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Minnesota PUC Approves Operations Extension for Xcel Energy's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant

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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PGE Announces Addition of 475 MW of Battery Energy Storage Systems to Improve Grid Reliability and Costs

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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Andrea Bielsker, financial vice president and treasurer of Kansas City Power & Light Co., will add the title of chief financial officer on January 1. She joined the company as a financial planner in 1984.

Nora Mead Brownell, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, has been named president of the board of directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Patricia Higgins has resigned from the board of directors of The Williams Companies Inc., citing as the reason changes in her responsibilities as president and chief executive officer of Switch & Data Facilities Co. She had joined the Williams board in connection with its acquisition of Transco Energy Co. in 1995.

Avista Announces Board, Keyman Changes

Avista Corp., the Spokane, Wash., utility holding company formed from Washington Water Power Co., has announced two changes to its board of directors and three executive appointments.

  • Erik J. Anderson has been appointed to the board, filling a vacancy created by the previously announced departure of Tom Matthews. Anderson is chief executive of Seattle-based Matthew G. Norton Co.

  • Larry A. Stanley, a director, was elected chairman, replacing Matthews, who resigned as chairman of the board effective a week ago. Stanley will serve Matthews' unexpired term as chairman until next May.

  • Gary G. Ely was confirmed as president and chief executive officer. Last month, the Avista board had named Ely acting president and chief executive. Ely, who has been with Avista and its predecessor companies for 33 years, had previously held the position of executive vice president.

  • Scott L. Morris, president of Avista Utilities, the company's regulated electric and gas operating division, was named a vice president of the parent corporation.

    Kelly O. Norwood, vice president and general manager of Avista Utilities' energy resources department, was also made a vice president of Avista Corp.
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