By all accounts, Kewaunee was performing well and was prepared to operate another 20 years after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission renewed its license several years ago.
What doomed Kewaunee was the low price of natural gas in the wholesale power market, just at the time the Wisconsin utilities that bought power from Kewaunee were in negotiations to renew long-term power purchase deals. Both utilities are turning instead to natural gas power plants.
Kewaunee closing makes Wisconsin's task to meet EPA rules tougher. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/15/2014)
In laying out how states could pursue emission reduction strategies, the EPA stressed flexibility, Meier said. The agency also set a less difficult target to reach for those states that rely most heavily on coal. Wisconsin's goal was the 15th most lenient in the country, he said.
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