New York is jockeying to build the first advanced nuclear power plant in the nation.
On Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced that she was directing "the state's public electric utility to add at least 1 gigawatt of new nuclear-power generation to its aging fleet of reactors," reports The Wall Street Journal. This is enough to power roughly 1 million homes. The state's three nuclear power plants generated 22 percent of New York's electricity in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Hochul, who provided few specifics or a timeline of her plan, said that the New York Power Authority (the second largest government-owned utility in the country) will "develop and construct" the facility "either alone or in partnership with private entities."
