NEI submitted these comments in accordance with FERC's notice inviting post-technical conference comments on the interplay between state policy goals and wholesale markets. FERC held the conference May 1-2, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
Current market designs fail to value nuclear generation’s significant contributions to system resiliency and energy security. The prospect of losing these undervalued attributes provided by nuclear generation’s contributions to a diverse portfolio justify, if not compel, Commission policy changes to monetize the value of these attributes.