According to this article, the staff for the regulator in Georgia (the only entity in the decision making process looking out for the customers, ratepayers) wer

According to this article, the staff for the regulator in Georgia (the only entity in the decision making process looking out for the customers, ratepayers) were banned from even considering the cost of renewables: > Plant Vogtle proceeded with no cost-cap, no consumer protections, and Public Service Commission (PSC) staff were prohibited from conducting analysis comparing the costs of nuclear to clean energy alternatives. https://www.powermag.com/blog/plant-vogtle-not-a-star-but-a-tragedy-for-the-people-of-georgia/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/plant-vogtle-not-a-star-but-a-... At the other pair of reactors started at the same time and with the same design in Soith Carolina, executives are in jail for lying about the project. The SC reactors were also abandoned. Nuclear in the US is so expensive that even starting a new reactor requires considerable corruption.