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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
Tractebel Building 1,225 Megawatts in 2 U.S. Projects
LCG, Aug. 24, 2001--The North American power project development subsidiary of Belgian utility Tractebel said yesterday that it has begun construction on two U.S. natural gas-fired merchant power plants totaling 1,225 megawatts of electricity generating capacity.Tractebel Project Development Inc. said it will build a 505 megawatt facility at Chehalis, Wash. at a cost of $360 million. The plant, located midway between Portland, Ore. and Seattle, is scheduled to commence commercial operation in late 2003, when it will begin selling its output into the Northwest Power Pool.The company will also build a $350 million, 720 megawatt power plant in Wise County, Texas, northwest of Dallas, and will serve the growing demands of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It too will be completed in late 2003, when it will start pushing power into the North Texas regional electricity market."The Chehalis and Wise County electric generation projects are important additions to Tractebel'sNorth American power portfolio. Once built, these state-of-the-art facilities will provide clean andreliable energy at competitive prices in regions where the energy is most critically needed," saidWilliam P. Utt, chief executive of Tractebel North America Inc.Both plants are being built by Reading, Pa.-based Parsons Energy and Chemicals Group Inc. under engineering, procurement, construction contracts.
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