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Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit Application to NRC for New Nuclear Reactors in North Carolina

LCG, December 30, 2025--Duke Energy announced today its submission of an early site permit (ESP) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The site is near the Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County, North Carolina. The submittal follows two years of work at the site, and the announcement states that the submittal is part of Duke Energy's strategic, on-going commitment to evaluate new nuclear generation options to reliably meet the growing electricity needs of its customers while reducing costs and risks.

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The NRC Issues Summary of 2025 Successes

LCG, December 29, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today issued a summary of its 2025 accomplishments to highlight its commitment to "enabling the safe and secure use of civilian nuclear energy and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation to benefit society and the environment."

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Robert E. Busch, senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer of Public Service Electric & Gas. Co., has been given the additional role of president and chief operating officer of PSEG Services Corp. Both firms are units of utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group.

Mitch Davidson has been appointed senior vice president for origination for the eastern United States by the Duke Energy North America unit of Duke Energy Corp.

Bonnie G. Hill has been appointed a non-executive director of National Grid Group Plc, effective upon the company's acquisition of Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc. of which she is currently a director. Dr. Hill is president and chief executive The Times Mirror Foundation and a senior vice president of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Marcus Jackson has been appointed president and chief executive of Semco Energy Inc., a natural gas company serving customers in Alaska and Michigan. Jackson, most recently an executive vice president of Kansas City Power & Light Co., is already a member of Semco's board.

Lawrence C. Nussdorf has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. He is president and chief operating officer of Clark Enterprises Inc., and vice president and treasurer of The Clark Construction Group Inc.

Pauline A. Schneider has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. She is a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams.

David Wiggs has been named interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, replacing S. David Freeman who has accepted an as-yet-to-be-defined energy position in the administration of California Gov. Gray Davis. Wiggs is best known as the former head of El Paso Electric Corp. In that role he had the dubious distinction of becoming only the second utility executive since the Great Depression to lead a company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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