Pennsylvania's Climate Moment

Pitt's Center for Energy hosts forum to discuss the role of nuclear power in decarbonization plans

Three Mile Island (pictured) is scheduled to close this year. Beaver Valley Power Station is set for closure in 2021. (Shutterstock)

Forty-two percent of Pennsylvania’s electricity is generated by nuclear plants, but that percentage may decline as a result of the announced closure of two of Pennsylvania’s five nuclear plants in 2019 and 2021, respectively. To explore what impact those closures will have on the Commonwealth's energy portfolio, as well as on decarbonization plans, the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Energy will host a special forum, "Pennsylvania's Climate Moment," on Friday, March 8 from 11:00am - 12:30 pm in Posvar 3911.

Heng Ban, PhD
R.K. Mellon Professor in Energy, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Director of the Stephen R. Tritch Nuclear Engineering Program
University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering
Hillary Bright
Director, State Policies
Blue Green Alliance
Sam Ressin
Former President
University of Pittsburgh Climate Stewardship Society
Kathleen Robertson
Senior Manager of Environmental Policy and Wholesale Market Development
Exelon
John Walliser
Senior Vice-President, Legal Affairs
Pennsylvania Environmental Council

For more information, contact the Center for Energy at 412-624-7476 or centerforenergy@engr.pitt.edu.

Contact: Paul Kovach