[DannyTN]

$50 BILLION????

Even if every plant cost $5 million. That's 10,000 plants. How is it possible that that much capital is necessary?

Looks more like the BIG LIE all the time. System fails with multiple plants down. Nobody knows why the systems in place to prevent it didn't work. And now power companies want $50 billion to fix it.

[Alberta's Child]

A power plant costs far more than $5 million. In fact, I would venture to guess that a typical large-scale power plant these days would cost at least $500 million to build from the ground up.

[FLCowboy,]

Five million for every plant? If you could build a plant for $5 million, every utility in the world would be knocking at your doorstep.

[joanil]

Oh golly, they just about doubled my rates in the past four years.
Now they want to double them again!
Its going to be a looooooooooooong cold winter.

[yooper]

"The rate-payer will bear the cost," he told CBS television."

Here's a dose of truth for you all: All utility expenditures, every single one, are passed along to utility users.

[lawdude]

"Even if every plant cost $5 million."

Boy are you so, so 50's. Hell, the permits cost 5 Mill and I suspect the bottom line for a plant (non-nuke) is 100-150 mill.

Nukes like the one at Palo Verde, AZ are SAFE, reliable and produce clean, efficient power.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

I've got a better idea. Let's stop subsidizing foreigners, giving billions per year to the worthless UN, giving billions per year to hostiles like the Palestinians, and just maybe our bills won't go up.