Heated Debate Expected At Pa. Capitol Over Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Legislation

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Long-anticipated legislation to pump hundreds of millions of ratepayer dollars into Pennsylvania’s five nuclear power plants is being introduced.
Monday’s bill unveiling could usher in heated debate over whether the plants deserve what critics call a bailout.
The debate in Pennsylvania’s Capitol will run up against a June 1 deadline. That’s when Three Mile Island’s owner, Chicago-based Exelon, says it&r