Nuclear energy plants in regulated and deregulated markets in the U.S. 2022
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In 2022, the number of nuclear power plants in the United States in regulated markets was almost on par with the number of plants in deregulated merchant markets, operated by regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs). However, there were eight more plants in the regulated market than in the liberalized one. The electricity produced from nuclear plants in U.S. deregulated markets competes with inexpensive electricity from the subsidized wind farm and gas-fired plants, since the