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December 21, 2025

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Arizona Public Service
Arizona Utilities Explore Expanded Use of Nuclear

Arizona utilities are seeking U.S. Department of Energy funding to help plan for additional nuclear power facilities in the state.

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Power System’s Shifting Direction Highlighted at Energy Future Forum
President Donald Trump’s policies and the growth in demand from data centers and other new customers have changed the trajectory of the power system, speakers said at the Energy Future Forum.
Sif Group
BOEM Lifts Stop-work Order on Empire Wind
BOEM lifted a stop-work order on the Empire Wind 1 project in a deal that will have New York work on expanding pipelines into the Northeast, a goal the White House has publicly sought since shortly after President Trump took office.
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CPUC Proposal Seeks to Blend RA, Clean Energy Procurement

The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a new framework that would take a “more programmatic approach” to load-serving entities’ resource procurement requirements compared with the agency’s recent practice of issuing procurement orders as needed.

EIA
U.S. Hydropower Projected to Bounce Back from 2024 Slump
Federal analysts expect U.S. hydropower generation to increase 7.5% over 2024 totals, which were the lowest in at least 14 years.
GE Vernova
TVA First U.S. Utility to Request SMR Construction Permit
The Tennessee Valley Authority crossed a milestone May 20, becoming the first U.S. utility to request a construction permit for a small modular nuclear reactor. 
ICF
ICF Report Predicts the Pace of Demand Growth to Speed up
ICF International is projecting another rise in the rate of demand growth as more data centers seek to plug into the grid in the coming years, with a 25% increase from 2023 levels by 2030 and 78% by 2050. 
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Counterflow: The SMR Fission Vision in Ontario
Experience with small modular reactors (like other nuclear) is for massive cost overruns, writes columnist Steve Huntoon.
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Panel Discusses Data Center Load Growth at PJM Annual Meeting
Experts in the data center field discussed the challenges of meeting accelerating computational load during the PJM Annual Meeting, held in the core of Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley. 
CAISO
CAISO Chooses Viridon to Develop Humboldt OSW Transmission Projects
CAISO selected Viridon, a power infrastructure development firm, to finance, build and operate new transmission lines and infrastructure in Humboldt County for planned offshore wind development.

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