I live about 70 miles east of the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. It’s been shuttered since 2019.
“Exelon announced in 2017 that it would shut down Three Mile Island Unit 1 unless the state stepped in with a financial rescue of about a penny a kWh, less than half of what renewables get in subsidies even though renewables generate a fraction of the low-carbon electricity to the region that TMI does.”
But it’s about to get turned back on in 2028. Under a new name, of course — The Crane Clean Energy Center. Marketing at work here.
Microsoft is doing it. For AI.
And Microsoft with TMI isn’t the only one. Meta’s keeping the Clinton nuclear plant in Illinois from shutting down, and the US government is turning back on the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan for the same reason — AI. These won’t be the last.
Let that sink in.
For all of the cocktail party discussions and public debates about clean energy and BBQ picnic arguments around the pros and cons of nuclear, AI’s making it happen. Pragmatism steps into the ring and he’s looking well-trained, in-shape, and a force to be reckoned with.
Sometimes, you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
