AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPower for Industry: The Energy Department is backing efforts to restart three shuttered nuclear plants in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa, adding a planned 2.25 gigawatts as electricity demand from data centers and manufacturing grows. Solar Manufacturing: Silfab Solar and York County, South Carolina, filed competing lawsuits over whether zoning rules can block the company’s Fort Mill-area plant. Investment: Hyundai highlighted a $560 million Georgia investment pledge, while Lockheed Martin plans to spend $300 million expanding Texas manufacturing; Lee County officials are also considering incentives for manufacturing projects. Factory Pulse: U.S. manufacturing output rose in September, with machinery, metals and chip production climbing. Manufacturing technology orders reached their third-highest monthly total. Trade Costs: U.S. steel prices hit a four-year high amid tariffs, as U.S.-Mexico talks remained stalled over auto and metals duties.
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