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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

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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Calpine and ExxonMobil Sign CO2 Transportation and Storage Agreement for CCS Project in Texas

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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Duke to Issue RFP for Electric Generating Capacity in Florida

LCG, September 26, 2013--Duke Energy Florida earlier this week announced that it will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to supply approximately 1,640 MW of electric generating capacity beginning in 2018.

New proposals to provide generating capacity will compete with Duke Energy?s self-build option to install a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle facility in Citrus County Florida.

"We have a need for significant generating capacity in 2018 and through the RFP process, we will be able to identify the most cost-effective, safe and reliable generation source for our customers," said Duke Energy state president - Florida.

The company will issue the RFP on October 8, 2013. A pre-release meeting is scheduled for October 2, 2013, and a meeting for interested bidders will occur on October 18, 2013. Following the completion of evaluating the proposals, a short list of proposals will be announced next March. Finalists are scheduled to be named in May 2014, and the award announcement is expected by August 2014.

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