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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
SEMPRA Ready to Proceed with Cameron LNG Terminal
LCG, August 2, 2005--Sempra LNG, a unit of Sempra Energy, yesterday announced that it has executed a long-term agreement to provide Eni S.p.A. with approximately 40 percent of the capacity of Sempra LNGs proposed Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) receipt terminal under development near Lake Charles, Louisiana. With the agreement, Sempra now plans to commence construction of the terminal within the next two months. The project is scheduled to be completed in late 2008.The Cameron LNG terminal is designed to have an initial processing capacity of 1.5 Bcf/day. The terminal is located along the Gulf Coast, about 15 miles south of Lake Charles and near Henry Hub. Following re-gasification, natural gas will be transported 35 miles from the terminal via the planned Cameron Interstate Pipeline to interstate and intrastate pipelines for delivery to markets throughout the Central and Eastern United States. The new, 36-inch diameter pipeline is a project of Sempra Pipelines & Storage, a unit of Sempra Energy. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission previously granted approval to construct and operate the pipeline.Under the agreement, Eni S.p.A. has contracted for 600 MMcf/day of capacity in the LNG terminal and the Cameron Pipeline. The 20-year agreement calls for deliveries to begin in early 2009. Eni S.p.A. is an international company based in Italy that operates in the oil, natural gas, electricity generation, petrochemicals, engineering and construction and oilfield services sectors of the energy industry.
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