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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
12 Jet Engines to Produce 300 Megawatts Near Chicago
LCG, July 6, 2000--Imagine a dozen large jet engines in one building -- jet engines like the ones that power a Boeing 747 -- all running at full power and spinning the generators that provide 300 megawatts of electricity.Constellation Power Source Inc., an affiliate of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., said yesterday that it has begun clearing a site in University Park, Ill., 30 miles south of Chicago, for a merchant power plant that will use 12 Pratt & Whitney natural gas-fired combustion turbines to produce 300 megawatts of peaking power. Thats 25 megawatts of power per combustion turbine.Twenty-five megawatts is the equivalent of about 33,500 horsepower.The Pratt & Whitney jet engines used in Boeing 747s produce about 55,000 pounds of thrust on take-off, which is the equivalent of around 34,100 horsepower.The new plant, to be operated by an ad hoc subsidiary of Constellation Power Source named University Park Energy LLC, is expected to begin commercial operations by the summer of next year, the company said.Construction of this plant in University Park marks another important step for us because there is a growing consumer demand for power during peak periods of usage in the Midwest, saidConstellation Power Source president Charles W. Shivery. It makes good strategic sense for us tocontrol the output of power in this important market.Plant manager Todd R. Jaffe said the plant would sell its output into the wholesale Chicago power market where capacity of electricity has fallen to critical levels.Throughout the planning and permitting phases, our power plant project had solid support from the managers of University Park who are seeking environmentally friendly industrial businesses tosupport the needs of the residential community, Jaffe added.
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