The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the nation’s largest power producer, serving 4 million people across the Southwest and providing about 35 percent of Arizona’s electric power, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Palo Verde relies on billions of gallons of recycled wastewater each year for cooling.
If the Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona initiative appears on the ballot in November, voters will decide the plant’s future.
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