Dive Summary:
- NRG Energy Inc. is considering building three power plants to help New York state replace two reactors at the Indian Point nuclear plant, the company reported Wednesday.
- New York seeks new power generation to counteract the two reactors which expire in 2013 and 2015.
- NRG says it will cost $1.5 billion to build a new combined-cycle natural gas plant in Astoria and $1 billion for a new unit at Bowline.
From the article:
"NRG would likely offer to add a combined cycle gas unit at its existing 1,139-MW Bowline oil and gas facility on the Hudson River about five miles south of Indian Point.The new 775-MW unit at Bowline would cost an estimated $1 billion.
The company was also considering an offer to construct a new gas plant at the shuttered Lovett coal plant located on the Hudson River just a few miles south of Indian Point."
