News
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
PNM and FPL to Dedicate 204-MW Wind Farm in New Mexico
LCG, Sept. 23, 2003--While hardly a major population center, the town of House, N.M., is home to the New Mexico Wind Energy Center, scheduled for dedication one week from today by utility and power purchaser Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM), and owner-operator FPL Energy.The 204-megawatt project consists of 136 turbines along 15 miles in eastern New Mexico. The size of the project means that it ranks as the third-largest wind generation facility, according to a press release. In addition to officials from PNM and FPL Energy, Gov. Bill Richardson, a former Secretary of Energy, will attend the Oct. 1 dedication ceremony.
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