RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia attorney general's office says the state's largest power company should drop plans to build a third reactor at its North Anna nuclear power plant.
While Dominion Virginia Power contends it hasn't committed to building the third reactor, it is on pace to spend nearly $2 billion on the potential power source by the end of 2018.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that an expert witness for the attorney general's office estimated the cost of adding a third reactor in Louisa County would top $19 billion and increase customers' bills by 25 percent.
Dominion executives said they expect a federal license in 2017. They argue that to stop work on designing the reactor before that would be premature.
Nuclear power provides more than 40 percent of Dominion's customers' electricity.
Virginia AG Calls for Cancelling Third Nuke Plant
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