A decision to close a nuclear power plant that once supplied a quarter of New York City’s and Westchester County’s electricity is drawing renewed scrutiny as energy bills rise and green energy goals become more elusive.
What’s happening?
The New York Post reported on the chorus of critics bemoaning the 2021 shuttering of the Indian Point Energy Center. Environmentalists, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., encouraged the closure that happened under then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Republican lawmakers and nuclear advocates are now blasting that decision as New York City is increasingly reliant on expensive and polluting natural gas.
“It was the safest nuclear power plant in the country,” former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said. “Closing it was ridiculous and insane — and now we’re paying the price.”…