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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.

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Calpine and ExxonMobil Sign CO2 Transportation and Storage Agreement for CCS Project in Texas

LCG, April 24, 2025--Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced yesterday an agreement with Calpine Corporation (Calpine) to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired facility located near Houston, Texas. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project that is designed to add CCS for the facility’s CO2 emissions. The Calpine facility could then provide a 24/7 supply of low-carbon electricity to the Texas grid plus steam to nearby industrial facilities.

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DPL Begins Construction on 320 Megawatts

LCG, Oct. 2, 2000The holding company for utility Dayton Power & Light Co. said on Friday that it has begun construction on four electric generation units of 80 megawatt each. The 320 megawatts of new capacity constitutes phases three and four of DPL Inc.'s peaking generation expansion strategy

The natural gas-fired combustion turbines will be located in Pickaway County, Ohio, about 25 miles south of Columbus, and will be online in time for next summer's high demand, the company said, adding that all necessary state and local approvals have been granted.

" Our management team did an excellent job in working quickly through the siting process," saidAllen Hill, president and chief executive of DPL Inc. "With construction plans on track, we look forward to a solid return on this investment in 2001."

The project is being developed by DPL Energy, an unregulated merchant power subsidiary. When complete, DPL's four-phase power expansion will have added 800 megawatts of capacity for an investment of about $270 million.

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