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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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LCG, May 29, 2025--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an analysis yesterday showing that the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasing its curtailment of the rapidly growing solar- and wind-powered generation facilities in order to balance electricity supply and demand, which is necessary to maintain a stable electric system.
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Industry News
Sierra Pacific Sells Southern Nevada Power Plant
LCG, Dec. 5, 2000--Sierra Pacific Resources Inc. said yesterday its Nevada Power Co. subsidiary has agreed to sell its 72 megawatt Harry Allen Power Station near Las Vegas to Pinnacle West Energy, an affiliate of Arizona Public Service Co., for $69.81 million.Nevada Power also negotiated the right to buy energy and ancillary services from Pinnacle West Energy for agreed upon prices at a cost of approximately $4.61 million based on the time of closing. This will result in a net price for the generating plant upon closing of $65.2 million, Sierra Pacific said.Divestiture power plants was a condition imposed by regulators on the merger of Nevada Power with Sierra Pacific Power Co. that created Sierra Pacific Resources. The process is two-thirds complete."Following the sale of Harry Allen Station, there are three of nine bundles of generating assets thatremain to be sold," said Walter M. Higgins, Sierra Pacific chief executive. "These sales will benefit electric industry competition in Nevada and allow us to fully concentrate on building a premier transmission and distribution company in the West."The Harry Allen plant is the newest of those being sold, having entered commercial operation in 1995. It is a combustion turbine facility fueled by natural gas with diesel as a backup. It is a remote-start facility located on a 6,000-acre site about 30 miles north of Las Vegas.
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