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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
Proposed Coal-fired Power Plant Denied by Oklahoma Commission
LCG, September 11, 2007--The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) yesterday issued an oral order that it would deny an application to build the Red Rock coal plant, a joint venture of American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) and the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA).
The utilities had proposed to construct a 950-MW, ultra super critical coal-fired generating facility adjacent to an existing OG&E plant in north-central Oklahoma. The new unit would be operated by OG&E and would burn low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. PSO would own 50 percent of the plant; OG&E 42 percent and OMPA 8 percent. The estimated cost of the new facility is $1.8 billion, and operations had been scheduled to commence by 2012. The utilities announced the proposal in July 2006.
According to a press release issued yesterday by PSO, the vote to deny the application was 2-1. The decision reverses a favorable recommendation from a hearing judge issued in August. PSO anticipates a final order by next week.
PSO and OG&E had proposed to rely upon new, coal-fired generation rather than gas-fired generation to provide a more cost-effective power supply. The utilities also pursued a commission order that would state that the new generation would be needed to ensure that the significant project costs would be recovered.
The plant was opposed on environmental grounds, including concerns regarding global warming, and economics relative to gas-fired generation, especially if additional potential costs for carbon emissions were included.
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