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LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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LCG, April 29, 2026--PJM Interconnection today announced that 811 new generation projects applied to connect to the grid through the first Cycle of PJM's new reformed interconnection process, which is designed to improve the certainty, speed and discipline of generation project review. In total, the generation applications would be capable of generating 220 GW of electricity.
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First Solar Completes 550-MW Solar Project in Southern California
LCG, January 21, 2015-First Solar has completed construction of the 550-MW Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, which is co-owned by NextEra Energy Resources, GE Energy Financial Services, and Sumitomo Corporation of America. The Southern California project reached the commercial operations milestone on December 5, 2014, according to the California ISO. Construction on the project began in September 2011.
The electricity generated by the solar photovoltaic (PV) facility is under power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE). PG&E's share of capacity is 300 MW, with SCE contracting for 250 MW.
The Desert Sunlight Solar Farm is located in Riverside County on land managed by the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
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