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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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Industry News
Montana Power to Sell the Last of its Energy Assets
LCG, Oct. 2, 2000Montana Power Co. said this morning that it would sell its electric transmission and distribution businesses to NorthWestern Corp. for $1.1 billion. Montana Power will need a new name, because NorthWestern is buying that, too.Sioux Falls, S.D.-based NorthWestern, parent company of NorthWestern Public Service Co., will pay $612 million in cash and assume $488 million of debt to acquire Montana Power's wires and natural gas lines, adding about 288,000 electricity and 151,000 natural gas customers.NorthWestern said the deal would be immediately beneficial to earnings. Upon completion of the transaction, it will serve more than 575,000 electricity and gas customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.Bob Gannon, Montana Power's chief executive, said "The cash proceeds from these sales, totaling some $1.3 billion, will be reinvested in Touch America, our telecommunications subsidiary, which is a national long-haul broadband data, voice and video transport company."Richard R. Hylland, president and chief operating officer of NorthWestern, said "We are delighted to welcome the Montana Power team into the NorthWestern family and look forward to working together to achieve extraordinary growth and success for our customers."NorthWestern said it expected to maintain the Butte headquarters of Montana Power's distributionbusinesses and would continue to use the name Montana Power Co. in that company's service territory. The transaction is conditioned upon, among other things, approvals from the Montana Public Service Commission, Montana Power shareholders, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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