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OPG Completes Darlington Nuclear Station Refurbishment Project Under Budget and Ahead of Schedule

LCG, February 2, 2026--Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced today that construction on the four-unit Darlington Refurbishment project is now complete. Station staff are completing final testing, and the last unit is expected to return to service in the coming weeks. OPG stated that the overall project is currently four months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget.

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NERC's New Annual Assessment Shows Rapid Demand Growth Increasing Resource Adequacy Risks Across North America

LCG, January 30, 2026--The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) yesterday issued its 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) and infographic that spotlight intensifying resource adequacy risks throughout the North American bulk power system (BPS) over the next 10 years.

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Lisa M. Bodensteiner, general counsel for Calpine Corp., has been promotedto senior vice president. In 1996, Bodensteiner joined Calpine as associate counsel. Since then, her responsibilities have grown rapidly to include oversight of a large and expanding legal staff at the corporate office and the regional offices in Boston, Houston and Pleasanton, Calif.

John Erickson has been named president of Otter Tail Corp., the new name of Otter Tail Power Co. He was made an executive vice president in June of last year in preparation for the retirement of John MacFarlane who will remain chairman and chief executive until 2002, when Erickson is expected to succeed him in those positions.

Alan J. Noia, chairman, p[resident, and chief executive ofAllegheny Energy Inc., has been elected a director of the Electric Power Research Institute for a four-year term, beginning this month.

Bruce E. Walenczyk will join Allegheny Energy Inc. May 1 as senior vicepresident and chief financial officer, replacing Michael P. Morrell, who was appointed president of Allegheny Energy Supply Co. earlier this year. Walenczyk was most recently financial vice president with PSEG Energy Holdings Inc.

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George L. Ingalls, a New York Power Authority trustee for 23 years until his retirement in 1990, died Tuesday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton. He was 86. Ingalls was appointed to the board by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in 1967, and his 23 years as an NYPA trustee -- 17 years as vice chairman --is a record. His lengthy tenure was recognized in 1991 when the powerhouse at the Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa pumped storage power project in Schoharie County was named for him.

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