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Avangrid and Puget Sound Energy Sign PPA, Including Upgrade and Life Extension, for Washington Wind Project

LCG, May 19, 2026--Avangrid, Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the 199.5-MW Big Horn I wind project in Klickitat County, Washington. This agreement represents the fourth PPA executed by the two companies for projects in the Pacific Northwest.

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DOE Acts to Ensure Key Coal-fired Power Plants Are Available in MISO to Supply Peak Summer Demands

LCG, May 18, 2026--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued an emergency order to address critical grid reliability issues in the Midwest anticipated this summer. The order is in effect beginning on May 19, 2026, through August 16, 2026. The emergency order directs the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant (Campbell Plant) in West Olive, Michigan shall take all steps necessary to remain available to operate and to minimize costs for the region.

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Southern Unit to Proceed with Three New Plants

LCG, Dec. 11, 2000--Southern Energy Inc. said on Friday it will proceed with development of three gas-fueled power plants, two in the Midwest ultimately totaling 1,120 megawatts of capacity, and one in New York of 750 megawatts.

"The Midwestern areas eventually served by two of these power plants are experiencing shortagesin electricity when demand is high," said Richard J. Pershing, chief executive of Southern Energy's Americas Group.

The company said it Energy intends to acquire the right to complete development of a 560 megawatt project in Wyandotte, Mich., south of Detroit. The development will be on a site formerly used for a variety of industrial purposes. The current developer already has obtained air permits for the site. and Southern expects to have the power plant running by the summer of 2003.

The company also began permitting to develop a power plant in Terre Haute, Ind., which will initially run as a 300 megawatt simple-cycle peaking plant in 2002. By 2004, the facility will be producing 560 megawatts of combined-cycle baseload power.

In New York, Southern plans a 750 megawatt expansion of its Bowline power plant in West Haverstraw, to be called Bowline Unit 3. Permitting for the project is underway, and the company intends to have Unit 3 running by the summer of 2003.

Southern Energy Inc. is an independent power producer subsidiary of The Southern Co.

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