With the subsidies for unreliable wind and solar projects likely to dry up as part of the Big Beautiful Bill, nuclear plants may fill the void.

Last week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) ordered her state’s power authority to contract the state’s first nuclear power plant in 35 years. Hochul admitted the state’s renewable energy buildout is faltering as reliability concerns mount.

Hochul’s announcement came only three days after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two nuclear-related bills: one for research into nuclear power and another to help develop the state’s nuclear workforce.

Michigan and Pennsylvania have announced plans to re-open shuttered nuclear power plants in the next few years.

Nationally, President Trump has set a goal of quadrupling the country’s nuclear capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050.

Caution: We are all for a nuclear renaissance. But please no government subsidies to the nuclear industry. That’s what killed green energy.