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LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.
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LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Industry News
Power Producers Offer Low Prices in Cal Auction
LCG, Jan. 25, 2001Thirty-nine bidders offered long-term power to California at an average price of 6.9 cents per kilowatt-hour in a 27-hour auction that ended at noon yesterday. The average price was more than a cent lower than the 8 cents some experts said it would cost to generate power with today's high natural gas prices."This is good news," Gov. Gray Davis told a news conference where he announced the initial results. "All of us are very pleased with the preliminary results."The $69 per megawatt-hour average was still higher that the $55 per megawatt-hour price the state was hoping for and which had been branded as unrealistic by power producers and others. But Davis seemed pleased, saying the average price "means we are on the right track."The auction was conducted by the California Department of Water Resources, which aims to purchase power and resell it at cost to the state's two largest electric utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co., which have been impoverished by the state's deregulation scheme which forced them to purchase power on the volatile spot market at prices many times higher than what they were allowed to charge their customers.State officials declined to say how much power was offered or for how long. "The governor's office is reviewing the bids and then we will post the information when the review is completed," a spokesman said.Reliant Energy Inc. said it had submitted six bids to provide up to 3,500 megawatts of firm capacity to the state, as well as up to 500 megawatts of "peaking" power which would be called upon only during periods of highest demand. But it said its bid for the 3,500 megawatts didn't conform to the water department's request for proposals.Reliant said it would sell power on a 10-year contract for 1.6 cents per kilowatt-hour, plus the cost of natural gas to run the plants. For a 5-year contract, the price would be 2 cents. Under those contracts, it would be up to the Department of Water resources to buy the gas and resell it to Reliant, the company said.Duke Energy Corp. said its generation subsidiary had "submitted credible bids in the process outlined by DWR."Davis said he hoped the California legislature would authorize acceptance of the best bids within a week. That seven-day delay for evaluation was a weakness of the auction, Reliant said, because natural gas prices could change in that week.Another restriction Reliant found onerous was a requirement that power offered must come from existing power plants, preventing bidders from including lower cost power that will become available from new generation facilities coming on line after this year.
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