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NextEra Energy and Google Collaborate on Accelerating Nuclear Power Deployment

LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.

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Google Announces Gas-fired Broadwing Energy Project with CCS

LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.

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Enron Sacks Chief Financial Officer

LCG, Oct. 25, 2001--Enron Corp. yesterday placed its chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, on leave of absence in a move aimed at quieting heavy criticism from the investment community. A day earlier, chief executive Kenneth Lay had expressed confidence in Fastow.

Fastow, who will be replaced by Jeff McMahon, had come under attack by Wall Street for his dual roles as Enron's chief financial officer while managing partnerships with which Enron did business.

"In my continued discussions with the financial community, it became clear to me that restoring investor confidence would require us to replace Andy as CFO," Lay said yesterday in an Enron release.

Since the Wall Street Journal reported last week on the partnerships, Enron has lost more than half its market capitalization, with its stock down about 52 percent. Yesterday, following announcement of an inquiry into the partnerships, heavy selling pushed Enron stock down almost 18 percent, to $16.30 per share, the lowest price in six years.

Enron's shares traded in the low $80 range earlier this year.

Trial lawyers Milberg, Weiss and Bernstein, Liebhard & Lifshitz have both brought class action lawsuits against Enron on behalf of shareholders.

McMahon, who from 1998 to 2000 was treasurer of Enron, had complained about Fastow's possible conflict of interest in a big hedging deal called LJM2, according to Tuesday's Wall Street Journal. He was concerned that Fastow couldn't serve Enron and LJM2 equally, especially as he was allegedly making a lot of money from LJM2, the paper said.

Early this morning it appeared that the market had not responded positively to the change in chief financial officers. On the Instinet electronic broker system, Enron's shares continued their downward movement in trading before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange, but moved up to $17.65 after the bell.

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