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NRC Renews Operating Licenses for Constellation's Nuclear Reactors at Clinton and Dresden Facilities

LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.

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ERCOT Announces Organizational Changes to Promote Grid Reliability, Rapid Demand Growth, and Innovation

LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.

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News archives for December 2000

	Newsmakers	(12/1/2000)
	Energy Commission's Busy but Feckless Week	(12/1/2000)
	LaSalle Unit 2 Refuels in Just Over 20 Days	(12/1/2000)
	DPL Joins Alliance RTO	(12/1/2000)
	Energen Says High Gas Prices Mean High Profits	(12/1/2000)
	CP&L to Call Itself 'Progress Energy'	(12/4/2000)
	Bonneville to Buy Calpine Geothermal Power, if Available	(12/4/2000)
	Utah Outage to Cost Scottish Power a Million a Day	(12/4/2000)
	LG&E to Sell Interests in Three Small Virginia Plants	(12/4/2000)
	California Utilities Told to Shed Load Under 'Stage 2 Emergency'	(12/5/2000)
	Connecticut Sues to Block Con Ed-Northeast Merger	(12/5/2000)
	Massachusetts Okays Electricity Rate Hike for 4 Utilities	(12/5/2000)
	Sierra Pacific Sells Southern Nevada Power Plant	(12/5/2000)
	PacifiCorp Proposes Separate Firms for Separate States	(12/5/2000)
	California Orders Load Shedding for Second Straight Day	(12/6/2000)
	Los Angeles to Install Two More Fuel Cell Plants	(12/6/2000)
	State May Allow Entergy to Bid on Vermont Yankee	(12/6/2000)
	Power Prices Soar in U.S. Pacific Northwest	(12/6/2000)
	Ship's Power Outage at Pearl Harbor Spawns Popular War Song	(12/7/2000)
	Power Auction Nets Alberta $1 Billion Canadian	(12/7/2000)
	UtiliCorp Accused of Profiteering on Retail Gas	(12/7/2000)
	LG&E, Powergen Get SEC Okay,Deal Should Close in a Few Days	(12/7/2000)
	State High Court Clears PSE&G Securitization Bonds	(12/7/2000)
	Newsmakers	(12/8/2000)
	Power Plant Proposed at University of Wisconsin	(12/8/2000)
	Largest Solar Facility in San Francisco Bay Area Starts Up	(12/8/2000)
	Reliant Completes Sale of Brazilian Interests	(12/8/2000)
	Ohio Consumers' Counsel Sues Defaulting Gas Supplier	(12/11/2000)
	Southern Unit to Proceed with Three New Plants	(12/11/2000)
	Nevada Power Sells Las Vegas Plant to Reliant	(12/11/2000)
	Utilities in U.S. Northwest Ask for Steep Gas Rate Hikes	(12/11/2000)
	UK Rejects Ofgem's 'Good Behavior' Rules	(12/11/2000)
	'Soft' Price Cap Puts Costly Power on California Grid	(12/12/2000)
	Burning Gas Not as Profitable as Selling It, Users Find	(12/12/2000)
	Construction Starts on California's Sunrise Power Plant	(12/12/2000)
	Nine Mile Point Sold in Billion-dollar Deal	(12/12/2000)
	L.A., With Plenty of Power, Aims to Help California	(12/13/2000)
	Calpine May Build Another Big NorCal Power Plant	(12/13/2000)
	Cinergy to Buy Two Enron Plants in Southeast	(12/13/2000)
	Oklahoma, Arkansas Differ on Empire-UtiliCorp Plan	(12/13/2000)
	Chile says AES May Have to Buy All of Gener	(12/13/2000)
	Energy Chief Orders U.S. Power Sent to California	(12/14/2000)
	California Utilities Tottering on Brink of Bankruptcy	(12/14/2000)
	California Muni Adds Capacity to Keep Rates Low	(12/14/2000)
	NRC Okays Cook Unit 1 Restart	(12/14/2000)
	Alamitos Pays a Price to Go Back On-line. Despite California's Desperate Power Needs	(12/14/2000)
	Newsmakers	(12/15/2000)
	California Able to Import 4,000 Megawatts	(12/15/2000)
	Cinergy Unit Plans 330 Megawatts for Virginia	(12/15/2000)
	Diesel Problems Keep Seabrook Off-line	(12/15/2000)
	Chernobyl Shut; Its Problems Will Persist	(12/15/2000)
	FERC Action Disappoints California Populists	(12/18/2000)
	Purchasers of California Power Plants Profit Plenty	(12/18/2000)
	PPL Montana Leery of Mounting California Debt	(12/18/2000)
	Shareholders Okay FPL-Entergy Merger	(12/18/2000)
	Palisades Nuclear License Extended 4 Years	(12/18/2000)
	AEP Restarts Cook Unit 1 Nuclear Plant	(12/18/2000)
	California, Federal, Industry Officials in Power 'Summit'	(12/19/2000)
	Ambulance Chasers See Gold in California Power Pinch	(12/19/2000)
	Maine Approves Canadian Takeover of Bangor Hydro	(12/19/2000)
	Calpine to Buy Otay Mesa Project from PG&E Unit	(12/19/2000)
	California Governor Wants Utilities to Bail Out Customers	(12/20/2000)
	Calpine Acquires Combustion Turbine Firm	(12/20/2000)
	City's Exit Scrubs Scana Power Plant Plan	(12/20/2000)
	Southern Energy Completes Purchase of Pepco Plants	(12/20/2000)
	How We Got the Way We Are Today	(12/21/2000)
	S&P Gives California 48 Hours to Grant Rate Hikes	(12/21/2000)
	Power Crisis Drives Service Provider from California Market	(12/21/2000)
	ElectriCities Warns: Slow Down on Dereg	(12/21/2000)
	California Approves Enron 750 Megawatt Plant	(12/21/2000)
	Newsmakers	(12/22/2000)
	Energy Commission 'Attacking' State Electricity Problems	(12/22/2000)
	Florida Power 530 Megawatt Plant Approved	(12/22/2000)
	Cinergy Close to Settlement on Polluting Power Plants	(12/22/2000)
	Scottish Power Buys Power Plant from Powergen	(12/22/2000)
	Californians on Power: 'What, Me Worry?'	(12/26/2000)
	Californians on Power: 'What, Me Worry?'	(12/26/2000)
	California Stays Lit Through Weekend	(12/26/2000)
	Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Planned for Japan	(12/26/2000)
	Serbia Deepens Power Cuts, May Raise Prices	(12/26/2000)
	California Gov. Davis Tells Electric Woes to Greenspan	(12/27/2000)
	SoCal Edison Wants 30 Percent Rate Hike	(12/27/2000)
	Aluminum Production Slashed as Power Prices Soar	(12/27/2000)
	PSEG Takes Controlling Interest in Tunisia Power Plant	(12/27/2000)
	California Utilities Want Electric Rates Boosted 26% to 30%	(12/28/2000)
	NRG Buys 2 Connecticut Plants from Wisconsin Energy	(12/28/2000)
	North Korea Looks South for Help with Electricity	(12/28/2000)
	Newsmakers	(12/29/2000)
	Is Fifteen Bucks a Month Too Much for Californians?	(12/29/2000)
	No Quick Fix Expected from SoCal Edison Lawsuit	(12/29/2000)
	AES Buys Control of Chile's Number 2 Power Firm	(12/29/2000)
	Serb Energy Minister Quits As Power Crisis Grows	(12/29/2000)

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