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Originally Posted by Southern Man
McGuire also generates about 1/6 of the electricity used in both North and South Carolina. 
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Actually that is not true, McGuire provides 44% of the Nuclear electricity in the state of NC. The state gets 18% of it's electricity from nuclear, meaning that that site generates 8% of NC's total electric needs, that's 1/12 for one states, not 1/6 for both.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electri...s/sept04nc.xls