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Power plants for generating electricity cost billions of dollars, which is very expensive by any standard, and a plant’s cost must be borne by the utility that will sell its output. A utility will therefore not build a power plant unless it is needed and will yield an eventual profit. How does a utility decide to build such a plant?
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Cohen, B.L. (1990). Do We Need More Power Plants?. In: The Nuclear Energy Option. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6002-3_2
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