Nuke plant continues

ST. PETERSBURG - Progress Energy Florida (PEF) continues moving forward with its plan to build two nuclear power plants in southern Levy County despite rising construction costs, according to PEF spokesman Buddy Eller.

"We expect to file our state need case with the (Florida) Public Service Commission within the next 60 to 90 days," Eller said.

It won't be until that time when PEF can say just how much more the nuclear power plants will cost in comparison with estimates from a year ago, he said, because the company is still involved in ongoing negotiations with Westinghouse Electric regarding the price of the plants.

In December of 2006, PEF said one nuclear plant to be built in southern Levy County would cost between $2.5 billion and $3.5 billion. There is a 40 percent difference between those two numbers.

Those figures, however, are irrelevant because PEF then decided it could build two reactors on the site located on the east side of U.S. Highway 19, north of Inglis.

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