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Department of Energy Announces $4.2 Billion Investment to Boost Nuclear Power in Pennsylvania and Ohio

LCG, October 5, 2026--The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) today announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion to finance nuclear uprates and modernization across Vistra’s nuclear fleet in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The projects are expected to preserve nearly 4 GW of carbon-free, baseload power and add 433 MW of new nuclear capacity that will support the growing electricity demand across the PJM region.

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We Energies and Oracle Announce New Agreement for Point Beach Nuclear Plant to Power Project Lighthouse

LCG, October 2, 2026--We Energies, a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group, and Oracle today announced an agreement that would allow Oracle to "subscribe" to between 10 percent and 20 percent of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant’s electricity generation. Oracle will provide the carbon-free energy to Project Lighthouse, the data center campus in Port Washington that Oracle is co-developing with artificial intelligence firm OpenAI.

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New York State Okays 800 Megawatt Sithe Plant

LCG, Jan. 24, 2001Sithe Energies Inc. said this morning that the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment had granted in a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for an 800 megawatt power plant proposed for the Town of Scriba near Oswego, N.Y.

The new facility, called Heritage Station, is a joint venture between Sithe and General Electric Co. and will use GE's latest gas turbine equipment. Construction is expected to begin this spring with commercial operation penciled in for 2004.

"This approval demonstrates that a collective effort among the electric generation industry, localresidents and public officials can contribute real solutions to New York's present and future electricityneeds," said Barry Sullivan, Sithe's vice chairman.

The new power plant will be built adjacent to Sithe's existing Independence Station in Scriba.

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