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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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Wisconsin Plant Planned at Lake Michigan Site

LCG, May 2, 2002--We Power LLC, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corp., has contracted with Washington Group International for the construction of a 500-megawatt, combined-cycle power plant at an existing site on Lake Michigan.

Engineering work will commence while applications are made with Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The configuration of the plant, at Port Washington, will include two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, and a steam turbine. There is an existing Port Washington power plant at the site, and We Power has plans to build a second combined-cycle plant there at at an unspecified date.

We Power was started one year ago as the unregulated power development unit of Wisconsin Energy, and presently has an overall goal of building 2,800 megawatts of new generation capacity throughout Wisconsin within the decade.
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