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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
LS Power Announces New PPA for Arkansas Coal Project
LCG, December 6, 2006--Plum Point Energy Associates, LLC ("Plum Point") announced yesterday that it has signed a 50-MW, 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission ("MJMEUC").
The Plum Point Project is a greenfield, coal-fired power project with a design electric generating capacity of 665 MW. The new agreement provides MJMEUC electricity from the project, which is located near Osceola, Arkansas. Project construction began in March of this year. Commercial operations are scheduled to commence in mid-2010.
Plum Point announced in August that it had signed a 200-MW, 30-year PPA with South Mississippi Electric Power Association. LS Power also states that it has a 30-year PPA with The Empire District Electric Company and that a significant portion of the project's output has now been sold under long-term contract or through tenancy in common interests.
Plum Point is a a member of the LS Power Group. On September 15, 2006, the LS Power Group and Dynegy, Inc. announced a merger transaction involving certain assets of the LS Power Group, including the Plum Point Energy Station, and Dynegy, Inc.'s assets.
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