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What construction cost might prompt orders for new nuclear power plants in Texas?
Author Bio:
Geoffrey Rothwell is senior lecturer in the Department of Economics and the associate director of the Public Policy Program, Stanford University. He is also working for the U.S. Department of Energy on the economics of new nuclear power. However, the analysis here is independent research.
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Electricity generation deregulation has opened U.S. wholesale electricity markets to unregulated power producers. In this uncertain environment, how should a generating company evaluate the risk of investing in new capacity?1
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