Constellation Wins Platts Global Energy Award for Crane Clean Energy Center Restart

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 12, 2025--

Constellation was awarded “Energy Deal of the Year” this week at the 2025 Platts Global Energy Awards for its 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft that paved the way for the launch of the Crane Clean Energy Center and restart of Unit 1 in Londonderry, Pa. This historic restart stands as a defining moment for American nuclear power and commercial interest in nuclear energy to power the data economy.

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“We’re very proud of our team’s tireless work to make the Crane restart possible. This project will create more than 3,000 jobs, add over $16 billion to Pennsylvania’s GDP, and generate more than $3 billion in community supporting taxes,” said Dan Eggers, Constellation Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “This award demonstrates the transformative impact of working together with partners like Microsoft and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to meet the region’s growing energy needs and put 835 MWs of clean, reliable power back on the grid at a critical time.”

Through a 20-year power purchase agreement, Microsoft will utilize the 835 MW of emissions-free reliable energy that the Crane Clean Energy Center will produce to help match its PJM data centers’ power use and to contribute grid capacity and reliability. A top-performing plant until its retirement in 2019, Crane’s restart will deliver unmatched environmental and economic benefits.

The Platts Global Energy Awards were announced on Dec. 11, in New York City and hosted by S&P Global Energy (formerly S&P Global Commodity Insights). Now in its 27 th year, the awards pay tribute to organizations and individuals who demonstrate visionary leadership, breakthrough innovation and measurable impact toward a more sustainable energy future. They recognize exemplary performance in 21 categories and are widely regarded as the premier awards of the year for energy and the other industries recognized.

The winners of the Platts Global Energy Awards are determined by an independent judging panel of international energy experts whose backgrounds and experience include regulation, policymaking, corporate leadership, trading and strategic consulting.

“The shifting landscape within the energy industry has brought forward numerous business-impacting challenges. Platts Global Energy Awards is pleased to spotlight companies and individuals who not only navigate the environment well, but continue to lead the way in pioneering vision, progress, exemplary performance, and innovation for a more sustainable energy future,” said Allison Sacco, Executive Producer, S&P Global Energy.

Access the full list of Platts Global Energy Awards nomination categories and event details at globalenergyawards.com. Stay connected with Crane Clean Energy Center on Instagram.

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Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG), a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, is the nation’s largest producer of reliable, emissions-free energy and a leading energy supplier to businesses, homes and public sector customers nationwide, including three-fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million homes, providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are committed to investing in innovative technologies to drive the transition to a reliable, sustainable and secure energy future. Follow Constellation on LinkedIn and X.

Dan Eggers, Constellation CFO, accepts Platts Deal of the Year Award for Crane Restart

ROME (AP) — A national strike called on Friday by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget plans widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country.

The protest, which targets the 2026 budget bill proposed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes just two weeks after another general strike organized by smaller trade unions, with the same motivations.

The strike mainly hit railway transportation, with cancellations and delays registered for both long-distance and regional trains. Public schools across the country canceled classes, forcing students to stay home because of a lack of local public transportation in many cities.

The CGIL union listed the reasons for the strike in a statement, including demands for greater investments in healthcare, education and housing rights, along with measures to tackle workplace safety.

CGIL secretary-general Maurizio Landini, who led a rally in Florence on Friday morning, criticized the budget as “unfair, wrong and dangerous.” He said that the main social emergency is now represented by low wages, and that government measures don’t address that.

Tens of thousands of workers took to the streets on Friday as demonstrations and rallies supporting the strike took place from north to south.

When the protest was announced last month, Meloni and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini mocked the union for organizing the strike as usual on a Friday, suggesting that it was an excuse for a long weekend.

They also defended the government’s budget bill, saying it addresses the citizens’ needs for lower fiscal pressure and more financial help for families.

Italy’s national strike comes just a day after the one called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations, which severely disrupted travel Thursday and forced the cancellation of many medical appointments and school classes.

The two labor groups representing close to a million Portuguese workers said that it could be the country’s biggest walkout in more than a decade as they contested the center-right government’s planned changes to employment laws.

People march past the Duomo gothic cathedral on the occasion of a general strike called by the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) trade union to protest against the budget law in Milan, Italy, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Marco Ottico/Lapresse/LaPresse via AP)

People march on the occasion of a general strike called by the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) trade union to protest against the budget law in Bologna, Italy, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Guido Calamosca/LaPresse via AP)

People gather on the occasion of a general strike called by the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) trade union to protest against the budget law in Bologna, Italy, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (Guido Calamosca/LaPresse via AP)