Texas PUC begins work to attract advanced nuclear reactors, in and out of ERCOT market
- brittanyreed28
- Oct 2, 2023
- 1 min read
Gov. Greg Abbott, R, has asked state regulators to begin exploring “how Texas will become the national leader in using advanced nuclear energy.” Trong Nguyen via Getty Images
Dive Brief:
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Thursday began work to develop small modular reactors in the state, known as SMRs, with the first meeting of the PUC’s Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group. The working group is planning to deliver a report on the topic to Gov. Greg Abbott, R, by the end of next year.
Abbott, in an August letter to regulators, directed the PUCT to establish the working group and begin exploring “how Texas will become the national leader in using advanced nuclear energy.”
The PUC working group will tackle a host of issues including workforce and supply chain development, the use of state and federal incentives to construct SMRs, and how advanced nuclear resources will compete in wholesale markets managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.