UPDATED: CEO from the Del Electric Co-op Bill Andrew Pimping Nuclear With Help From Harris McDowell

Have you been wondering why everyone is a buzz over nuclear power all of a sudden?

This is a bit patched together, but stick with it to the end.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has an 11% ownership interest in Dominion Electric (VA)’s nuclear facility located at Lake Anna VA and happens to be the major electric co-operative that Delmarva Power signed up to take part in it’s “On Shore Wind Power” ruse a few months back.

Dominion Electric has applied to FERC for approval to build a fourth nuclear reactor at Lake Anna thereby increasing the value of ODEC’s 11% stake.

To help move the plan forward on the demand side, Bill Andrew, the CEO from the Del Electric Co-op (DEC) which is one of 12 cooperatives within the larger Old Dominion Electrical Cooperative, has been going on radio attacking the BWW project. The Delaware Electric Co-op as a member of ODEC is working with Constellation and Pepco to push the Mid-Atalntic Power Pathway (MAPP) project and facilitate more transmission of nuclear and coal energy to this area, west to east.

Constellation Energy (one of the WINNING Delmarva bidders for their most recent round of 3 year contracts that comes in at same price, or thereabouts, as BWW) is building out the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in MD to serve Lewes and other parts of Sussex County. The Blue Water Wind project would knock a huge whole in the demand side of their pretext for building both the reactor and the transmission lines.

Pepco would own the MAPP transmission lines. These three entities (Pepco, DEC and Constellation) have to try to kill BWW at all costs, or the MAPP project could become a conduit when BWW expands and wants to send excess power east to west, to DC (which is Pepco’s service area and corporate headquarters). Get rid of BWW and the MAPP project proceeds as originally intended – to keep DE dependent on out-of-state fuel.

Check out who is on the Project Overview for Pepco’s MAPP project website, touting it as great for Delmarva Power customers:

Yep.

Delaware State Senator Harris B. McDowell, III
Chair, Energy and Transit Committee

Shocking!

How much of the cost for this nuclear plant will be paid by Delaware Electric Co-op customers? Estimates run around 11%.

If the Senate Dem leadership kills BWW, the only plausible reasons would be to protect the SEU’s big money stream from RECs and to preserve the West to East profits to come from MAPP.

Meanwhile, the evidence shows conclusively that BWW is an excellent financial deal for Delmarva SOS customers.

Note: I wish I had the resources of a newspaper so I could rip every member of this cabal a new anus . Short of having the resources of a newspaper, I wish this state had a decent newspaper.

UPDATED: for clarity 5:45pm