How much did South Texas Nuclear Generating Station cost to build?
The South Texas Nuclear Generating Station (South Texas Project) near Bay City, Texas, has two 1,354 MW units, built by Houston Lighting & Power and partners, with construction starting on 22 December 1975, Unit 1 in commercial operation on 25 August 1988 and Unit 2 on 19 June 1989, years behind schedule. TIME reported in October 1983 that the cost estimate had grown from about USD 1 billion in 1976 to almost USD 5.5 billion, and a search summary cites a final cost near USD 5.5 billion; no audited nominal final cost was opened, and the USD 12.55 billion in Wikipedia is an inflation-adjusted overnight-cost figure.
Published project estimate
$5.5 billion
Cost basis: 1983
United States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublic domain
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Published project estimate1983
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Key dimensions
- PowerGlobal Energy Monitor
- 2,708 MW
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