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LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.
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LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.
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Industry News
Avista Gets Approval to Offer Wind Power
LCG, Jan 2, 2002--Under a program approved last Friday by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, Avista Corp. was able to offer "green" power from a wind farm west of Walla Walla, Wash., but its customers probably don't know about it as yet.According to Special Projects Manager Bruce Folsom, Avista will postpone its promotional campaign until Idaho regulators act on an identical proposal later in January. Then the wind offering could be announced on February 1.Avista came late to a renewable power requirement enacted earlier this year by the state legislature, requiring investor-owned utilities to offer customers wind, solar or some other form of alternative power by January 1, but the company made the deadline.Both Puget Sound Energy Co. and PacifiCorp already have renewables programs, so what Avista will do is buy wind power from PacifiCorp and sell it to its own customers.Avista customers who buy wind power will pay an additional $1 for 55 kilowatt-hours of juice, about what a color television consumes if left on 10 hours per day, according to the Spokane Spokesman Review.Customers who buy wind power will pay an additional $1 for 55 kilowatt-hours of juice, about what a color television consumes if left on 10 hours per day.In eastern Washington, where homes are heated with electricity, residential consumers typically use about 1,000 kilowatt-hours of power month. Folsom said those who want to take a percentage of that power from wind sources can calculate how many blocks add up to, say, 40 percent of their monthly use, and buy that number of blocks.That purchase will add about $7.20 to the homeowner's bill. Although the company projects less than 1 percent of its customers will buy wind power, Folsom said he hopes the share will be 2 percent or better.
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