(The Center Square) – Three Mile Island came out of retirement on Friday, exactly five years after mounting economic pressure and shifting energy demand forced the infamous Pennsylvania nuclear generation plant to shut down.
Constellation Energy announced that Microsoft will buy 835 megawatts of energy from the facility to power the company’s data centers spread throughout PJM, a regional power grid that serves 65 million people in 12 states and the District of Columbia. Doing so will keep the plant operational through 2054.
Joe Dominguez, president and CEO of Constellation, said nuclear plants are the “only” energy sources capable of offering carbon-free energy 24/7. The company said the new Crane Clean Energy Center will honor the legacy of Chris Crane, former CEO of Exelon Generation and staunch advocate of nuclear power and carbon-free energy…