State Republicans now Throwing Away Money already Spent, Pursue Expensive Nuke Power.

Busy hands are happy hands. That's what Republicans used to say about Democrats having too much time on their hands in the legislature, passing legislation for the heck of it. Well look who's trying to appear busy now?

jsonline: Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to sell off state-owned power and heating plants … some or all of the 37 state government-run power and heating plants … dropped in 2011 amid complaints the bill did not include provisions requiring that they be sold through a competitive bidding process … could get resurrected this month when the governor announces his proposed 2013-'15 state budget.

No matter what Walker comes up with now, his original idea was to exclude a bidding process. A WTF moment.

The time and money wasters are Republican:

But Walker isn’t alone in making completely irresponsible proposals that waste money and time. Look at nuclear energy; if pursued, it would cost rate payers outrageous amounts of money in their monthly bills to build a plant. The fact that nuke power can’t compete with natural gas...who cares, when you've got an ideologically driven agenda:

A cheaper source of energy than Honadel's nuke plan?

Rep. Mark Honadel (R-South Milwaukee) said he plans to push again to lift the state's moratorium on construction of nuclear reactors. The timing for such a bill may not be right, given that the state is on the verge of losing Kewaunee - one of its three active nuclear reactors - but Honadel said his push is about the long term. Dominion Resources Inc. of Virginia announced last fall it would shut down the Kewaunee power plant because it can't compete in a power market dominated by low natural gas prices.

Sen. Glenn Grothman never let "thinking" get in the way of legislation:

Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has said he would introduce a bill to roll back the state's green power mandate, which requires the state to secure 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015. During a legislative hearing last week, utility representatives said a rollback wouldn't make sense, given the investments that power companies across the state already have made. The state's utilities are on track to comply with the renewable target in 2015.