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
Edison Acquires Wildorado Wind Ranch
LCG, February 22, 2006--Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International, announced yesterday that it has completed an agreement to purchase the 161-MW Wildorado Wind Ranch from Cielo Wind Power, LP, which will retain a minority interest. The electricity generated from the wind farm will be purchased by Southwestern Public Service, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, under a long-term contract.The project is located in Potter, Oldham and Randall counties in West Texas. The initial phase of the project includes 70 wind turbines and is scheduled to begin construction this spring, with commercial operations to commence in early 2007. The Wildorado Wind Ranch will be both the largest wind farm in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the largest in EMG's growing portfolio of wind farms in the United States.
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