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NuScale Power Achieves Standard Design Approval from NRC for 77 MW SMR

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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EIA Presents Analysis of California's Solar and Wind Power Curtailment Challenges

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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PG&E Corp. Can Wait on Repayment

LCG, August 5, 2002-Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation, parent company to the California PG&E utility, announced that it has been given waivers by some of its lenders.

Early today, Moody's Investors Service brought the corporation's rating down to "junk," and lenders to the PG&E utility said that repayment of major loans would be postponed through August 16 as long as the merchant energy affiliate PG&E National Energy Group has an investment-grade credit rating.

PG&E Corporation has some $1.3 billion in loans from several sources, including General Electric Capital Corporation and Lehman Commercial Paper.

The corporation has announced that it finds itself capable of meeting its loan requirements of the next year.

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