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Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit Application to NRC for New Nuclear Reactors in North Carolina

LCG, December 30, 2025--Duke Energy announced today its submission of an early site permit (ESP) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The site is near the Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County, North Carolina. The submittal follows two years of work at the site, and the announcement states that the submittal is part of Duke Energy's strategic, on-going commitment to evaluate new nuclear generation options to reliably meet the growing electricity needs of its customers while reducing costs and risks.

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The NRC Issues Summary of 2025 Successes

LCG, December 29, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today issued a summary of its 2025 accomplishments to highlight its commitment to "enabling the safe and secure use of civilian nuclear energy and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation to benefit society and the environment."

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AES to Buy Ipalco for $2.15 Billion Plus Debt

LCG, July 17, 2000--AES Corp. and Ipalco Enterprises Inc. announced jointly this morning that AES would acquire the Indiana utility holding company in a transaction valued at about $2.15 billion plush the assumption of around $890 million of debt and preferred stock.

Ipalco is the holding company for Indianapolis Power & Light Co. which provides retail electricservice to approximately 430,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Indianapolis and other central Indiana communities.

Under the terms of the deal, Ipalco shareholders would get $25 worth of AES stock for each Ipalco share they tender, which would be a 16 percent premium over the utility's closing price on Friday. The transaction is expected to be tax-free to Ipalco shareholders, accounted for as a pooling-of-interests and immediately accretive to AES earnings per share.

Upon closing, Ipalco will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of AES with its headquarters remaining in Indianapolis.

The transaction is subject to approval by Ipalco shareholders and the usual array of regulators including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. As part of the SEC approval process, AES said it would restructure its ownership interests in Cilcorp in order to continue as an exempt holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

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