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<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) &#8212; The owners of the Pennsylvania&#8217;s Three Mile Island nuclear plant have formally notified regulators and a regional power grid operator of their previously announced intentions to close the plant.</p><p>LNP newspaper reports Exelon Corp. sent a letter June 20 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission saying the plant would be shut down around Sept. 30, 2019 due to &#8220;severe economic challenges.&#8221;</p><p>Exelon criticized electrical grid operator PJM Interconnection in a May 30 letter to the company saying PJM has not adapted to changes in the energy market. It said market rules don&#8217;t value the &#8220;clean, resilient&#8221; electricity provided by the plant.</p><p>The plant was the site of the United States&#8217; worst commercial nuclear power accident, a 1979 partial core meltdown of one reactor. The other reactor is still in use.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_Three-Mile-Island.jpg</photo0><caption0>Shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant notifies regulators of intent to close