Arizona’s energy landscape may be changing. Three of the state’s largest utilities; Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, and Tucson Electric Power are exploring a joint venture to bring a Generation III+ Small Modular Nuclear Reactor to Arizona. The plan is to take advantage of a $900 million grant from the Department of Energy.
Arizona is one of 14 states that generated over 100 million megawatt hours of electricity last year. According to data from the US Energy Information Administration, nuclear power was 28% of the energy produced. Nuclear energy is much more common on the east side of the country. While the state was thirteenth overall in nuclear energy production, it ranked first among states west of the Mississippi.
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