Nuclear prudence and the FERC

Journal Article · Sun Mar 15 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Fortnightly; (United States)

OSTI ID:7030297

Strauss, S H

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently set for hearing a complaint brought against Carolina Power Light Company (CP L) by certain of its wholesale customers. Among the issues to be heard is the prudence of CP L management in operating two of the company's nuclear power plants, each of which had been the subject of service outages. The wholesale customers contended that those outages could have been avoided had CP L acted prudently; CP L disagreed. (Re North Carolina Membership Corp. and Brunswick Electric Membership Corp. V. Carolina Power Light, FERC Docket Nos. EL91-28-000 and EL91-54-000, [open quotes]Order Granting Interventions...[close quotes] 57 FERC). This article examines the appropriateness of FERC holding hearings on a utility's prudence in operating a nuclear plant. The author believes that not only should FERC hold such hearings, but that it also has a duty to make prudence decisions.

• OSTI ID: 7030297
• Journal Information: Fortnightly; (United States), Journal Name: Fortnightly; (United States) Vol. 129:6; ISSN FRTNE8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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