Nuclear Management Company
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Nuclear Management Company is a contract/operations firm that currently oversees four nuclear power plants. NMC provides operational collaborations between plants. NMC does not own the plants, nor the energy produced from them. NMC's corporate headquarters are in Hudson, Wisconsin.
[edit] History
NMC was formed in February 1999 by four utilities: Alliant Energy Nuclear, NSP Nuclear Corporation, WEC Nuclear Nuclear Corporation, and WPS Nuclear Corporation. Consumers Energy joined and became an investor in 2000.
[edit] Nuclear plants
- Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
- Monticello is located in Monticello, Minnesota. Monticello is owned by Northern States Power Company, now a subsidiary of Xcel Energy. MNGP is a BWR licensed through 2030.
- Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Palisades is located in Covert Township, Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan. It is owned by Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy. On December 12, 2005, the plant was put up for auction. Palisades is a PWR licensed through 2011 (with a 20-year extension filed in 2005).
- Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant
- Point Beach is located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The plant is owned by We Energies, a unit of Wisconsin Energy Corp. Point Beach is a two unit PWR, with Unit 1 licensed through 2010 and Unit 2 licensed through 2013.
- Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
- Prairie Island is located in Red Wing, Minnesota. Prairie Island is also owned by NSP, now part of Xcel Energy. Prairie Island is a two unit PWR, with Unit 1 licensed through 2013 and Unit 2 licensed through 2014.
- Duane Arnold Energy Center (sold in 2006)
- DAEC, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is Iowa's only nuclear power plant. It was originally owned by Alliant Energy-Interstate Power and Light when NMC formed. On January 27, 2006, FPL took 70% ownership of the plant. DAEC is no longer part of NMC. DAEC is a BWR licensed through 2014.
- Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (sold in 2005)
- Kewaunee is located in Carlton, Wisconsin. Kewaunee was originally owned by WPS Resources, Wisconsin Public Service Corp., and 2 other partners. On July 5th, 2005, the plant was sold to Dominion Resources. Kewaunee is a PWR licensed through 2013.
