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Entergy Corporation announced on Friday that the sale of the plant in Scriba, New York, to Exelon Generation had been completed. The company noted that the transaction was "another step in Entergy's exit from its merchant power business."

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that the transfer of the operating license for the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in upstate New York had been approved. As of March 31, the plant's license will be transferred from Entergy Nuclear Operations to Exelon Generation Company.

The New York State Public Services Commission (PSC) on Thursday approved of the sale of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, N.Y. To Exelon Corporation. The $110 million sale from Entergy Corporation “will facilitate the continued operation of the carbon-neutral plant as a bridge to a renewable energy future without the need for imported fossil fuels such as fracked gas and oil from out of state or...

Exelon Generation announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to assume ownership and management of Entergy Corporation's James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, N.Y., in a deal made possible by the state's recently approved Clean Energy Standard policy that includes subsidies for upstate nuclear power facilities.

Entergy Corporation, owner of five operating nuclear reactors in New York, Michigan and Massachusetts, said this week that it was in discussions with Exelon Corporation for the potential sale of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, N.Y., a plant the company has threatened to close due to unfavorable market conditions

Entergy said Monday that workers at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant near Scriba, N.Y., had identified the source of a lubricant leak that had contaminated the power plant's discharge canal on Sunday, causing a visible sheen to spread across Lake Ontario. The oil “contains no PCBs, is non-radioactive, non-hazardous and has low potential health effects,” the company said, announcing the leak had been stopped...

In a report issued late last week, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) warns that closure of the R.E. Ginna and the James A. FizPatrick nuclear power plants, representing 614 MW and 882 MW, respectively, would create an energy deficit for the state when coupled with closure of two coal-fired and two gas turbine plants.