttered May 31, but plans to make up for the lost electricity have long been in the works. “We have known of Pilgrim’s retirement for a number of years,” said Matt Kakley, spokesman for ISO-New England, the overseer of