News
LCG, October 20, 2025--Holtec International announced today that the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan has received new nuclear fuel – 68 assemblies in total – that achieves a major milestone on the path to restarting the plant. The 800-MW facility was shutdown and decommissioned in 2022 due primarily for economic reasons; however, Holtec is progressing towards restarting the original unit by the end of this year, pending all necessary federal regulatory reviews and approvals. Achieving a successful restart of a shutdown nuclear unit will be a historic first for the nuclear industry.
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LCG, October 14, 2025--Calpine Corporation today announced the close of a Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement to support development of the Pin Oak Creek project, a 460-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility adjacent to Calpine's Freestone Energy Center, a gas-fired combined-cycle facility located on approximately 506 acres near Fairfield, Texas.
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Industry News
El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. Becomes GulfTerra
LCG, May 1, 2003El Paso Energy Partners, L.P has decided to change its name and stock ticker.El Paso Energy Partners was the third-largest master limited partnership in the country at the end of last year and is changing its name in an effort to distinguish itself from the El Paso Corporation, the large pipeline company which is an indirect partner. Although probably not its intended, the move will also distinguish the company from completely unrelated utility El Paso Electric.No mention was made as to whether or not the name change came in response to El Paso Corporation'ss economic situation, which has resulted in the sale of several assets. The name GulfTerra is intended to relate to the size and scope of the partnerships midstream operations, according to CEO Robert Phillips.GulfTerras New York Stock Exchange Symbol will be GTM.
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