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LCG, October 21, 2025--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued three final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits to ExxonMobil for their Rose Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project located in Jefferson County, Texas. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, these permits allow ExxonMobil to convert three existing test wells permitted by the state to carbon dioxide (CO2) storage injection wells for long-term storage.
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LCG, October 20, 2025--Holtec International announced today that the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan has received new nuclear fuel – 68 assemblies in total – that achieves a major milestone on the path to restarting the plant. The 800-MW facility was shutdown and decommissioned in 2022 due primarily for economic reasons; however, Holtec is progressing towards restarting the original unit by the end of this year, pending all necessary federal regulatory reviews and approvals. Achieving a successful restart of a shutdown nuclear unit will be a historic first for the nuclear industry.
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Industry News
Peoples Energy to Cut Payroll through Retirements
LCG, Aug. 2, 2001Midwestern natural gas company Peoples Energy Corp. said yesterday it would offer 170 non-union, non-officer employees early retirement as a means of reducing its payroll."This program continues our efforts to ensure profitability through increased efficiency and improvedservice," said Tom Patrick, president and chief operating officer. "It will enable us to accelerate the benefits of process improvements now underway."The company said employees who accept the offerwill retire effective Dec. 1, 2001, though an employee may be required to postpone retirement under the program beyond December 1 in order to provide for a smooth transition."The program will result in a one-time charge to fiscal 2001 earnings," said Jim Luebbers, chieffinancial officer. "Assuming 50 percent of eligible employees participate, the program is estimated to yield annual labor savings of about $7 million." Benefit payments will be borne by the company's pension plan trust, which the company says will continue to be well funded.Peoples serves about 1 million retail natural gas customers in Chicago and northeastern Illinois.
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