January 23, 2025

Nuclear Power

House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Hearing Examines State of the Nuclear Power Industry
A House Energy & Commerce subcommittee heard testimony on the state of the nuclear industry as its members start work on a bill to deploy new advanced reactors.
Entergy
FERC OKs Partial Settlement in Entergy Grand Gulf Row
FERC OK'd a partial settlement that resolves some city and state commissions’ longstanding allegations of overcharging at Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station.
TVA and GE Hitachi
TVA Signs Multinational Nuclear Investment Pact on SMR Technology
TVA has struck an agreement on small modular reactor development with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Ontario Power Generation and Synthos Green Energy.
State of Virginia
Youngkin Signs Energy Bills to Aimed at Growing Southwest Virginia Industry
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed a half dozen bills that he said will deliver on his “All-American, All-of-the-Above Energy Plan.”
Shutterstock
DOE Reports Highlight 3 Technologies to Decarbonize US Economy
DOE released three reports assessing how the U.S. can decarbonize by 2050 through massive deployment of hydrogen, advanced nuclear and energy storage.
Ohio General Assembly
Householder Convicted in FirstEnergy Bribery Case
The former Ohio House Speaker was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy over donations FirstEnergy paid a dark money group controlled by him to win favors.
Constellation Energy Group
Megawatt-scale Demonstration Project Yields First Pink Hydrogen
Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant became the first in the nation to generate its own hydrogen, Constellation and DOE announced.
Vistra
Vistra Pays more than $3 Billion for Energy Harbor
Vistra agreed to buy Energy Harbor and will create a new unit with 7.8 GW of zero-carbon generation, separate from its 32 GW of fossil fuel plants.
PG&E
NRC OKs Exemption to Keep Diablo Canyon Running During License Renewal
Citing reliability concerns, the NRC OK'd a request to keep Diablo Canyon Power Plant's two reactors running past their license expirations in 2024 and 2025.
Entergy
DOE Opens IIJA Nuclear Credit Program to Recently Closed Plants
A closed nuclear plant in Michigan could be eligible for federal funding to reopen under new guidelines for the 2nd round of the Civil Nuclear Credit Program.

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