Counterflow

Steve Huntoon, a former president of the Energy Bar Association, practiced energy law for more than 30 years.
DOE
Whither Nuclear?
A new study makes a strong case that the cost of new nuclear plants could decline from the Vogtle experience as multiple units are constructed, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
BWXT Advanced Technologies
Counterflow: Beam Me Up, Scotty
The U.S. Army’s new next-generation nuclear power program is wasteful, counterproductive and dangerous, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
PJM
Counterflow: Have You Heard the One About New Jersey Leaving PJM?
Columnist Steve Huntoon provides "reality checks" on the notion that New Jersey is better off leaving PJM.
Georgia Power
Counterflow: Big Beautiful Expensive Uranium

The U.S. hasn’t built new nuclear plants over the past 50 years (other than the Vogtle disaster) because they haven’t made any economic sense, argues columnist Steve Huntoon.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Counterflow: The SMR Fission Vision in Ontario
Experience with small modular reactors (like other nuclear) is for massive cost overruns, writes columnist Steve Huntoon.
NERC
Counterflow: Stop the Insanity, Trump 2.0
Columnist Steve Huntoon wrote recently about two of President Trump's executive orders. Now, he takes on a third executive order that he considers foolish.
© RTO Insider
Counterflow: Groove on the Rubble
Columnist Steve Huntoon discusses the "apparently unintended irony" in the Trump administration's latest executive order on FERC.
David Keith's Research Group
Counterflow: A Climate ‘Game of Chicken’
Columnist Steve Huntoon says environmentalists are engaging in a "game of chicken" with climate because they won't consider solar geoengineering, such as sand or salt in the stratosphere.
EIA
Counterflow: Grid Apocalypse Not
"Chicken Little" claims about power outages being caused by the transmission grid being overtaxed do not stand up to scrutiny, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
Shutterstock
Counterflow: Back to the Future
After writing 90 columns over 10 years, Steve Huntoon looks back at what he might have gotten right or gotten wrong.

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