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Not a decision to build, but critical step in evaluating options to meet future energy needs
Following a comprehensive evaluation of sites for a potential nuclear power plant to meet Florida's growing need for electricity, Progress Energy has named a site in southern Levy County as the preferred location for construction of a plant – if the decision is made in future years to move forward.
 The Levy County site, approximately 5,200 acres, is located about seven miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and eight miles north of the company's Crystal River Energy Complex in Citrus County, where Progress Energy operates a nuclear plant, as well as four coal-fueled units. The Levy County location was chosen based on an assessment of the major siting criteria: land, access to sufficient quantities of water (from the Gulf) and access to the electric transmission system, as well as an overall evaluation of environmental considerations. The proximity of the site to the company’s existing nuclear plant also would provide opportunities for efficiencies in shared support functions. In the coming months, the potential site will undergo further detailed assessment.
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