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LCG, December 1, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that the NRC staff completed its final safety evaluation for the application submitted by TerraPower, on behalf of its subsidiary US SFR Owner, to construct the Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Unit 1 will be the first nuclear project of its kind using the Natrium advanced reactor design. The evaluation concludes there are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing the construction permit.
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LCG, November 26, 2025--RWE announced today the commissioning of the Stoneridge Solar project, located in Milam County, Texas. The project capacity is 200 MW of solar power, plus a battery energy storage system (BESS) that provides 100 MW (200 MWh) of battery storage capacity. The BESS improves the supply of short-term, reliable, affordable electricity in ERCOT.
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Industry News
More Firms Bare Exposure to Enron Fallout
LCG, Dec. 3, 2001--Twenty more companies were added over the weekend to the list of 33 energy and financial firms admitting to exposure to millions of dollars in losses that could result from the collapse of Enron Corp.Standard & Poor's said on Friday it has reviewed a number of credit derivative transactions in which Enron appears and found exposure to the company in three different types of these transactions. Divided among these deals, direct Enron credit exposure potentially could total $3.3 billion.To the list of 33 potential losers reported in this space last Friday, these companies can be added:- ABM Amro - 110 million euros ($98 million U.S.).
- Abbey National (UK) - 115 million ($164 million U.S.).
- Aegon NV (Netherlands) - loans of $300 million.
- Denbury Resources - about $26 million.
- FPL Group - about $2 million.
- John Hancock Financial Services Inc. - $320 million exposure to Enron's bonds, about one third of that debt secured.
- International Power Plc - less than 2 million.
- KCS Energy Inc. - around $3.8 million from hedges and oil and gas sold through Enron units.
- MetLife Inc. - $63 million.
- National Fuel Gas - $10.4 million.
- Nicor Inc. - under $5 million.
- Oneok Inc. - under $40 million before tax.
- PG&E Corp.'s National Energy Group - uncollateralized exposure of about $8 million plus commodity hedge contracts with a market value of about $70 million based on forward prices.
- Principal Financial Group - $171 million, plus another $50 million from investments in Enron-related entities.
- Royal Bank of Scotland - 600 million ($856 million U.S.).
- Sony Bank - $3 million.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. - $210 million.
- UtiliCorp United Inc. - two unsecured promissory notes totaling $31.5 million.
- Westport Resources - less than $3.2 million in commodity sales contracts.
- Wiser Oil - $6.1 million in 2001 and 2002 hedges.
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