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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
Powergen sells European Assets to NRG Energy
LCG, April 17, 2001Powergen Plc of the United Kingdom said this morning it has sold its mining and electric generation assets in Germany and Hungary to NRG Energy of the United States for 130 million ($187 million U.S.)."The deal completes Powergen's strategic refocusing on the U.S. and UK energy markets and thesale of its international business, other than a minority stake in the holding companies for Powergen'sformer interests in Australia, India and other parts of Asia," the company said in a news release.NRG will acquire Csepel I and II of Hungary as well as Powergen's interest in Germany's Mibrag GmbH and Saale Energie GmbH. The European assets earned 28 million ($40 million) in profits for Powergen last year.Powergen said the sale was part of its debt reduction program that would result in corporate debt being slashed by 1.37 billion, "significantly ahead of the one billion pounds target originally set".Last week, Powergen agreed to a takeover by German utility Eon for 9.6 billion including assumption of debt.
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