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The Frontier Group of Companies Announces Plans to Convert Retired 2.7-GW Coal-fired Plant into 3.6-GW Natural Gas-fired Facility in Pennsylvania

LCG, July 15, 2025--The Frontier Group of Companies (“FGC”), owner and developer of the 660-acre Shippingport Industrial Park in Pennsylvania, today announced that it will convert the former coal-fired Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, which was closed in 2019, into a significantly larger, state-of-the-art, natural gas-fired power generation facility with greater on-site generation capacity. FGC has also secured a partner to build a co-located data center facility to support America’s demand for AI infrastructure.

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NRC Accepts the Construction Permit Application for TVA's Small Modular Reactor Project

LCG, July 10, 2025--The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted a construction permit application for review from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to build one of the nation’s first small modular reactors (SMR). TVA submitted its application in late May to use GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 design and to install the advanced nuclear plant at its Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TVA's application is the first in the U.S. that uses GE Vernova Hitachi’s BWRX-300 design.

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Sempra and BP Sign Contract for LNG Deliveries to Baja California

LCG, October 14, 2004--Sempra Energy LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, and BP announced that they have signed a 20-year agreement to deliver 500 MMcf/day of liquified natural gas (LNG) to Sempra's planned Energia Costa Azul terminal, located near Ensenada, Mexico. After regasification, natural gas pipelines would then transport the gas to local markets and California.

The Energia Costa Azul terminal will be built with a capacity of 1 Bcf/day and is a joint project between Sempra Energy LNG and Shell International Gas, a division of Royal Dutch/Shell. Operations are planned to commence by 2008.

The source of the natural gas supplies will be the Tangguh LNG terminal project in Indonesia, which is also scheduled to begin production in 2008. BP, which is the largest owner of the Tangguh LNG project, recently announced another 20-year, Tungguh LNG deal with K-Power, a joint venture between BP and South Korea's SK Corp. There is also an agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) for delivery to an LNG terminal planned for East China's Fujian Province.

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