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Campbell supervisors approve letter backing AEP’s SMR early-site-permit grant application amid ratepayer questions
Summary
AEP requested a letter of local support to strengthen a Department of Energy grant application that would help cover studies for an early site permit for a proposed small modular reactor near Concord; the board voted to authorize the letter while several supervisors stressed that approval of the letter is not an endorsement of the project itself.
Rob Mann, representing AEP, asked the supervisors to approve a letter of local support for AEP’s application to the U.S. Department of Energy for funds to offset the costs of studies and data collection required for an early site permit for a proposed small modular reactor (SMR) in the Concord area.
Mann said the grant would reduce the utility’s upfront costs for environmental and technical studies. "That grant is strengthened with letters of support from localities, particularly a locality that may end up being the host locality," he said, and told the…
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