News
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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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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Industry News
610-MW Texas Generating Unit Out Following Pipe Rupture
LCG, July 15, 2003--One of the W.A. Parish power plant's four generating units, Unit 8, is being inspected to determine the extent of damage it suffered when a steam pipe ruptured for unknown reasons.The unit, rated at 610 megawatts of capacity, will be shut down until the extent of any necessary repairs has been determined. Meanwhile, Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., which owns W.A. Parish, will obtain capacity to substitute for the lost output from the market. The incident, which occurred Tuesday, did not result in service interruptions to customers, and no plant staff were injured. The plant, which burns coal, is approximately 50 miles southwest of Houston, in Fort Bend County.
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