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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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California Approves Enron 750 Megawatt Plant

LCG, Dec. 21, 2000--Enron North America said yesterday that it has received unanimous approval from the California Energy Commission for its 750 megawatt Pastoria Energy Facility, which is located in Kern County, southwest of Bakersfield. The project was announced in late 1998.

"This decision represents our second permit of an efficient, clean-burning power plant that will helpCalifornia overcome the tremendous energy shortfall the state has experienced this year," said DavidParquet, vice president, Enron North America.

The company recently sold its first project in California, the 508 megawatt Pittsburg District EnergyFacility, to Calpine Corp., which renamed it Los Medanos Energy Center, will build it and have it in commercial operation next year.

Parquet said "We have more than 2,000 megawatts of additional new projects under development in California, and we're eager to move forward with these plans to provide more generating capacity to the state."

So long as Californians keep burning megawatts as if they were free, the state need all the power plants it can get.

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