[SierraWasp]

"I think you'll find, even with relaxed standards, nuclear power still isn't competitive in a free market."

I wish I could understand your strange, inexplicable negativity toward both hydro and nuclear. One is constant and the other is the top peak producer and the two compliment each other so well.

If what you're saying were correct, why on earth would the industrial Japanese and even the screwball French be using nuclear almost exclusively???

[Amerigomag]

There is nothing wrong with hydro or nuclear but both have a large initial expense. The question regarding either is who will pay the bill.

Should taxpayers or rate payers underwright these expense. Traditionally, taxpayers have funded hydro and ratepayers nukes.

If taxpayer funded, who will benefit? Will rate payers enrich service districts or will rates reflect only reasonable maintenance?

If privately funded, will rate payers be subsidized by taxpayers or will the cost be diluted across broad, regulatory regions or will local rate payers simply have to bite the bullet?