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LCG, April 17, 2025--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and its Regional Entities today issued a joint staff report concluding that the nation’s Bulk-Power System (BPS) "performed well during successive cold weather events in January 2025, without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems."
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LCG, April 15, 2025--Matrix Renewables announced today the successful commissioning of the Pleasant Valley Solar 1 power generation facility in Ada County, Idaho. The 200-MWac solar facility includes a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that was secured through negotiation with Meta and Idaho Power. Matrix Renewables states the facility is the largest operational solar facility in Idaho Power's system. Sundt Renewables, the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services provider, completed construction of the project on March 2nd.
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Industry News
Georgia Power Announces Plans to Satisfy Future Electric Supply Resource Needs
LCG, April 6, 2007--Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, announced yesterday that it plans to file a request for certification of three power supply contracts that total nearly 1,800 MW commencing June 1, 2010 with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) on April 17.
The request is based upon an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) previously filed by Georgia Power with the PSC and a subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP) issued for new resources. According to Georgia Power, there were 26 proposals from eight different companies totaling more than 10,000 MW of generation.
The three contracts selected to meet the resource needs in 2010 total about 1,795 MW of capacity. All three of the contracts are associated with existing, gas-fired facilities in Georgia; thus no new electric generating capacity will be provided to meet the growing demands of customers in Georgia.
According to Georgia Power, two of the contracts will be with Southern Power, another subsidiary of Southern Company. The Southern Power facilities are Plant Dahlberg, a combustion turbine facility in Jackson County, and Plant Wansley, a combined cycle facility in Heard County. The power purchase agreement (PPA) associated with Plant Dahlberg is for fifteen years to provide a total of 292 MW of capacity and associated energy, and the PPA associated with Plant Wansley is for seven years to provide a total of 561 MW of capacity and associated energy.
The third contract is associated with the Tenaska plant, a combustion turbine facility in Heard County. This facility is owned by Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P. and the entire plant output is currently contracted by Exelon Generation Company, LLC. Georgia Power will request certification of a PPA with Exelon that includes a fifteen year term, with a
a near-term five year option for extension, that provides a total of 942 MW of capacity and associated energy.
Georgia Power is also building new generation facilities to meet the future electric demands of its customers. Last November, Georgia Power announced its plan to replace its coal-fueled, 580-MW Plant Jack McDonough, located near Atlanta, Georgia, with an 800-MW, natural gas-fired unit. The replacement with combined-cycle units would substitute relatively clean-burning natural gas for coal and avoid the substantial additional investment by Georgia Power in new emission control equipment for the aging coal-fired units at the site.
Georgia Power previously proposed adding two other gas-fired units at the site. In total, 2,400 MW of gas-fired capacity is planned at the site. Assuming timely approval of the proposed new generating facilities, Georgia Power expects construction to begin in 2008 and the new units to commence operations in late 2010, with the entire project complete by 2012.
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