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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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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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