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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.
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Governor of Rhode Island Calls for 600 MW of Additional Offshore Wind Energy
LCG, October 29, 2020--The Governor of Rhode Island announced this week that the state will issue request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to 600 MW of new offshore wind energy. A draft RFP will be developed by National Grid this fall, with oversight by the state Office of Energy Resources. If approved by the Public Utilities Commission, a final RFP is anticipated to be issued to the marketplace in early-2021. Any contracts for offshore wind projects resulting from this RFP process will also require separate regulatory approvals.
The Governor stated, "In the face of global climate change, Rhode Island must drive toward a cleaner, more affordable and reliable clean energy future. It is critical that we accelerate our adoption of carbon-free resources to power our homes and businesses, while creating clean energy jobs. In January, I set a nation-leading goal for Rhode Island to meet 100 percent of its electricity demand with renewables by 2030. Offshore wind will help us achieve that bold, but achievable goal, while creating jobs and cementing our status as a major hub in the nation's burgeoning offshore wind industry."
Rhode Island is home to North America's first operational offshore wind farm, Block Island. In 2019, the 400 MW Revolution Wind offshore project received approval from the state. (The Revolution Wind project is designed to provide 400 MW to Rhode Island and 304 MW to Connecticut.) As of the second quarter of 2020, Rhode Island counted 933 MW of renewable energy in its portfolio, representing a nine-fold increase since 2016.
The Governor's Executive Order, signed in January, directs the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) to conduct economic and energy market analysis and develop viable policy and programmatic pathways to meet 100 percent of the state's electricity demand with renewable energy resources by 2030. The OER's analysis is to consider how acceleration of the state's renewable energy supply can leverage market competition to reduce ratepayer costs and energy price volatility while creating economic development opportunities in the state. The OER is to provide the Governor with an action plan to achieve the renewable energy goal by December 31, 2020, and the plan is to include recommended programmatic, legislative, and/or regulatory initiatives that can be advanced beginning in 2021.
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