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RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company Sign Long-term PPA for 200 MW Wind Project

LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.

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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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Fire and Power Problems Shut Down Both Indian Point Reactors

LCG, April 29, 2003At New York states largest and possibly most controversial power plant, both nuclear reactors were shut down due to power failure and fire.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported that the Entergy-owned Indian Point plants reactors tripped off line at 4:45 pm yesterday and 3:13 am today.

The 951-megawatt unit 2, which went off line yesterday, was probably shut down due to loss of output breakers, according to Entergy.

The 1,027-megawatt unit 3 was manually shut off early this morning when there was a fire in the high pressure turbine lasting 47 minutes.

Indian Point officials did not speculate as to the possible duration of the shutdown, but energy traders noted that four cooling pumps failed after the trip, and that unit 3 probably sustained a significant amount of damage from fire.

Indian Point spokesman Jim Steets said that unit 2 tripped off line because of an off-site loss of power. He said unit 3s troubles had yet to be determined but may have been related to combustion of oil in the turbine insulation, although he did not comment on how the oil would have been ignited.

Indian Point has come under a lot of criticism from New Yorkers in the last several years. Many residents want to shut down the plant, which is 24 miles away from New York City and is within 50 miles of 20 million people. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Units 2 and 3 have the worst safety ratings amongst all U.S. reactors. New Yorkers began calling for a no-fly zone over Indian Point after September 11, despite analysts reassurance that nuclear plants are safe from being hit by planes.

Plant officials have asserted that this shutdown poses no threat to the public. The shutdown is sure to inflate electricity prices in the region, however, as the generators supply a total of 1,978 megawatts of capacity.

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