NARUC Report: Nuclear Energy as a Keystone Clean Energy Resource

In 2021, nuclear energy accounted for approximately 20 percent of total U.S. electric generation and almost 50 percent of its carbon-free electricity. Over the decades of operation, nuclear energy has proven to be one of the lowest-cost and most reliable energy resources integrated into the U.S. electric grid. To achieve ambitious decarbonization goals, retaining the existing and expanding the new nuclear energy resource base will be of critical importance. 

Read more in this report authored by Phillip Graeter and Deeksha Anand of Energy Ventures Analysis and developed by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Center for Partnerships and Innovation. 

Some of the chapters from the report: 

• Current Treatment of Nuclear Energy in Federal and State Clean Energy Standards
• Background on Current and Future Nuclear Energy Technology
• Integrated Nuclear Energy Systems and their Potential Relevance to Meet Net-Zero Carbon Goals
• The Role of Public Utility Commissions in Facilitating the Retention and Advancement of Low-Cost and Reliable Nuclear Energy