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by philipkglass 1690 days ago
New York introduced subsidies to keep nuclear plants operating just a few years ago:

"Five states have implemented programs to assist nuclear power plants"

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=41534

It says that some nuclear plants in New York receive subsidies since 2017. I don't know what the New York selection criteria are. Maybe Indian Point just didn't qualify like other plants did, and (regrettably) shut down sooner as a consequence.

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Indian Point has always been a political flashpoint because of how close it is to NYC, just 36 miles north and in the middle of the suburban bits of the metro area.
>in the middle of the suburban bits of the metro area

I.e. the rich people who have the spare fucks to give about this sort of thing.

If it were in a crap neighborhood in Newark nobody would care.