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Calpine Closes Texas Energy Fund Loan for 460-MW Pin Oak Creek Peaking Facility

LCG, October 14, 2025--Calpine Corporation today announced the close of a Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement to support development of the Pin Oak Creek project, a 460-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility adjacent to Calpine's Freestone Energy Center, a gas-fired combined-cycle facility located on approximately 506 acres near Fairfield, Texas.

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Greenflash Infrastructure Closes Transaction for ERCOT's Largest Battery Storage Project Under Construction

LCG, October 7, 2025--Greenflash Infrastructure, L.P. ("Greenflash") today announced that it has successfully closed a hybrid tax capital and debt financing for Project Soho - a 400MW / 800MWh standalone battery storage project in Texas.

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Luminant's New Coal-fired Unit Operating in Texas

LCG, June 4, 2010--Luminant announced yesterday that its second and final unit at the new Oak Grove Power Plant has achieved substantial completion, with day-to-day operations now transitioning to Luminant. Once final on-line testing is complete, the unit will be fully available for reliability dispatch by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Luminant's spokesperson stated, "This significant milestone means the new unit is now fully operational, making additional baseload generation available for our state at an ideal time - as we head into our peak summer season."

The Oak Grove Power Plant, located near Franklin in Robertson County, includes two, 800-MW units that burn lignite from the Kosse Mine. Unit 1 reached substantial completion late in December 2009.
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