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LCG, March 17, 2026--Oklo Inc. (Oklo) today announced that it has signed a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the design, construction, and operation of Oklo’s first reactor, the Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program (RPP). The DOE Idaho Operations Office subsequently approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (NSDA) for the fast-fission power plant, and Oklo immediately requested DOE commence review of its Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA).
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LCG, March 13, 2026--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced yesterday that leaders from the participating organizations voted unanimously to proceed as planned with expanding its regional transmission organization (RTO) services into the Western Interconnection. SPP sees the decision to proceed as planned as a strong signal of confidence as SPP and its partner utilities prepare for this key milestone, which will occur overnight between March 31 and April 1.
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Industry News
Williams Has Deal With Buffett and Banks
LCG, Aug. 1, 2002--An agreement between troubled William Cos. Inc., investor-billionaire Warren buffett and Lehman Brothers to sell oil and gas assets it bought only last year allows Williams to increase its total borrowing capability and improve its cash situation.Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Lehman Brothers provided a $900 million senior secured credit agreement (senior being a higher level of obligation than junior). In return, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, under Berkshire Hathaway, receives preferred stock in Williams. Hugh Welton, a senior director at Fitch Ratings, a credit-rating agency, said, "it's pretty spectacular the amount of stuff they've done in a week, though it's been at the expense of selling some good assets that have contributed to their earnings profile."Aside from the Buffet-Lehman Brothers deal, $1.1 billion of credit was secured through an existing line of $700 million, plus $400 million in new credit. Some of the other asset sales made by Williams included a $350 million sale of Wyoming natural gas assets to Encana Corp., and nearly all of its gas-related holdings in the Anadarko basin to Chesapeake Exploration LP, for $37.5 million.Other energy companies have been worried at what was the very real prospect of a credit default this week by Williams, which would have contributed to a more dismal outlook for those companies already trying to improve fallen credit ratings. Dynegy this week sold its Northern Natural Gas pipeline to Buffett for $928 million.
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