BUCHANAN – A just-released New York Independent System Operator report says there will not be a system reliability need following the deactivation of the Indian Point nuclear power plant assuming that sufficient replacement sources of power are added in the Lower Hudson Valley.
The analysis said the reliability of the system could be maintained only if sufficient replacement sources of power are added in the region – including the CPV plant in Wawayanda, Cricket Valley in Dover and the uprate of the Bayonne Energy Center, noted NYISO spokesman David Flanagan.
“You need some combination of those three resources to avoid a
potential reliability need and in the absence of some combination of those
resources the need would have to be met by one or more types of different
solutions; those could include new generation, transmission, energy efficiency
and demand response measures,” Flanagan said.
But, Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay said CPV and Cricket Valley are not necessary to replace the Indian Point-generated power.
“We don’t need them, we can live without them, and frankly I am not so sure we can take the additional fossil fuel impacts of starting those plants up. Everybody says we have to stop using more fossil fuel power if we are going to solve the fossil fuel problem.”
Gallay said when Indian Point closes in 2021, twice as much power can be generated with clean sources including additional renewable energy and efficiency options.
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