Three Mile Island Nuclear Station shut down after generating over 240 billion kWhs over 40 years because the state refused to provide a penny/kWh subsidy, less than half of what renewables get in subsidies, even though renewables generate a fraction of the low-C electricity that nuclear does.
, over the last 2 years the 819 MW nuclear power plant at TMI generated over 14 billion kWhs.
In contrast, solar power in Pennsylvania generated less than 0.2 billion kWhs over this time period and wind generated a little more than 0.7 billion kWhs over this time.Since Exelon purchased TMI Unit 1 in 2000, the plant has logged over 6 million safe worker hours, operated at over 90% capacity, and offset more than 95 million metric tons of carbon, equivalent to taking 20 million cars off the road.
In 2018, Pennsylvania ranked second in the nation in electricity generation from nuclear power, which supplied 39% of the state's net generation fromClosing TMI puts Pennsylvania on the wrong path for the environment from what most of the citizens of the state . 67% of Pennsylvanians say climate change is causing problems right now and 68% want the state to do more to address it.
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