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by myrmidon 460 days ago
> Vogtle actual costs are already competitive with actual renewables costs

No. At $160/MWh? Maybe competitive with renewable costs 15 years ago. Most certainly not with renewable cost now (and those still trend down).

> build times are vastly better than the 25 year timeline you're calling a "best case scenario" here

That timeline is for finishing one plant at currently speed, and then planning and finishing a ton of new reactors within 5 year buildtimes directly after. But I see zero confidence that this is actually realistic, not even from the the companies that just finished building Vogtle...

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Fully loaded renewable costs (with sufficient storage or gas generation to achieve firm production) is over $100/MWh, yes.