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• Energy Transfer Plots Up to $5.5 Billion in 2026 Growth Projects

  07-01-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  January 7, 2026--Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Energy Transfer Partners isn't slowing down. The industry titan expects to invest $5 billion to $5.5 billion in growth capital throughout 2026, especially on its natural gas-transportation network. The company, which believes it will have invested about $5 billion for 2025, says the projects it expects to bring online this year are backed by long-term commitments.Industrial Info is tracking more t
  
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• Con Ed Capital Plans Caught Between Affordability and Reliability Concerns

  07-01-2026 08:55 via industrialinfo.com
  January 7, 2026--Written by John Egan for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Jennifer Hensley, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Consolidated Edison Incorporated (Con Ed) (New York, New York) told investors last October that it needed to make about $72 billion of investments over the next decade "to maintain the safety and reliability of our system and to manage growth as more customers electrify their heating and transportation. And also to fortify our grid against extreme weather event
  
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• DOE Awards $2.7 Billion to Uranium-Enrichment Companies

  07-01-2026 08:53 via industrialinfo.com
  The Trump administration has gone to significant lengths to encourage the development of nuclear power in the U.S.: Regulatory and permitting requirements have been eased, funding has been allocated for the addition of small modular reactors (SMRs) at two sites, and the authorities have given the green light for the installation of a small-capacity advanced reactor in Wyoming. Earlier this week, the administration made another move in support of the sector by awarding more than $2.7 billion to c
  
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• Vistra Grows Gas Generation Portfolio with Cogentrix Acquisition

  07-01-2026 08:50 via industrialinfo.com
  January 7, 2026--Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for IIR News (Sugar Land, Texas)--Vistra Corporation has agreed to acquire Cogentrix Energy and its 10 natural gas generation assets totaling approximately 5,500 MW of capacity in a deal valued at $4 billion.
  
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• U.S. LNG in Overdrive in 2025

  07-01-2026 08:45 via industrialinfo.com
  Supported in large part by operations at the Plaquemines export facility in Louisiana, feed gas for the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector ended 2025 on a high note, data from IIR Energy show.Drawing on its vast shale natural gas deposits inland, the United States emerged as the world leader in exports of LNG in 2022. That came just as global energy security was at risk due to the loss of Russian gas from sanctions invoked over its invasion of Ukraine that year.
  
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