January 26, 2025

Nuclear

GE Vernova
NextEra, GE Vernova Move Toward Gas Generation Development
NextEra Energy is collaborating with GE Vernova on development of natural gas-fired power generation and is taking further steps toward restarting an idled nuclear plant.
Goldman Sachs
Trump Says Data Center Power Plants Will be Expedited
President Donald Trump presented the World Economic Forum with his desire to power the U.S. AI revolution: behind-the-meter generation co-located with data centers and built rapidly under his National Energy Emergency executive order.
Dominion Energy
Santee Cooper Seeks Buyer for Unfinished Nuclear Project
Spurred by the recent wave of interest in new nuclear generation, Santee Cooper is seeking a buyer to take over an expansion project halted in 2017 amid extensive cost overruns and delays.
IEA
IEA Sees Momentum Toward New Nuclear Era, Obstacles
The International Energy Agency concludes in a new global review that high cost, long delays and other challenges must be addressed before nuclear power can experience sustained growth.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Trump DOE Nominee Wright Seeks to Assuage Senate Democrats
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, positioned himself as a supporter of an all-of-the-above approach to developing generation and transmission before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Switch
Biden Wants Data Centers, Clean Energy on Federal Land by 2027
With days left in his administration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at siting and permitting cutting-edge artificial intelligence data centers on federal land by 2027.
New York Governor's Office
NY Defers Action on Controversial Cap-and-invest
Development of a greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-invest system first proposed two years ago is getting pushed further down the road in New York.
Constellation Energy
Constellation to Acquire Calpine for $29.1B
Constellation Energy Corp. will acquire Calpine Corp. in a deal that will create the largest U.S. fleet of zero- and low-emission power generation.
Shutterstock
After Budget, Energy Could be a Top Priority for Md. Lawmakers
The rising opposition to the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project, a 67-mile, 500-kV transmission line, and general dissatisfaction with PJM and utility grid planning and interconnection policies, are driving new bills in the General Assembly.
NRC
SMR Manufacturer, Texas and Utah Sue NRC Over Licensing Requirements
SMR manufacturer Last Energy and the attorneys general of Texas and Utah sued the NRC alleging it did not need to license smaller reactors and asking the court to remove that requirement so small reactors can expand around the country.

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