For three years until June, Nine Mile Point was on the agency's list of problem plants.

Eventually Nine Mile Point 2 will serve 3.6 million customers of the five utilities that own it.

Nine Mile Point 1, for example, is a candidate for retirement.

Nine Mile Point had two signal boxes, No 1 & 2 within short distance of each other.

From mid-1988 until late last year Nine Mile Point 1 was on the commission's "watch list" of problem plants needing more attention.

At Nine Mile Point, it turns south with the river toward Westwego.

For instance, Nine Mile Point 2, one of the most trouble-plagued nuclear plants in the country, has been a money loser.

The plan calls for the power authority to buy Lilco's 18 percent share in Nine Mile Point.

Ten Mile Point has many secluded beaches and coves.

In the early part of the 20th century, Ten Mile Point became a summer retreat with many cabins on its shores.