Constellation’s Nuclear Plants Ran at Near 100% Capacity During Scorching Summer Months as Carbon-Free Energy Rises to Meet the Climate Challenge
September 19 2022 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Fierce storms, 1,000-year floods and blazing heat dominated
national weather patterns this summer, but customers of
Constellation nuclear plants from the East Coast to the Midwest
enjoyed some of the nation’s highest levels of generation
reliability. Led by 12 carbon-free nuclear plants operating 24/7
and delivering clean energy to millions of homes from the
mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions westward to Illinois, the grid
experienced no electricity supply constraints.
“One of the greatest challenges we face as a nation is
eliminating carbon emissions and continuing to reliably and
affordably power our communities in the face of extreme weather
driven by climate change,” said Bryan Hanson, executive vice
president and chief generation officer, Constellation. “Our nuclear
plants are among the most reliable sources of electricity on the
planet, while also helping to address the climate crisis by
providing carbon-free energy to millions of homes and businesses,
when and where they need it.”
In the spring thousands of highly skilled workers performed
technology upgrades and power plant equipment maintenance during
refueling outages and summer preparedness projects at Constellation
nuclear plants. The cutting-edge work and preventive maintenance
efforts ensured millions of American homes and businesses had
electricity produced from carbon-free nuclear reactors during the
summer. Now, those workers will perform similar fall maintenance
projects to ensure the power supply remains available to all
residents during the cold winter months ahead.
“Americans are facing many challenges with extreme weather; our
nuclear professionals are on site every day to ensure a reliable
flow of carbon-free electricity to millions of residents,” said
Dave Rhoades, chief nuclear officer, Constellation. “Our
hard-working employees have dedicated themselves to making our
nuclear fleet the best in the country, and that translates to an
uninterrupted power supply, regardless of the weather.”
Constellation’s reliable nuclear stations provided
around-the-clock, carbon-free electricity to millions of homes and
businesses during the summer. The fleet’s near-perfect summer
capacity factor of 99 percent means the reactors ran at nearly full
power every second of every day this summer. That percentage is
considerably higher than any other large scale energy sources.
Constellation’s nuclear fleet in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast
U.S. includes Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland;
Limerick Generating Station and Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
in Pennsylvania; and New York facilities Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power
Plant, Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, and Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Station. Its Illinois nuclear fleet includes Braidwood Generating
Station in Will County, Byron Generating Station in Ogle County,
Clinton Power Station in DeWitt County, Dresden Generating Station
in Grundy County, LaSalle County Generating Station, and Quad
Cities Generating in Rock Island County.
About Constellation
Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) is the nation’s
largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy and a leading
supplier of energy products and services to millions of homes,
institutional customers, the public sector, community aggregations
and businesses, including three fourths of Fortune 100 companies. A
Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, our fleet of
nuclear, hydro, wind and solar facilities have the generating
capacity to power approximately 20 million homes, providing 10
percent of all carbon-free energy on the grid in the U.S. Our fleet
is helping to accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy
with more than 32,400 megawatts of capacity and annual output that
is nearly 90 percent carbon-free. We have set a goal to achieve 100
percent carbon-free power generation by 2040 by leveraging
innovative technology and enhancing our diverse mix of hydro, wind
and solar resources paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet.
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Brett Nauman Constellation Communications (410) 470-9700
Brett.Nauman@constellation.com
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