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LCG, May 19, 2026--Avangrid, Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the 199.5-MW Big Horn I wind project in Klickitat County, Washington. This agreement represents the fourth PPA executed by the two companies for projects in the Pacific Northwest.
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LCG, May 18, 2026--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued an emergency order to address critical grid reliability issues in the Midwest anticipated this summer. The order is in effect beginning on May 19, 2026, through August 16, 2026. The emergency order directs the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant (Campbell Plant) in West Olive, Michigan shall take all steps necessary to remain available to operate and to minimize costs for the region.
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Industry News
TVA Issues Update on Completion of Watts Bar Unit 2
LCG, October 30, 2013--The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) yesterday issued a quarterly update on the construction of the 1,180-MW, Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power plant, located in Spring City, Tennessee. TVA stated that the carbon-free, nuclear project remains on track for most likely completion by December 2015 and within a cost range of $4 billion to $4.5 billion.
TVA reports that safety performance is strong and the quality control acceptance rate is high. Furthermore, bulk construction is in the final phase, and the project is transitioning to complete work and prepare plant systems for pre-operational testing. TVA received a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license for fuel to use in Unit 2, and the fuel deliveries commenced last summer.
The original construction on Watts Bar 2 started over 40 years ago in 1972. However, when load growth forecasts dropped in 1988, the unit was deferred. When Watts Bar 1 began commercial operations in May 1996, it became the last commercial nuclear unit in the United States to come on-line.
Construction on Unit 2 resumed in 2007. In April 2012, TVA announced problems with the project, and that the project approved by the TVA board in 2007 appeared "aggressive but doable? at that time. However, TVA further stated, ?The emerging estimate to complete Watts Bar Unit 2 will require additional funding of $1.5 billion to $2 billion, putting the total estimated cost of completion in the range of $4 billion to $4.5 billion. The estimated time to complete is between September and December of 2015."
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