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Wärtsilä to Supply the Engineering and Equipment to East Kentucky Power Cooperative for 217-MW Power Plant

LCG, August 27, 2025--Wärtsilä Energy announced yesterday an agreement with East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) to supply the engineering and equipment for a 217-MW power plant to be constructed in Liberty, Kentucky. The Wärtsilä equipment is scheduled for delivery in mid-2027, and the plant is expected to be commissioned in early 2028.

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TerraPower, Utah's Office of Energy Development, and Flagship Companies Sign MOU to Identify Sites for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

LCG, August 25, 2025--The Utah Office of Energy Development (OED), TerraPower and Flagship Companies announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the potential siting of a Natrium® nuclear reactor and energy storage plant in Utah. The MOU establishes a shared commitment to support advanced nuclear technologies to build Utah’s energy future and to prioritize reliability, economic growth and energy abundance.

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Shell May Bid $11 Billion for Enron

LCG, Nov. 5, 2001--Royal Dutch/Shell is believed to be about to mount a 7.6 billion ($11 billion U.S.) bid for Enron Corp., believing the giant U.S. energy company can be had at a bargain price, The Independent, an English newspaper, speculated in its Sunday edition.

The paper, which said the deal has been the subject of considerable speculation on both sides of the Atlantic, said a takeover of Enron would fit Shell's ambitions to add more downstream energy operations to its portfolio. "I have no doubt that a deal is something Shell is looking into," one senior London analyst told The Independent.

Houston-based Enron has recently found itself in deep corporate trouble and the problems worsened last week when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation into partnerships run by the group's former chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, who has been placed on indefinite leave of absence.

Enron has seen its credit-rating slashed to near-junk status, and its shares have suffered a series of big falls, losing about 80 percent of their value.

"Enron's plan to employ asset sales and other means to repair its damaged balance sheet will be insufficient to restore its long-term credit quality to the historical BBB-plus level," wrote Standard & Poor's director Todd Shipman as the credit rating firm cut Enron's debt to two notches above junk status. "The company's financial flexibility continues to diminish."

Last week the situation deteriorated even further. With the SEC investigation hanging over it, Enron has been shut out of many of the usual ways of raising cash and, according to the weekly Barron's, there are "headaches" in Enron's $915 million debt associated with a water-company subsidiary, the pledge of its 19,000-mile pipeline last week to secure a $1 billion loan and the SEC investigation.

That has forced the company to resort to desperate measures to raise cash to cover its outstanding debts. Enron secured a $1 billion loan against its huge 19,000-mile network of natural gas pipes. The new credit, supported by assets of Enron's Northern Natural Gas Co. and Transwestern Pipeline, will help the company shore up its liquidity position.

"We are moving aggressively to strengthen our balance sheet and maintain our investment-grade rating," new Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey McMahon said in a statement.

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