DOE Backs Vistra With $4.2 Billion Nuclear Loan

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, the Department of Energy just committed a four point two billion dollar loan to Vistra for three nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio, per The Motley Fool.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJoining us from an undisclosed location is a central-bank official who insists on anonymity. Sir, welcome. Where exactly are you?

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   Anonymous OfficialLevel three of a parking garage. Don't say which one. I parked behind a pillar and I am not coming out until Thursday.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLove a good garage. Strip mall adjacent, my favorite. The deal preserves four gigawatts and adds four hundred thirty-three megawatts. Why so jumpy?

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   Anonymous OfficialNuclear loans make everyone nervous. My phone has been buzzing since lunch, and I don't own a phone. Somebody keeps leaving them on my windshield.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPer Nasdaq, Meta already signed a twenty-year power agreement for twenty-six hundred nine megawatts from these plants. Is that a big deal?

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   Anonymous OfficialTwenty years! I can't commit to a sandwich. A tech giant signs for two decades of electricity and I'm hiding behind a Buick.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSir, the plan is to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity to four hundred gigawatts by twenty fifty. Does your office have an opinion?

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   Anonymous OfficialOff the record, my opinion is a very loud echo. I once whispered a rate forecast in here and a pigeon repeated it.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA pigeon! Sir, I have to press you. Is this good for utilities, yes or no?

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    Anonymous OfficialI can only say the grid is hungry, the garage is cold, and someone in a Camry has been staring at me for an hour.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, that's all the time we have. Thank you, sir. Please say hi to the Camry for us. Back to the desk!