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EIA Analysis of Southwest Hydropower Generation Shows Record Lows and Slow Recovery

LCG, November 13, 2026--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today issued an "In-Brief Analysis" highlighting the record lows for hydropower generation in the Southwest this summer. The prolonged drought conditions affecting the Colorado River Basin caused record low hydropower generation this summer in the Southwestern electricity supply region, which includes Arizona, New Mexico, and small parts of Nevada and California. Hydropower generation from April through August 2026 was a full 28 percent lower than the 10-year average and 19 percent lower than during the same period last year.

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NRC Issues Construction Permit for Long Mott High-Temperature, Gas-Cooled Reactor in Texas

LCG, November 11, 2026--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced on November 9 that it has approved the Construction Permit Application ("CPA") for the Long Mott Generating Station in Texas. Long Mott Energy, LLC (LME) must obtain a separate operating license from the NRC before loading fuel or operating the reactors.

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Wisconsin Utility Buys 3 New York Power Plants

LCG, Dec. 27, 2001--The holding company for Wisconsin Public Service Co. said yesterday that its unregulated electric generation subsidiary has agreed to buy three New York power plants from CH Resources Inc. for $61 million.

WPS Resources Corp. subsidiary WPS Power Development Inc. will purchase from Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based CH Resources Inc. three plants with a combined capacity of 257 megawatts. They are located in Beaver Falls, Niagara Falls and Syracuse.

The facilities consist of the 109 megawatt combined-cycle Syracuse Generating Facility, the 95 megawatt combined-cycle Beaver Falls Generating Facility and the 53 megawatt fluidized-bed Niagara Falls Generating Facility.

Power from the plants will be sold into the New York bulk power market through bilateral agreements and into the wholesale and retail open-market using WPS-Energy Services Inc., the WPS energy marketing subsidiary.

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