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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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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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Industry News
Natural Gas, Power Prices Boosted by Lack of New Gas Production
LCG, Feb. 28, 2003--The price of natural gas retreated slightly late this week from levels as much as two to five times what had been considered typical, but it is quite possible that the "typical" price level will be somewhat higher for the next few years.March natural gas on the New York Mercantile Exchange was priced at $10.90 per million Btu on Monday, whereas it had been $6.60 the previous Friday. Low inventories are largely the cause, based on a sharp reversal from mild winters in the past few years to a very cold one that in the Energy Information Administration's estimation has left about one-third less gas in storage compared with the five-year average.Consumption has increased because of more gas being used for heating generally, and by the fact that the majority of new power production capacity uses gas. According to the chief executive of the New York Independent System Operator, plants capable of substituting fuel oil for gas are doing so to cut costs. This week, the premium paid for gas led wholesale electricity prices to reach $990 per magawatt-hour several times in Texas, which has had severe winter weather recently. New York City prices reached $175 per megawatt-hour.Poorer credit ratings among power companies and utilities have contributed to higher prices as well. Companies that explore and drill for gas have not had enough new, stable production to keep inventories from declining. In fact, production fell last year by 5.5%. The trend is expected to continue until 2005, in the view of Lehman Brothers. Canada's own increased use of gas has not allowed imports from that source to grow, and those wells that have been drilled have been of a more marginal nature, and are often quickly depleted.
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