The Floor
If the regulator approves, will the plant reopen within a month?
One of two futures. The regulator decides on Thursday and deletes the other one.
Hangs on: The regulator's decision, expected Thursday
Concluded from · The plant's own notice of resumption, within thirty days of the approval.
25 days left
54%
Reopens within a month
46%
Longer than a month
8 points apart — the bar grows from even, in the direction the room leans.
Where you stand
The room's largest group answered "Reopens within a month".
Answered as you did
—
Lead over second
8 pts
"Reopens within a month" is ahead
Everyone here
629
41 changed their mind
How divided
Dead even
agreed → even
| Answer | Share of the room | People | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reopens within a monthmost | 341 | 54% | |
| Longer than a month | 288 | 46% |
Settles by 20 Oct · The operator's own announcement of restart decides it.
629 have taken a position · 41 changed their mind · 3 reasons
What people are weighing
Take a position to mark what weighed with you
- The workforce was retained on standby payReopens within a month
- Two of the four furnaces need recommissioningLonger than a month
- Restarts at this plant have averaged six weeksLonger than a month
How the room moved
Share of the room, 0 to 100 per cent · 7 Sept to now
What settles this, and when it closes
Only settles if the regulator approves. If it refuses, this half is withdrawn and leaves no mark.
Source: The operator's own announcement of restart · expected by 20 Oct
Counting closes on 15 Oct.
What people said · 3
Every bubble carries the side its writer took.
Take a position above to add your view. You can read everyone else’s now.
Petra L.@petra_l· 8 Sept
Standby pay keeps the people, not the furnaces. Recommissioning two of four is a six-week job on a good run and nothing here has been a good run.
Marcus D.@marcus_d· 9 Sept
They kept the workforce specifically so they could restart fast. That is an expensive bet to make and then not cash.
Ilse V.@ilse_v· 10 Sept
The thirty days is from approval, and approval is not the last permission they need. The fire certificate is a separate queue.
