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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
Tampa Electric Initiates Regulatory Approval Process for IGCC Plant in Florida
LCG, July 23, 2007--Tampa Electric, the principal subsidiary of TECO Energy, filed on July 20 an application with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to demonstrate the need to construct the proposed 632-MW Polk Unit 6, a coal-fired power plant. The proposed new unit would employ an advanced, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) design. Tampa Electric plans to commence operations at the proposed plant by 2013.
The IGCC process converts coal into a synthesis gas and minimizes most of the sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), mercury (Hg) and other emissions before the gas fuels a combustion turbine generator. The hot exhaust gas from the turbine heats water to produce steam to power a steam turbine and generate electricity a second time. The gasification plant will be designed to gasify both biomass and coal. Tampa Electric was the country's first utility to commercialize IGCC technology in partnership with the Department of Energy's (DOE) clean coal technology program by developing Polk 1 in 1996.
The proposed new unit is to be build at the existing Polk Power Station in Polk County, Florida.
Tampa Electric estimates the capital cost to be approximately $2 billion, which includes $1.6 billion for engineering, procurement and construction, plus $400 million in additional related costs, such as transmission infrastructure, environmental permitting, project management, staffing and training, and contingency costs.
The new generating capacity would be used to serve the growing demand for electricity in Florida and to maintain reliability.
Tampa Electric filed the application at a time when coal is not king in Florida. Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently raised concerns regarding the threat of climate change and the use of fossil fuels. In June, the FPSC reached a decision to not approve the coal-fired plant proposed by Florida Power and Light in Glades County. Furthermore, a group of community-owned, power entities (Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), JEA, Reedy Creek Improvement District, and the City of Tallahassee) have decided to suspend permitting activities for the Taylor Energy Center, an 800-MW, coal-fired power plant proposed to be built in Taylor County, Florida.
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