Atom’s Eve?
Solar and wind energy proposals are stealing the show this Legislative session. Meanwhile, off the main stage, deals are in motion to make a former power source of the future — nuclear — an even more significant part of Texas’ energy portfolio. But those plans could change amid environmental concerns and showdowns between corporate giants.
…Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance, formed by a wealthy land-owning family in Victoria to fight the proposed Exelon plant, contends that the Guadalupe River isn’t an adequate source of water for a nuclear facility.
“The group is not anti-nuclear,” executive Director John Figer says. “We’re more site-specific about the proposed nuclear plant in Victoria County.”
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