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Holtec Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Utah and Hi Tech Solutions to Deploy Nuclear SMRs

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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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

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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El Paso Replaces CEO

LCG, March 13, 2003El Paso Corporation announced that CEO William A. Wise is officially stepping down as CEO and that a new CEO has been chosen to take interim office.

Ronald Keuhn, Jr. will take Wises place while a permanent CEO is sought.Keuhn, who is 66, has served as a business consultant for two years and was non-executive chairman for the corporation for 14 months in 1999 and 2000.

The corporations decision to replace Wise comes at a time when shareholders have been seeking to replace El Pasos board members.

One of the companys largest shareholders, Selim K. Zilkha, has been at the head of the effort of change the board and owns some 8.9 million shares. The shares have dropped in value over the last two years by nearly $600 million.

Wise will continue to receive his salary plus half of his yearly bonus, in addition to pension benefits, for three years.

El Paso is the countrys largest natural gas pipeline company.

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