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LCG, September 30, 2025--Vistra Corp. announced yesterday that it will proceed with the next phase of its capital plan to support grid reliability in Texas. In 2024, Vistra identified over $1 billion worth of potential capital additions in generation capacity within the Texas ERCOT market by 2028 if market conditions were supportive. Now, with West Texas' growing power requirements, particularly the state's expanding oil and natural gas industries, Vistra reached a final investment decision and confirms it will build two new advanced natural gas-fired power units on-site at its Permian Basin Power Plant.
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LCG, September 24, 2025--Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) yesterday announced its new initiative to increase its efforts to fully use and apply innovation and transformation through industry collaboration to best overcome the challenges and opportunities facing future grid operations. The new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation (GRIT) initiative will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to better understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution and position ERCOT to lead in the future energy landscape.
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Industry News
Conectiv Shareholders Okay Pepco Merger
LCG, July 18, 2001Shareholders of Conectiv Inc. yesterday approved the pending $5.4 billion merger of their company with Potomac Electric Power Co., a transaction the companies expect to close early next year.While billed a merger of equals, under the proposal, Pepco would pay $2.2 billion in cash and stock for Conectiv and assume $3.2 billion of Conectiv's debt. Pepco Chairman John Derrick will remain as chairman of the yet to be named newly created company, while Conectiv Chairman Howard Cosgrove will retire with a $6.4 million severance package.Yesterday, about 95 percent of the shareholders, who own about 68 percent of Conectiv's common stock, agreed on a price of $25 a share. Pepco's shareholders were scheduled to vote today on the deal, which also requires regulatory approval from several state and federal agencies.The companies said the deal will not result in significant layoffs and all union contracts would be honored.
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