News
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
Who Gets Hit with Enron Fallout
LCG, Nov. 30, 2001--For the past few days, energy companies and financial institutions have been cranking out press releases detailing their "exposure" to the stunning collapse of Enron Corp. Here is an incomplete list of who gets hurt and how much:- Aquila Inc. - less than $50 million.
- Allegheny Energy Inc. - less than $5 million.
- American Electric Power Co. - under $50 million.
- BP Plc - exposure "a couple of tens of million dollars," according to industrial observers.
- Barclays Bank - 400 million ($571 million U.S.) in the form of syndicated loans and derivatives.
- Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. - $69 million.
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - $215 million, more than half of it unsecured.
- Centrica Plc - 30 million ($42.8 million U.S.).
- Chubb Corp. - $220 million in maximum pre-tax exposure to surety bonds relating to Enron Corp.
- Citigroup Inc. - between $700 million to $800 million, about half unsecured.
- Credit Lyonnais - $250 million, about half unsecured.
- Commerzbank AG - "low double-digit million dollar amount".
- Deutsche Bank - maximum loss of tens of millions of dollars.
- Dominion Resources Inc. - past credit exposure of $11 million.
- Duke Energy Corp. - $100 million in non-secured exposure.
- Dynegy Inc. - $75 million.
- El Paso Corp. - net trading exposure about $50 million.
- Energen Corp. - about $14 million.
- Exelon Corp.- net exposure less than $10 million.
- ING (The Netherlands) - about $195 million.
- J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. - $900 million, including $400 million in secured loans.
- KeySpan Corp. - less than $4 million.
- Mirant - up to $60 million.
- NRG Energy Inc. - less than $10 million.
- Northern Border Partners LP - $9 million over next year.
- PPL Inc. - less than $10 million.
- Peoples Energy Corp. - approximately $8 million.
- RWE AG - 10-11 million euros ($9.77 million U.S.).
- Reliant Resources Inc. - approximately $80 million.
- Sempra Energy - less than $15 million.
- Seneca Resources Corp. - about $10.4 million.
- TotalFinaElf - $25 million.
- Williams Cos. - net exposure less than $100 million.
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