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LCG, May 14, 2026--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is proposing a rule to revise wastewater limits, known as effluent limitations guidelines (ELG), for steam electric power plants that will help improve grid reliability and lower electricity prices while continuing to support clean and safe water resources. If finalized, the EPA's proposal is estimated to reduce electricity generation costs by as much as $1.1 billion annually, which could provide cost-savings to American consumers.
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LCG, May 14, 2026--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of eight companies to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. The DOE states that awardees will collectively receive more than $94 million in Federal cost-shared funding to spur additional Gen III+ SMR deployments by addressing key gaps that have hindered the domestic nuclear industry in licensing, supply chain, and site preparation.
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Industry News
Dominion Resources Completes Exit from Latin America
LCG, Oct. 13, 2000Sempra Energy International, a subsidiary of utility holding company Sempra Energy Inc., said yesterday it has completed the purchase of Dominion Resources Inc. natural gas and electricity assets in Argentina for $145 million.The deal, which has been approved by Argentine anti-trust authorities, completes Dominion's exit from Latin America.Thomas E. Capps, Dominion's chairman, president and chief executive, said "The transaction will enable Dominion to enhance the company's debt structure and de-leverage its balance sheet. And itadvances our long-term strategy to divest non-core assets and focus our resources on energy markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States."The principal asset Sempra acquired was an additional 21.5 percent interest in Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur, raising its total stake to 43 percent. The Sodigas firms are holding companies for Camuzzi Gas Pampeana and Camuzzi Gas del Sur, which serve a combined 1.2 million customers in central and southern Argentina.Camuzzi Argentina owns the controlling 57 percent interest in the Sodigas companies. Sempra agreed to sell one of the assets acquired from Dominion, a 25 percent interest in Baeco which is a holding company for electric distributor Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Atlantica, to Camuzzi for an undisclosed sum.Camuzzi Argentina is a subsidiary of Italian Camuzzi Gazometri.
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