Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station will mark four decades this year as one of the nation's largest producers. Here's what to know about nuclear energy in Arizona.

In an unusual joint announcement on Feb. 5, Arizona’s three largest electric utilities said they are teaming up to explore ways to provide more power through the expanded use of nuclear energy.

Arizona already has one of the largest nuclear power plants in the nation and more might be coming — though possibly in smaller form and years down the road. In an unusual joint announcement on ...

That power plant is brand new and one of the few nuclear generating stations to be built in recent decades. It is owned by Georgia Power Co. and located in Burke County, about 100 miles northwest ...

In Arizona, the Palo Verde Generating Station has supplied power to parts of Arizona since the mid-1980s. The three-reactor plant is an hour west of Phoenix, just off the I-10.

The news comes amid a larger fight over what the transition to cleaner energy should look like — or if there should be a move to renewables at all.

The only two nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in decades came online at Georgia Power’s Vogtle plant in 2023 and 2024, respectively, and cost $31 billion, according to the Associated Press ...

Collaboration: Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant Key details of the proposal remain unclear, and any new nuclear facility appears years down the road. But the ...

Collaboration: Arizona's 3 big power utilities looking to build a new nuclear plant Key details of the proposal remain unclear, and any new nuclear facility appears years down the road. But the ...