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Calpine Closes Texas Energy Fund Loan for 460-MW Pin Oak Creek Peaking Facility

LCG, October 14, 2025--Calpine Corporation today announced the close of a Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement to support development of the Pin Oak Creek project, a 460-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility adjacent to Calpine's Freestone Energy Center, a gas-fired combined-cycle facility located on approximately 506 acres near Fairfield, Texas.

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Greenflash Infrastructure Closes Transaction for ERCOT's Largest Battery Storage Project Under Construction

LCG, October 7, 2025--Greenflash Infrastructure, L.P. ("Greenflash") today announced that it has successfully closed a hybrid tax capital and debt financing for Project Soho - a 400MW / 800MWh standalone battery storage project in Texas.

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IEEE Published LCG's Study on How Large Flexible Loads Are Reshaping Texas

LCG, August 25, 2025--We are pleased to share that the paper “Economic Impacts of Price-Sensitive Loads in Electricity Reliability Council of Texas: Quantifying Effects of Large Flexible Loads” has been published on IEEE Xplore.

Co-authored by Sidart Deb and Sumedh Halbe of LCG Consulting, this work examines how the rapid growth of large, price-sensitive loads will reshape ERCOT’s grid economics. Understanding and quantifying these impacts is essential for ensuring a future grid that remains reliable, affordable, and sustainable.

Using LCG’s UPLAN market simulation model, the study quantifies how these loads affect key market and system metrics, including:
- Energy prices and scarcity pricing
- Congestion
- Customer payments
- Generator revenues
- Renewable energy curtailment
- Overall production costs

Special thanks to Srijib Mukherjee and Blake King, the guest editors, for their support and guidance throughout this publication.

Link to the paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11131367
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