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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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LCG, April 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced yesterday its submission of a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Robinson Nuclear Plant, a 759-MW nuclear unit located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The application requests extending the plant's operations for an additional 20 years.
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TransWest Express Transmission Project Receives Approval from BLM
LCG, December 14, 2016--The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed its Record of Decision approving the TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE), a high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) electric transmission system being developed by TransWest Express LLC to deliver renewable energy primarily generated from wind farms developed in Wyoming to load centers in Southern California. The proposed transmission infrastructure additions will add 3,000 MW of transmission capacity from a Rocky Mountain regional terminal in south-central Wyoming to a Southwest terminal near Las Vegas, Nevada, which provides interconnections to the California, Nevada and Arizona grids.
The executed BLM Record of Decision (ROD) completes the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process and approves issuing a right-of-way (ROW) grant for the TWE Project on BLM-managed land, which accounts for approximately 60 percent of the 730-mile route.
The TWE Project Final EIS was published May 1, 2015. BLM and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) prepared the document as joint lead federal agencies. TransWest's ROW application for the TWE Project was filed with the BLM eight years ago on December 12, 2008. The Draft EIS was published July 3, 2013.
The president and CEO of TransWest, an independent transmission developer, stated, ?The Western U.S. needs new interregional transmission infrastructure like the TWE Project, which will allow California and other Desert Southwest utilities to directly access high-capacity Wyoming wind to balance and diversify their generation portfolios in a cost-effective manner?.Today?s important federal permitting milestone further advances the TWE Project?s progress and brings this critical infrastructure project one step closer to construction ? creating employment opportunities across the West."
The project is estimated to require a three-year construction period.
At the southwest terminal where the renewable energy is delivered, the receiving states, Nevada, Arizona and California, all have renewable portfolio requirements with increasing targets for renewable energy. California?s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS), originally established by legislation enacted in 2002, now sets a requirement for California?s electric utilities to have 50 percent of their retail sales derived from eligible renewable energy resources in 2030 and all subsequent years.
Nevada established an RPS as part of its 1997 restructuring legislation. Under the amended standard, NV Energy (formerly Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power) must meet a requirement of 25 percent by 2025. The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has expand Arizona?s Renewable Energy Standard (RES) to 15 percent by 2025.
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