February 22, 2025

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Duke Energy
Duke Spending Big to Meet Increasing Load Growth in the Late 2020s
Duke Energy’s leadership changed the guard during its first-quarter earnings call as retiring CEO Lynn Good and her replacement, Harry Sideris, split the presentation. 
TVA
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash Announces Plans to Retire
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash announced plans to retire “no later than the end of the fiscal year” after running the federal power authority for nearly six years.
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Overheard at USEA State of the Energy Industry Forum 2025
Participants at the United States Energy Association’s 2025 State of the Energy Industry Forum discussed topics such as demand growth, nuclear fusion and energy efficiency.
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USEA Forum Charts New Focus on ‘All-of-the-above’ Energy Policies
The Energy Association's 21st Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum reflected the quickly shifting landscape of national energy policy and the resulting shift in industry priorities and narratives.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Details Evaluation Models for Transmission Solicitation
ISO-NE has outlined the transmission and economic models it plans to use to evaluate proposals submitted for the longer-term transmission planning process.
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.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Oklo, Commonwealth Fusion Unveil Ambitious Nuclear Plans
Two companies developing advanced nuclear technology made landmark announcements about their plans.
Intersect Power
Google Aims to Co-locate New Data Centers with Clean Power Projects
"Deep, collaborative partnerships combined with creative problem-solving are the only way we can meet the explosion of AI growth, as well as society's accelerating electricity demand," said Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power.
DOE
Granholm: ‘It Would be Political Malpractice to Undo’ IRA Incentives
Clean industry executives and experts at DOE's Deploy 2024 conference were surprisingly optimistic about continuing market growth linked to the boom in energy demand from data centers, AI and electrification.

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