News
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
Italy Approves Montedison Takeover by EdF, Fiat
LCG, July 18, 2001Italenergia, the joint vehicle through which Electricit de France and Fiat are making their hostile bid for Italian utility Montedison, won approval yesterday from Italy's stock market regulator Consob after agreeing to raise their offer to at least the minimum required by takeover rules.Consob found that Italenergia had acquire shares of Montedison at market prices higher than their hostile offer. Under Italian takeover rules, the minimum bid must be the average of the last 12 months' weighted trading average and the highest price paid in the market.Because the European Union could derail the deal if it suspends, even temporarily, Italenergia's voting rights on the 52 percent of Montedison it already owns, Consob also insisted that the EdF-Fiat vehicle include a warning in its prospectus that Brussels could examine EdF's role in the bid.For EdF, the takeover would be is means of entry into the Italian energy market. The EU has expressed displeasure with France and the French utility for foot-dragging on opening their own market while taking advantage of the openness of the markets in other EU countries.
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