Wake up and good morning. I'm honestly not sure what to make of this Orlando Sentinel story that says the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) -- the city's chief producer of electricity -- may invest in nuclear power plants built in South Carolina and, by so doing, somehow deliver electricity to Orlando residents imported from nukes proposed for a site 450 miles and two states away.
Huh? Read it for yourself here.
It seems OUC has long wanted to invest in nuke power and get away from its heavy dependence on coal and natural gas fuels to fire up its electric generators. Why? Because the nation is moving to cleaner emission rules and nukes, for all their radioactive waste, do not directly pollute the air.
"This is a great opportunity for OUC economically," OUC general manager Ken Ksionek told the Orlando newspaper. "I like the diversification, to have 100, 150, 200 ...