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ERCOT Announces Organizational Changes to Promote Grid Reliability, Rapid Demand Growth, and Innovation

LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.

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NextEra Energy Resources and Basin Electric Power Cooperative Announce MOU to Develop 1,450-MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in North Dakota

LCG, December 8, 2025--Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NextEra) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the joint development of the River Run Energy Center, a new combined-cycle natural gas-fueled generation facility in Basin Electric's North Dakota service territory. The proposed facility will have a planned capacity of approximately 1,450 MW.

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DPL Begins Construction on 320 Megawatts

LCG, Oct. 2, 2000The holding company for utility Dayton Power & Light Co. said on Friday that it has begun construction on four electric generation units of 80 megawatt each. The 320 megawatts of new capacity constitutes phases three and four of DPL Inc.'s peaking generation expansion strategy

The natural gas-fired combustion turbines will be located in Pickaway County, Ohio, about 25 miles south of Columbus, and will be online in time for next summer's high demand, the company said, adding that all necessary state and local approvals have been granted.

" Our management team did an excellent job in working quickly through the siting process," saidAllen Hill, president and chief executive of DPL Inc. "With construction plans on track, we look forward to a solid return on this investment in 2001."

The project is being developed by DPL Energy, an unregulated merchant power subsidiary. When complete, DPL's four-phase power expansion will have added 800 megawatts of capacity for an investment of about $270 million.

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