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LCG, April 23, 2026--TerraPower announced today the official start of construction on its Kemmerer Unit 1 nuclear power plant, which could be the first utility-scale advanced nuclear power plant in the United States. In early March, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it had authorized the staff to issue a construction permit for Unit 1 commercial nuclear power plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
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LCG, April 22, 2026--The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) yesterday announced two new, 20-year agreements for a 225 MW/900 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in East Tennessee and for a 200 MW/800 MWh BESS project in northern Alabama. Both projects are planned to commence commercial operations in 2029.
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Industry News
Santee Cooper's Cross Unit 3 Approaches Testing and Commercial Operations
LCG, October 18, 2006--Santee Cooper plans to initiate testing next week of its new, 600-MW electric generating unit at the Cross Generating Station, which is located about 50 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Commercial operations are expected to commence on January 1, 2007.
The new unit, Unit 3, is a coal-fired unit like the existing two units that have a combined capacity of 1,160 MW. Another 600-MW unit is under construction and is scheduled to commence operations in January of 2009. The estimated costs of Unit 3 and Unit 4 are $675 million and $755 million, respectively. Santee Cooper is also planning another coal-fired plant (Pee Dee Unit 1), which is scheduled for operations in 2012.
The new coal plants represent a return to building coal-fired electric generating stations rather than gas-fired, combined cycle units in the Southeast. With relatively rapid customer growth rates and a long-term perspective, Southeast utilities are planning to build a number of new coal plants. For example, Florida Power and Light (FPL) recently announced plans to construct the Glades Power Park, a coal-fired electric generating facility to be sited in Glade County, Florida. The proposed plant would consist of two units, each with a capacity of 980-MW. The schedule calls for Unit 1 to be operational in 2012 and Unit 2 in 2013.
A group of community-owned, power entities recently filed for a certificate of need determination with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) in order to construct an 800-MW, coal-fired power plant in Taylor County, Florida. The project, named the Taylor Energy Center, is estimated to cost $1.5 billion and scheduled to be completed in 2012.
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. also plans to build a 750-MW coal-fired plant in Putnam County, Florida that is scheduled to commence operations on May 1, 2012. The power from the new plant is needed to meet the growing electric load of Seminole's ten member cooperatives.
Furthermore, there is the joint development project between Southern Company and Orlando Utilities Commission to construct a new, advanced integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility at the Stanton Energy Center.
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