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Wärtsilä to Supply the Engineering and Equipment to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for 217-MW Power Plant

LCG, August 27, 2025--Wärtsilä Energy announced yesterday an agreement with East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) to supply the engineering and equipment for a 217-MW power plant to be constructed in Liberty, Kentucky. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery in mid-2027, and the plant is expected to be commissioned in early 2028.

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TerraPower, Utah's Office of Energy Development, and Flagship Companies Sign MOU to Identify Sites for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

LCG, August 25, 2025--The Utah Office of Energy Development (OED), TerraPower and Flagship Companies announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the potential siting of a Natrium® nuclear reactor and energy storage plant in Utah. The MOU establishes a shared commitment to support advanced nuclear technologies to build Utah’s energy future and to prioritize reliability, economic growth and energy abundance.

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Enron Inks Billion Dollar Deal with Hotel Chain

LCG, Sept. 7, 2000Enron Energy Services and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. said yesterday they have signed a 10-year energy management deal worth more than $1 billion.

Starwood chief operating officer Robert F. Cotter said the arrangement will save the company $200 million in energy costs at its Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis and other properties over the life of the contract.

Under the agreement, the Enron Corp. subsidiary will provide or procure electricity and natural gas and manage the hotel chain's energy "infrastructure." Cotter said the reduced energy consumption in the company's hotels will result "in a huge cost savings and more environmentally friendly operations."

Lou Pai, chief executive of Enron Energy Services noted that Starwood was the first hospitality company to outsource energy management. "To ensure predictable and lower energy prices, weare providing Starwood the full range of our energy management services including commoditymanagement, energy asset management and project management," he said.

Times are changing, observed Glenn Tuckman, Starwood's senior vice president for operations. "A decade ago, if we had tried to aggressively conserve energy in our hotels, it would have been very apparent to our guests, and not in a good way. Light bulbs would have taken a few seconds to turn on and would have appeared dim at first; the TV remote control would not have worked properly and the temperature in guest rooms would have been erratic."

He said things are different now. "We want every hotel associate to treat our hotels as they would their own home -- after all, we all know to turn off lights when we leave a room in our house, but somehow, when it is a hotel, or office building or any other large public space, we just assume it's someone else's job to watch energy." He added "A little personal energy conservation will go a very long way."

Pai said Enron would provide Starwood with "the full range of our energy management services including commodity management, energy asset management and project management."

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