Resumption of operations at the Yokosuka thermal plant would bring in an additional 2.27 GWh of power, and the Niigata No. 5 Thermal plant, adding 110 megawatts (MW).
That is anathema to the Americans, who fear that any talk of time limits at Nago could trigger demands for similar deadlines at the Misawa and Yokota air bases and the Yokosuka naval station in mainland Japan.