For what reasons would Progress Energy decide not to build a second reactor at the Harris Plant?
The company will know more once it completes its two-year evaluation of energy-efficiency programs to evaluate their effectiveness and participation rates to determine their viability in reducing electricity demand further. Additional reductions in future electricity demand growth through energy efficiency could push the need for new power plants farther into the future. Also, decisions on building power plants, electric transmission lines and other large pieces of the electric system infrastructure are based on growth projections, cost assumptions, the best available information on technology, need forecasts and other data. Changes in those projections and assumptions, or unforeseen legal or regulatory changes, could alter plans. Progress Energy is committed to meeting customer demand, now and in the future, as reliably and efficiently as possible. That means plans for the future need to be as flexible as possible.
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