Buffeted by powerful market forces largely beyond its control, the US nuclear power industry is on the rocks. States have begun throwing these struggling plants lifelines in the form of subsidies that value nuclear power’s zero-carbon-emissions attributes, but opponents contend these schemes illegally interfere with power markets. Litigation is underway and some believe the arguments will reach the Supreme Court.
New York’s Public Service Commission (PSC) in August 2016 issued an order to create a Clean Energy Standard.
