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EIA Analysis of Southwest Hydropower Generation Shows Record Lows and Slow Recovery

LCG, November 13, 2026--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today issued an "In-Brief Analysis" highlighting the record lows for hydropower generation in the Southwest this summer. The prolonged drought conditions affecting the Colorado River Basin caused record low hydropower generation this summer in the Southwestern electricity supply region, which includes Arizona, New Mexico, and small parts of Nevada and California. Hydropower generation from April through August 2026 was a full 28 percent lower than the 10-year average and 19 percent lower than during the same period last year.

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NRC Issues Construction Permit for Long Mott High-Temperature, Gas-Cooled Reactor in Texas

LCG, November 11, 2026--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on November 9 that it has approved the Construction Permit Application ("CPA") for the Long Mott Generating Station in Texas. Long Mott Energy, LLC (LME) must obtain a separate operating license from the NRC before loading fuel or operating the reactors.

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FERC Okays 400-mile Ohio-Pennsylvania Pipeline

LCG, July 20, 2000--Independence Pipeline Co. said yesterday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order authorizing the company to build and operate a new interstate natural gas pipeline designed to serve growth markets in Ohio, Pennsylvania and the eastern United States.

Independence Pipeline is a general partnership formed by subsidiaries of The Coastal Corp.'sANR Pipeline Company subsidiary, Williams' Transco pipeline and National Fuel Gas Company.The company said its pipeline will be strategically located to provide additional transportation capacity between increasing supplies of natural gas in the Midwest and expanding markets throughout the eastern United States.

The $678 million pipeline will consist of approximately 400 miles of 36-inch diameter pipe, extending from ANR's existing compressor station at Defiance, Ohio, to Williams' Transco's and National Fuel's facilities in Leidy, Pa. It will have an initial capacity of 916 million cubic feet per day. The company hopes to have the line in service by November 2002.

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