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
J.P. Morgan Acknowledges Round-Trip Trading with Enron
LCG, December 4, 2002-A lawyer for J.P. Morgan Chase has disclosed the company's involvement in circular trades with Enron Corp.J.P. Morgan Chase is currently in court, attempting to recover $1 billion in surety bond coverage from 11 insurance companies who guaranteed contracts between Enron and J.P. Morgan.The insurance firms assert that they were not aware of the type of deals at the time and now say the trading added up to loans to Enron, not the sale of gas or oil.J.P. Morgan had, via another unit named Mahonia, bought oil and gas for $1.9 billion from Enron. Mahonia could then sell the oil and gas back to any company, including Enron.The insurance firms' lead attorney showed deals yesterday involving Mahonia buying and Chase selling the same oil from and to Enron on the same day in the same transaction. These deals would result in only money changing hands, but not any commodities whatsoever.J.P. Morgan Chase's attorney said at the questioning of Judge Jed Rakoff, that the trades were circular. While J.P. Morgan Chase admits knowing the nature of the trades, the company still contends that the deals were not loans.
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