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SPP Board Approves Alternative, Accelerated Generation Interconnection Process to Improve Regional Resource Adequacy

LCG, May 8, 2025--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Board of Directors approved SPP’s proposed Expedited Resource Adequacy Study (ERAS) at its May 6 meeting. SPP developed the new ERAS in collaboration with its stakeholders in response to the growing need to add new generating resources before the region’s generating capacity is outpaced by its electricity demands. ERAS is intended to be a one-time, expedited study process designed to significantly accelerate the addition of new power generation facilities to the grid and address concerns about the near term ability to maintain the affordable and reliable electric service that consumers expect.

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EDP Renewables Completes Scarlet II Solar and Energy Storage Project in California

LCG, May 7, 2025--EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) announced yesterday the inauguration of its Scarlet II Solar Energy Park (Scarlet II) in Fresno County, California. This phase of the solar plus energy storage project includes 200 MW of solar capacity, plus a co-located 150 MW/600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The initial phase of the project, Scarlet I, which provides 200 MW of solar and 40 MW/160 MWh of BESS, achieved commercial operations in July 2024.

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Xcel Energy to Purchase Power from New Wind Farms

LCG, October 26, 2004--Excel Energy announced that it will purchase power from two, new wind farms that are scheduled to commence operations late next year. Cielo Wind Power will develop a 160-MW wind farm located west of Amarillo, Texas on land previously acquired or leased. The second wind farm, with a planned capacity of 120-MW, will be developed near the town of Elida in eastern New Mexico by Padoma Wind Power, LLC.

The projects follow the recent approval of the federal production tax credit (PTC) by the House and Senate. The Padoma Wind Power project will also be eligible for state tax credits.

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