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OG&E and Google Announce Contract for Three Data Centers in Oklahoma

LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.

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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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Calpine Begins Building Another California Plant;On its Way to Owning 12,000 In-state Megawatts

LCG, Aug. 24, 2001--Calpine Corp. said yesterday that is has begun construction on its 750 megawatt Pastoria Energy Center 30 miles south of Bakersfield, Calif. at the southern end of California's Central Valley.

Calpine said the natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle facility will be complete by summer of 2003. As many as 800 workers will build the plant, which will have an operating staff of between 30 and 35 employees.

"Pastoria is the latest in a series of Calpine projects intended to provide near- and long-term solutions to the power crunch in the West," Jake Rudisill, a Calpine senior vice president. "We've achieved several milestones this summer and we are extremely pleased to be able to point to yet another."

Calpine pointed to the commissioning in July of the Sutter Energy Center near Sacramento and the Los Medanos Energy Center as evidence that its projects are bearing fruit. Los Medanos is the first new major power plant built in the San Francisco Bay Area in more than 30 years.

The company said it has 2,400 megawatts of generation on-line in California, 2.030 megawatts under construction and almost 3,300 megawatts under development. Calpine says it will have in operation 12,000 megawatts of generation in California.

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