New York’s governor is calling for the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov.

State Governor Kathy Hochul has directed New York's public electric utility to develop and construct an advanced nuclear power plant in Upstate New York. ;

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to build a new nuclear power plant in upstate New York. Planned to add one gigawatt of power to the grid, if completed, it will be the first major nuclear power plant built in the state in more than three decades.