NARUC Releases Report Nuclear Generation in Utility Resource Planning

On November 8, 2023, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) released a new report titled “Nuclear Generation in Long-Term Utility Resource Planning”.

NARUC’s Press Release states in part:

In this report, the authors identify three overarching trends from their analyses of 17 utility IRP filings submitted between August 2019 and March 2023. Here is a summary of those trends:

1. The majority of regulated utilities are aware of advanced nuclear technologies. ****

2. Several utilities included in NARUC’s review have explicitly included advanced nuclear in their IRPs. ****

3. Most utilities propose keeping existing nuclear resources online to maintain reliability and progress toward decarbonization goals…. ****

See NARUC News Release here: https://www.naruc.org/about-naruc/press-releases/new-report-reviews-nuclear-energy-in-long-term-utility-resource-planning/

See NARUC Report here: https://pubs.naruc.org/pub/7CE3939B-F659-0270-21D7-7456B16F6F2E