News
LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
Columbia Gas Transmission to Serve Ohio Power Plant
LCG, July 10, 2000--Columbia Gas Transmission Inc. said on Friday that it had signed an agreement to transport natural gas to a new 425 megawatt power plant being built by First Energy Corp. in Lorain, Ohio.The Columbia Energy Group subsidiary said the Ohio Power Siting Board has yet to approve a route for the pipeline needed to serve the power plant.Under the agreement, Columbia will provide the plant with a base 40,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day, and up to 140,000 dekatherms per day during peak electricity usage months of June through August.First Energys West Lorain Generating Station is scheduled to begin commercial operation in the summer of next year.
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