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April 24, 2025

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

MISO
MISO Forming 4th Tx Planning Scenario Based on Supply Chain Barriers
MISO is on its way to installing a fourth, 20-year future to inform transmission planning in case supply chains remain unsteady.
TVA
TVA Board Promotes Nuclear Veteran from COO to CEO
The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors announced it will elevate COO Don Moul to become the fourth CEO of TVA.
Holtec International
Holtec Announces SMR Plans at Palisades Nuclear Plant
Holtec has set a 2030 target for commercial operation of two small modular reactors to be built beside the large nuclear plant it is working to restart in Michigan.
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.

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