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ARCHIVED RECORDBY FLOW INFORMATION SYSTEMSFJP™ RECORD FJP-NRG-20260928

This is the call as published on Mon, Sep 28, 2026. See today's judgment

JUDGMENT OF RECORD ·

Firm clean power counted on for 2027 is slipping at the reactor and in the queue. Gas plans and kept open coal are filling the gap.

Holtec confirmed on Sept 25 that fuel loading at Palisades stopped after a used assembly tilted in the reactor. The core needs 204 assemblies. Holtec must file a license amendment with the NRC just to retrieve it, and later operating modes wait on NRC approvals. WWMT reports no restart date. Holtec is contracted to supply power by March 2027.

FERC rejected Oklo's complaint against PJM on Sept 24. Its 750 MW Virginia project, 150 MW of it nuclear, faces at least 18 months of delay, and five similar complaints are pending. On Sept 25 DOE issued its 49th emergency order of 2026, keeping Craig 1 coal running to Dec 25. On Sept 24 Fervo reached first power on a 33 MW geothermal block.

The mechanism: new firm supply clears plant and queue gates slowly, while load arrives on schedule. Utilities fill the gap with assets they already control. The layer moving is regulation. The governing signal is Distribution Capture.

CONFIDENCE
Medium
HORIZON
Through Q2 2027
VS. PRIOR CALL
New call

WHAT WOULD PROVE THIS WRONG

Palisades resumes fuel loading by December 31, 2026 and delivers power to the grid by March 31, 2027, and DOE issues no new 202(c) coal order after November 30, 2026.

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Seven-signal Blueshift Framework

Each signal is Active or Inactive today. Five or more active confirms a structural shift.

1/7NO SHIFT DETECTED

Interface Shift

INACTIVE

Fervo reached first power on a 33 MW enhanced geothermal block on Sept 24. A new supply source, but customers still buy power the same way.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITCustomers buying power through a new channel at scale, such as direct load contracts by default.

Cost Collapse

INACTIVE

Solar, storage and wind make up 93% of 86 GW of 2026 builds, Latitude Media said Sept 24. Share is high, but no source showed a new 10x cost drop.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITA documented 10x drop in firm clean power or storage cost within three years.

Developer Gravity

INACTIVE

Samsung C&T joined Kairos Hermes 2 with up to $100M on Sept 24. One construction partner is not builders migrating to a new platform.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITMultiple major EPC firms committing crews to one advanced reactor design.

Distribution Capture

ACTIVE

Held Active. 26 utilities approved 62 GW for data centers, 37.3 GW of it gas, Latitude Media said Sept 24. FERC backed PJM's queue gate the same day.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITIndependent developers winning data center supply outside utility rate cases at scale.

Profit Migration

INACTIVE

Utilities pick gas through rate cases, but no filing this window showed margin moving between layers. The fuel choice is shifting, not profit share.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITUtility filings showing returns rising on data center gas builds versus peers.

Incumbent Hesitation

INACTIVE

DOE ordered Craig 1 coal kept running on Sept 25, its 49th order of 2026. That is federal intervention, not incumbents hedging instead of building.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITMajor utilities delaying announced builds or pulling integrated resource plans.

Capital Flood

INACTIVE

Fervo's first power and Kairos's $100M term sheet came Sept 24. Capital is flowing to firm power, but not faster than contracted demand justifies.

WHAT WOULD CHANGE ITNuclear or geothermal valuations rising while restart and first power dates slip.
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Sources

  1. Incident pauses Palisades fuel loading; plant connected to switchyardAmerican Nuclear Society
  2. Holtec pauses refueling at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, delays restartWWMT
  3. FERC rejects Oklo complaint seeking to reinstate project to PJM's interconnection study cycleUtility Dive
  4. Trump Administration Mitigates Blackout Risks by Keeping Colorado Coal Plant OnlineU.S. Department of Energy
  5. Most new US power is clean, but utilities are choosing gas for data centersLatitude Media
  6. Fervo Energy Achieves First Power at Cape Station, a Landmark Moment for the Future of Enhanced Geothermal SystemsFervo Energy

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