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Electricity Market Challenges Confronting Nuclear Energy

The U.S. electric sector is under stress. Among the factors that are challenging various electric-generating technologies are flat electricity demand, low natural gas prices and flawed regional market designs. NEI believes that long-term fundamentals in the electricity sector continue to present a strong argument for the value of nuclear energy.

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Media Briefing Transcripts (Audio and Written)

• Energy Market Challenges Media Briefing, Part 1, Sept. 24, 2013

• Energy Market Challenges Media Briefing, Part 2, Sept. 24, 2013

• Energy Market Challenges Media Briefing, Part 3, Sept. 24, 2013

Media Briefing Materials

• WNA Speech on US Electricity Market Conditions, Richard Myers, Sept. 12, 2013

• Perspectives on Merchant Markets - Serious Stress Masked by a Temporary Surplus of Capacity

• The Cost of New Generating Capacity in Perspective

Marv Fertel on low natural gas prices and recent nuclear plant closures

Marv Fertel on energy diversity