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Holtec Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Utah and Hi Tech Solutions to Deploy Nuclear SMRs

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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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

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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Calpine Sells Output of Proposed Florida Plant

LCG, Oct. 18, 2000Calpine Corp. and Tampa, Fla.-based Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. jointly announced yesterday that they had asked Florida regulators to approve a deal under which Seminole would buy power from a 540 megawatt Calpine merchant power plant proposed for Auburndale, Fla., about 35 miles east of Tampa.

Under of the terms of the planned agreement, Seminole will have access to all of the output from the Osprey Energy Center for a period of 17 years, beginning with the plant's projected commercial operation date of June 2003, with an option to renew every 5 years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Calpine said the contract would support its Petition for Determination of Need, which is currently pending before the Florida Public Service Commission. Hearings on the petition are scheduled tobegin November 29.

Tim Woodbury, Seminole's vice president for strategic services, said "The agreement provides us with the pricing, the reliability of supply and the flexibility that our member systems need in Florida's dynamic and evolving electric power market."

Calpine said the Osprey plant would be built adjacent to an existing 150 megawatt Calpine plant in Auburndale. The company plans to add another 100 megawatts to that facility and also has in the works a 1,080 megawatt energy center planned for Vero Beach, Fla.

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