HF 2399 dealt with a study creating nuclear power in Iowa
Thank-you Mr. President
Mr. President and Senate colleagues,
I applaud this bill and say IT”S ABOUT TIME!!
My greatest worry is our economy and future jobs in this great state.
We are all aware of that 100 degree day with 99% humidity and no wind in the middle of an Iowa summer. Or days like today where it is foggy. On these days no power is being generated by wind mills or solar panels. But, we are maxing out our energy usage on these days.
Business does not stop using power on these days and the only power that we have during these hot humid salutary days is called base load generation.
In 2001 the Iowa legislature passed a bill to increase base load generation. At that time we realized how important energy was to our Iowa economy, and to the growth of our economy.
Since that point, we tried to build a base load generation plant in Marshalltown, but failed because of government interference. We tried to build a plant in Waterloo, but again failed because of government interference.
Now, 9 years later, we are back at the table! However, again it seems like there is significant legislative interference. Let’s not bury our heads in the sand!!! We need base load power. That hot humid day will again come this summer Today’s foggy day might be here again tomorrow.
Let’s work with President Obama and make nuclear power work in Iowa!
The greatest problem with this bill, it takes 3-years to do the study and another 10-years to build a plant. I can only hope this time we can all vote yes and support a base load energy plant in Iowa that is 10-years overdue and still another 13-years away. I can only hope our Iowa economy can wait this long.
Thank-you Mr. President!