Environmentalists Release Clean Energy Strategy to Replace Nuclear Plants (NJ)

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http://www.huliq.com/18495/environmentalists-release-clean-energy-strategy-to-replace-nuclear-plants

On the eve of critical decisions about New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan and a proposed license extension for the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, Environment New Jersey joined public safety and environmental groups to release “Powering New Jersey’s Future: A Clean Energy Strategy for Replacing the Oyster Creek and Salem Nuclear Plants.”

The report details a step-by-step plan to replace the Oyster Creek, Salem 1 and 2 nuclear power plants at the end of their current operating licenses with renewable energy and energy efficiency.

“Governor Corzine has an urgent choice to make,” said Suzanne Leta Liou, Global Warming and Clean Energy Advocate for Environment New Jersey and co-author of the report. “He can ensure New Jersey is on track for a new energy future or he can continue our reliance on dirty, dangerous sources of power.”

On March 31st, the Corzine Administration’s Energy Master Plan committee released draft computer modeling assumptions for the state’s electricity sector. These assumptions are critical because they include expectations about power plant operation, transmission lines, clean energy generation and energy efficiency measures until the year 2020. Currently, the draft assumptions include twenty-year license extensions for all of the state’s nuclear plants and dramatic increases of in-state conventional power plant generation and electricity imports from out-of-state.

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