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Holtec Receives New Nuclear Fuel at Palisades for Planned Restart

LCG, October 20, 2025--Holtec International announced today that the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan has received new nuclear fuel – 68 assemblies in total – that achieves a major milestone on the path to restarting the plant. The 800-MW facility was shutdown and decommissioned in 2022 due primarily for economic reasons; however, Holtec is progressing towards restarting the original unit by the end of this year, pending all necessary federal regulatory reviews and approvals. Achieving a successful restart of a shutdown nuclear unit will be a historic first for the nuclear industry.

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Calpine Closes Texas Energy Fund Loan for 460-MW Pin Oak Creek Peaking Facility

LCG, October 14, 2025--Calpine Corporation today announced the close of a Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement to support development of the Pin Oak Creek project, a 460-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility adjacent to Calpine's Freestone Energy Center, a gas-fired combined-cycle facility located on approximately 506 acres near Fairfield, Texas.

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Duke Unit Sells Missouri Merchant Plant to NRG

DD>LCG, March 1, 2001--Duke Energy North America said this morning it has sold its 100-percent interest in a 640 megawatt power plant under construction in east-central Missouri to NRG Energy Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

Construction of the natural gas-fueled, simple-cycle peaking plant was begun in May of last year and is scheduled to begin commercial operation by this summer. The parties expect the sale to close by the end of the month, pending regulatory approval.

Located in Audrain County, Mo., the Audrain Generating Station is one of six merchant facilities Duke said it will bring on line by this summer. The other facilities are located in Arizona, Illinois, Oklahoma and two in Mississippi that together total approximately 3,400 megawatts.

The Audrain facility was designed and is being built by Duke/Fluor Daniel, the company said, while Duke Engineering & Services provided interconnection services.

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