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LCG, September 16, 2025--Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) Board of Directors today announced that the Board approved a process to facilitate the connection of large users of electricity to the power grid while continuing to support energy needs for the entire region. SPP's new process is designed to incorporate transmission service, generation, load interconnection and other relevant reliability studies into a single framework that enables timely, informed decision-making and action.
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LCG, September 15, 2025--Longroad Energy announced today the financial close of 1000 Mile Solar, its 300 MWac (400 MWdc) solar project in Yoakum County, Texas. Longroad Energy finalized a long-term offtake agreement with Meta late last year in the form of an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement, which includes a financial settlement arrangement for the entire energy output of 1000 Mile Solar.
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Industry News
Duke Energy Announces Plans to Invest $30 Million to Install Two Battery Storage Projects in North Carolina
LCG, September 22, 2017--Duke Energy announced yesterday plans to invest $30 million in two new lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in North Carolina that are expected to be online in 2019. The two sites identified are the first of a larger company plan to deploy energy storage for the region, and further details regarding the two projects will be filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission in early 2018.
Duke Energy's vice president of Western Carolinas Modernization stated, "Duke Energy has experience with many battery storage projects around the nation. Western North Carolina is an ideal spot to use this technology to serve remote areas, or where extra resources are needed to help the existing energy infrastructure."
Local stakeholders perceive the two projects as positive solutions due to their relatively small footprint, low noise and no emissions to the environment. One project will be in the vicinity of Asheville, where a 9-MW battery system will be placed at a Duke Energy substation. The battery will primarily be used to provide energy support to the electric system, including frequency regulation and other grid support services.
The second project site is in the town of Hot Springs, where a 4-MW battery system is planned to improve electric reliability for the town, along with providing services to the overall electric system. In addition, Duke Energy is considering a solar facility in the town to work in conjunction with the battery system.
"These initial utility-scale energy storage projects represent an integral first step in upgrading and modernizing our grid infrastructure," said EITF Technology Working Group co-chair Ned Ryan Doyle. "Investments in energy storage are a key component to a more reliable and resilient grid. It provides a foundation for the expansion of true clean energy sources."
Duke Energy's Western Carolinas Modernization Plan also includes (i) closing an older, 376-MW coal-fired power plant in Asheville and (ii) installing a natural gas-fired power plant that includes two 280-MW generating units with low emissions. The coal plant closing and the gas plant opening are both scheduled to occur in 2019.
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