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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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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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Industry News
UtiliCorp Closes St. Joseph Deal, Quits on Empire District
LCG, Jan. 3, 2001UtiliCorp United Inc. said yesterday that it had completed its acquisition of St. Joseph Light & Power Co. Separately, the company announced it has terminated its agreement to acquire the Empire District Electric Co.In a letter sent yesterday to Myron W. McKinney, Empire District president and chief executive officer, UtiliCorp President and Chief Operating Officer, Robert K. Green, pointed out that under the terms of the agreement, either company could terminate the deal if regulatory approvals of the merger were notobtained by December 31.Arkansas has rejected the merger, Missouri has approved the merger but rejected the companies' regulatory plan in support of it, and Kansas has yet to take action."The significant remaining uncertainty of this lengthy regulatory process prevents any reasonableexpectation that the merger could ever be completed with balanced benefits accruing to Empire'scustomers and the shareholders of both companies," Green said.Myron W. McKinney, Empire's chief executive, said his company was disappointed, but "will continue providing the quality services that our customers expect and deserve while providing a fair and reasonable return to our shareholders."As to closing the St. Joe deal, Green said "The merger joins two of Missouri's most experience utilities, which have adjacent territories." Under the terms of the merger agreement, St. Joe shareholders will receive .7933 shares ofUtiliCorp common stock for each share of St. Joe stock held as of December 29.
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