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NRC Renews Operating Licenses for Constellation's Nuclear Reactors at Clinton and Dresden Facilities

LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.

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ERCOT Announces Organizational Changes to Promote Grid Reliability, Rapid Demand Growth, and Innovation

LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.

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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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