Fact plan-013
No power purchase agreement, utility contract or named customer for Valar was found as of 29 September 2026. What the record shows instead: in June 2026 Valar's public-affairs representative told Orangeville the reactor's energy has no set destination or purchaser (loc-016); in July Valar told the state economic board its fastest path is selling to 'behind-the-meter customers willing to pay a premium', skipping grid interconnection (gov-033); in August it told a local business chamber it might build reactors for heavy industrial users, naming a local manufacturer 'strictly as an example' (ETV, 24 August); NVIDIA's role is an announced study (plan-010); and on 17 September, just before the Carbon lease vote, Valar's Harry Hansen told the Trust Lands board that Valar was at the point where site control 'becomes the next conversation when it comes to off-takers', after which it could talk about bringing in buyers for the power (auto-generated meeting transcript). Abroad, Bilyonaryo reported on 2 July 2026 that Meralco, the Philippines' largest electricity distributor, would hold talks with Valar 'in the coming days', according to its chief operating officer, who added that Meralco is open to other small-reactor technologies and that any investment must rest on proven designs. No agreement from those talks was found. No U.S. utility (Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp or others) was found naming Valar in a search of the web; the Utah Public Service Commission's docket site answered with a bot check and could not be searched. Selling Ward 250's power is outside DOE's research-only basis for authorizing it (safe-030).
- MVP opens talks with US firm Valar Atomics on next-gen nuclear reactor (Bilyonaryo (staff), 2026-07-02) news “will hold talks with Valar representatives in the coming days”
- Emery County Business Chamber gets an up-close look at Valar Atomics progress (ETV News (Stephanie Olsen), 2026-08-24) news “strictly as an example”
- Orangeville City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, June 11, 2026 (Orangeville City, via Utah Public Notice Website, 2026-06-11) primary government “the energy does not currently have a set destination or purchaser”
- 09.17.2026 TLA Board of Trustees Meeting Audio (auto-generated transcript) (Utah Trust Lands Administration, via Utah Public Notice Website, 2026-09-17) primary government “Valor's at the point where site control becomes the next conversation”
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