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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 Corp. Files Partial Settlement

LCG, June 5, 2003-Subsidiaries of natural gas pipeline company El Paso Corporation filed a structural settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Several bodies from Western states have claimed that El Paso manipulated natural gas flow, resulting in high gas prices and contributing to the energy crisis of 2000/2001.

In March El Paso agreed to pay $1.7 billion worth of settlements regarding these claims, and the company said yesterday that settlements are in their final stages.

The settlements, filed by natural gas and merchant energy units El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso Merchant Energy Company, and El Paso Merchant Energy - Gas, L.P.,, were submitted to the FERC along with the California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E Utility, the city of Los Angeles, and Southern California Edison.

El Paso Corporation is the nation's largest pipeline company, with 58,000 miles of pipeline, in addition to drilling and energy assets.

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