Protesters call out officials for high utility bills after crucial power plant shutdown: 'We're paying the price'

Protesters call out officials for high utility bills after crucial power plant shutdown: 'We're paying the price'

A decision to close a nuclear power plant that once supplied a quarter of New York City's and Westchester County's electricity is drawing renewed scrutiny as energy bills rise and green energy goals become more elusive. What's happening? The New York Post reported on the chorus of critics bemoaning the 2021 shuttering of the Indian Point Energy Center. Environmentalists, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., encouraged the closure that happened under…