Resources & Stats
U.S. Reactor Ownership and Management
Nuclear Plant Owners:
Nuclear Plant Sales:
Since 1999, 29 nuclear units have been sold. For a detailed list see U.S. Nuclear Plant Sales .
Pending Sales: 1
Nuclear Plant Sales:
Since 1999, 29 nuclear units have been sold. For a detailed list see U.S. Nuclear Plant Sales .
Pending Sales: 1
- Catawba Unit 1 (NC) – Saluda River Electric Coop's 18.8% share to North Carolina Electric Membership Corp. and Duke Power, mid-2008*
* Date sale is to be completedAnnounced Plants for Sale: 0
Mergers and Acquisitions
- TXU Corp. / Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership (TEF), October 2007, 2 reactors total; TXU Corp's new name is "Energy Future Holdings Corp." The power generation entity under the merged company is Luminant which now owns and operates Comanche Peak (2).
- NRG Energy Inc. purchased Texas Genco LLC, February 2006, two reactors total: South Texas Project (2).
- Exelon purchased British Energy's 50 percent interest in AmerGen, December 2003, three reactors total: Clinton (1), Oyster Creek (1), Three Mile Island (1)
- Commonwealth Edison-Unicom (IL) / PECO Energy Company (PA), October 2000, 17 reactors total; merged company's name is "Exelon". Exelon 17 reactors: Braidwood (2), Byron (2), Clinton (1), Dresden (2), LaSalle (2), Limerick (2), Oyster Creek (1), Peach Bottom (2), Quad Cities (2), Three Mile Island (1)
- Carolina Power & Light (NC) / Florida Progress Corp. (FL), November 2000, five reactors total; merged company's name is "Progress Energy Inc." Progress Energy five reactors: Brunswick (2), Crystal River (1), Harris (1), Robinson (1)
Consolidations
Nuclear Management Company, formed in February 1999 to operate the following plants, ownership will not be affected:- Alliant Energy Corp. – Duane Arnold (IA), one reactor*
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co. – Point Beach (WI), two reactors*
- Wisconsin Public Service Corp. – Kewaunee (WI), one reactor*
- Xcel Energy Inc. – Prairie Island (MN), two reactors; Monticello (MN), one reactor
- Consumers Energy – Palisades (MI), one reactor, November 2000*
* Since the consolidation, the following changes have occurred: Florida Power & Light owns and operates Duane Arnold and Point Beach, Dominion owns and operates Kewaunee, and Entergy owns and operates Palisades.