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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
Allegheny Energy Reduces Outlays
LCG, July 8, 2002--Allegheny Energy is scaling back its power generation development activity, and will reduce its payroll by 10 percent, with most reductions to take place by the end of the year.The company, which has customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, will not construct a new plant in La Paz, Ariz., as was planned. Additionally, an 88-megawatt plant that was to be built in St. Joseph, Ind. will not proceed. Job reductions will number about 600 including early retirements.The company's chairman, Allen J. Noia, commented on the need to respond with "prudent and decisive actions" in the face of lower-than-expected wholesale energy prices, low weather-related demand, and the substantial decrease in energy trading, to which the company made substantial commitments in 2001.
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