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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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Industry News
Kinder Morgan to Fuel Calpine’s Pasadena 2 Plant
LCG, July 6, 2000--Kinder Morgan Inc. said yesterday a subsidiary would provide about three-quarters of the natural gas needed by Calpine Corp.s new Pasadena 2 cogeneration plant in Texas under a contract that will continue through the summer of 2002.Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline will supply the Calpine plant with 60,000 MMBtu of natural gas per day under the agreement. Kinder Morgan already provides 100 percent of the natural gas Calpine burns at its Pasadena 1 plant.Diana Naylor, a Calpine senior vice president, said her company was pleased with the arrangement. They (Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline) have provided Calpine with professional and reliableservice in the past and we are confident that they will continue to do so in the future, she said.Richard D. Kinder, chief executive of his company, noted that Natural gas has become the fuel of choice for power generation, and a number of new gas-fired plants are planned to be built in close proximity to our extensive pipeline system during the next few years.
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