Hochul Calls for Advanced Nuclear Plant Upstate, Local Officials Eyeing Former NRG Site

Governor Kathy Hochul says she wants the New York Power Authority to develop and build a new zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant in upstate New York. Hochul made the announcement during an appearance at the Niagara Power Project on Monday. Hochul says the state needs new, clean electricity resources to meet growing power demand from new industrial development, building electrification, and electric vehicles...

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Elected officials from Chautauqua County are taking it a step further and pushing to have that facility located at the site of the former NRG plant in Dunkirk. Among them is County Executive P.J. Wendel, who says it would be a "godsend" for the city...

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State Senator George Borrello and Assemblyman Andrew Molitor are also calling for Hochul to make Dunkirk the site of the new facility. Both lawmakers say a nuclear facility could mean good-paying jobs for the area and would deliver a path to economic recovery.

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