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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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PSEG Global Bid Wins Peru's Electroandes

LCG, July 24, 2001Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. subsidiary PSEG Global said yesterday its offer of $227.1 million was the winning bid in an auction of Peru's sixth-largest electricity generator, Empresa de Electricidad de los Andes S.A.

PSEG will also invest $17.5 million in the company over the next five years, a condition of the bidding.

Electroandes' owns four hydroelectric installations with 183 megawatts of capacity, about 6 percent of Peru's total, and 460 miles of transmission lines located in the Central Andean region, northeast of the capital city of Lima.

"This purchase diversifies our portfolio into hydroelectric generation and is consistent with ourcorporate strategy of building sustainable businesses in carefully selected markets that provide strongearnings growth and create synergies with existing investments," Robert L. Logan, president of PSEG Americas, the company's Latin America subsidiary, said in a statement.

Up to 40 percent of Electroandes has been reserved for employees and the firm's largest customer, who would pay the same price as PSEG Global and have 10 days to exercise their options. Employees can purchase up to 10 percent of Electroandes and the customer, U.S.-owned Doe Run Peru, a copper mining company, can buy 30 percent.

The acquisition of a controlling interest in Electroandes, together with PSEG Global's 44 percent stake in electricity distributor Luz del Sur, makes the U.S. company the largest foreign investor in Peru, PSEG said.

Logan said "PSEG Global has confidence in the Peruvian system, and we look forward to working with local officials, Electroandes' employees and our customers to build a strong partnership for the future."

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