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NRC Approves Oklo's Principal Design Criteria Topical Report for Aurora Powerhouse

LCG, May 6, 2026--Oklo Inc. ("Oklo"), an advanced nuclear technology company, announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the Principal Design Criteria (PDC) topical report for the Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR), which is currently under construction in Idaho. The PDC topical report establishes a regulatory framework that defines the fundamental safety, reliability, and performance requirements to guide future reactor licensing and design activities, and the approved report should simplify future applications and reduce the need to re-review established material.

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OG&E and Google Announce Contract for Three Data Centers in Oklahoma

LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.

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RWE and Meta Announced New PPA for 200-MW Waterloo Solar Project

LCG, March 18, 2025--RWE and Meta today announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for offtake from RWE's 200-MW Waterloo Solar Project, which is located in Bastrop County, Texas. Under the agreement, Meta will purchase 100% of the output from the solar facility, which will support Meta's goal of matching its electricity needs with 100 percent clean energy. The project is scheduled to commence onsite construction in late 2025.

The newly announced PPA represents RWE's third, long-term contract with Meta in recent months, with a combined offtake of 574 MW from projects in Texas, Illinois and Louisiana. Previously, RWE announced that it had secured two PPAs with Meta for 100 percent of the output from RWE's 274 MW County Run Solar project in Illinois and its 100 MW Lafitte Solar project in Louisiana.

Meta's Head of Global Energy said, "We're excited to expand our partnership with RWE and look forward to the Waterloo Solar project coming online."

RWE Clean Energy's Chief Commercial Officer stated, "RWE's partnership with Meta underscores the importance of unleashing American electricity generation from all sources to support load growth in Texas and across the U.S. These collaborations enable us to continue investing in communities across America like Bastrop County, helping to stimulate job creation and economic prosperity, while simultaneously helping companies like Meta match the electricity use of their operations with clean and renewable energy."

RWE continues to expand its investments in renewable power in the U.S. Last year, RWE commissioned 1.6 GW of new solar, onshore wind and battery storage capacity in the U.S. In addition to the solar projects with Meta described above, RWE also announced today that it will provide 308 MW of new and upgraded wind power capacity to West Texas. RWE will first repower its 127-MW Forest Creek wind farm, which is currently underway and is expected to resume operations by the end of this year. Second, RWE will build the 181-MW Honey Mesquite project, which is scheduled to begin construction this Fall and commence operations in late 2026. Both projects will use GE Vernova's domestically produced, state-of-the-art, 2.82-MW wind turbines. RWE claims that, in total, it has more than 4 GW of projects currently under construction across a dozen U.S. states.
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