Economics
Why Cuomo Is Trying to Save One Nuclear Plant and Shut Another
- New York governor wants Entergy to keep FitzPatrick plant open
- He also wants its Indian Point plant near New York City closed
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Governor Andrew Cuomo is playing both sides of the nuclear power coin in New York -- and Entergy Corp. is stuck in the middle.
Entergy said Monday that it will shut the FitzPatrick nuclear power plant near Syracuse, New York, in late 2016 or early 2017, another in a series of planned closings by the New Orleans-based company that also includes the Vermont Yankee reactor and the Pilgrim plant south of Boston as they’re squeezed by the shale gas boom.