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Faster-than-Expected Data Center Load Growth May Cause Increased Regional Short-term Fossil Fuel Generation and Wholesale Electricity Prices

LCG, March 18, 2026--The EIA released a new "In-depth Analysis" of the potential impact of faster-than-expected near-term growth in data center power demand on power generation and wholesale prices on March 12. The analysis models the lower 48 states through 2027 and compares results to its base case scenario. Key takeaway from this sensitivity analysis is the potential increase in fossil fuels in some regions and potentially a significant increase in wholesale prices in ERCOT.

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Oklo Announces DOE Approval for Nuclear Safety Design Agreement of Aurora Powerhouse at Idaho National Lab

LCG, March 17, 2026--Oklo Inc. (Oklo) today announced that it has signed a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the design, construction, and operation of Oklo’s first reactor, the Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program (RPP). The DOE Idaho Operations Office subsequently approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (NSDA) for the fast-fission power plant, and Oklo immediately requested DOE commence review of its Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA).

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Joint Venture to Build 45 Megawatt Pennsylvania Plant

LCG, July 27, 2000--Subsidiaries of Southern Union Co. and Energy East Corp. said yesterday that they had formed a joint venture to build and operate a 45 megawatt peaking power plant near Scranton, Pa.

PEI Power Corp. and Cayuga Energy Inc. will build the natural gas-fired merchant plant at the site of PEIs 25 megawatt Archbald plant, a cogeneration facility that burns natural and landfill gases. Archbald currently produces 21 megawatts of power for the PJM Interconnection, a power grid serving areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.

" With this project, we are pleased to announce that PEI Power II will triple the output capacitycurrently produced at the Archbald site," said Vincent A. Bonaddio, president of PEI Power Corp., the Southern Union subsidiary.

Cayuga Energy, the Energy East unit, will be general manager of the joint venture, operating as project manager for engineering and construction, and will also manage fuel procurement and electricity sales.

The new project has received the necessary permits and approvals, and is expected to be in service in May 2001.

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