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In the episode, Mr. Burns sells the power plant to two German investors for $100 million. The new owners immediately fire Homer, the plant's safety inspector, for his incompetence. Burns soon realizes his former workers no longer fear him and buys the plant back to regain their respect.
On February 29, 2012, Edison took a $1 billion impairment charge related to the Homer City plant and several other coal-fired power plants. At the end of 2012 full control of the plant was transferred back to General Electric, which hired an NRG affiliate to operate it. [7] In early 2017, the plant filed for bankruptcy protection. [8]
Marge is worried, but Homer tells her that the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's dental plan, which the workers won during a strike in 1988, will cover the cost. At a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Jazz Dancers, Pastry Chefs, and Nuclear Technicians union, Carl announces that the newest contract requires the workers to give up ...
Homer insists that Musk comes to the power plant. The next day, Musk discovers that Homer is filled with new ideas for inventions, and so meets Mr. Burns and convinces him to build a magnet-to-hydrodynamic generator for the plant. Burns wants to hire Musk, but he refuses, saying that he does not care about the money.
Drivers refuse to pick him up because his bright muumuu and frantic jabbering make him seem like a lunatic. After carjacking an ice cream truck, Homer arrives at the power plant during a workout program and reaches the shutdown switch, which is situated over a tank of radioactive gas that is about to explode. He falls onto the hatch just as it ...
Homer tells Mindy they should avoid each other because of their mutual attraction. However, Mr. Burns chooses Homer and Mindy to represent the power plant at the National Energy Convention in Capital City. To make matters worse, the convention organizers award Homer and Mindy a free dinner in a romantic restaurant.
The Simpson family's house needs its foundation repaired, but the family does not have enough money to afford the repairs. When a job opens at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant (because Mr. Burns has forced the retirement of an employee who has worked at the plant for 45 years), Marge decides to apply for the job opening so she and Homer can collectively earn enough money to pay for the ...
In the episode, Homer is awarded US$2,000 in compensation after radiation from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant causes him to become sterile. Homer's half-brother, Herb, now poor and homeless, hatches a plan to regain his wealth. Homer loans him $2,000 to develop a new product that translates baby babbling into speech that parents can ...