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Graphic Packaging and NextEra Energy Resources Sign 250-MW Virtual Power Purchase Agreement

LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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PJM Announces More Than 800 New Generation Projects Seek to Connect the Grid

LCG, April 29, 2026--PJM Interconnection today announced that 811 new generation projects applied to connect to the grid through the first Cycle of PJM's new reformed interconnection process, which is designed to improve the certainty, speed and discipline of generation project review. In total, the generation applications would be capable of generating 220 GW of electricity.

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Tucker Hart Adams, president and chief executive of Denver-based consulting firm the Adams Group, has been elected a director of Avista Labs, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. engaged in fuel cell development. She is also president of American Russian Collaborative Enterprises.

Robert F. Goff has been elected a director of Avista Labs, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. engaged in fuel cell development. He is president of R4 Energy Inc., a fuel cell industry consulting and management services company, which was formed with other members of the U.S. Fuel Cell Council.

Dennis W. Johnson has been named to the board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc., the parent company for Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. He is chairman and chief executive of TMI Systems Design Corp., TMI Transport Corp. and TMI Storage Systems Corp. all of Dickinson, N.D.

Paul Krohn has been named by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as senior resident inspector at the Point Beach nuclear power plant in Two Rivers, Wisc. He most recently worked as a resident inspector at the LaSalle nuclear plant in Marseilles, Ill., and prior to that as a resident inspector at the Prairie Island nuclear facility in Welch, Minn.

James Moore has joined Central Vermont Public Service Co. subsidiary Catamount Energy Corp. as president and has also been named senior vice president of the parent company. He previously was president and chief executive officer of American National Power Co.

Martin White has been elected chairman of MDU Resources Group Inc., replacing John Schuchart, who is retiring. White will continue as president and chief executive of the Bismarck, N.D.-based parent of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

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