News
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
Nova Scotia Power to Purchase Electricity from Amherst Wind Project
LCG, August 19, 2005--Nova Scotia Power (NSPI) announced that it has executed a 15-year agreement to purchase power from the Amherst Wind Energy Project, located on the Tantramar Marsh along the border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The project is scheduled to commence operations in 2007. The 31-MW project, with an estimated cost of $60 million, is a joint venture between Wind Dynamics Inc. of New Brunswick and EHN Windpower Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish conglomerate Acciona.Over the past 16 months, NSPI has awarded contracts with independent power producers for 100 MW of wind power.
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