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Minnesota PUC Approves Operations Extension for Xcel Energy's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant

LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.

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PGE Announces Addition of 475 MW of Battery Energy Storage Systems to Improve Grid Reliability and Costs

LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.

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GE to Service Southern Co. Plants in $575 Million Deal

LCG, Sept. 29, 2000The GE Power Systems unit of General Electric Co. said yesterday it has received multi-year contracts from The Southern Co. covering service of combined-cycle power plants being built by the Atlanta-based utility in the southeastern United States. GE said the total value of the contracts was $575 million.

The long-term service agreements support turbine generators, steam turbines, control systems and auxiliary equipment, GE said.

GE said the combined-cycle systems will be located at the Wansley Power Station in Roopville, Ga., the Goat Rock Power Station in Smith, Ala., and at several other sites yet to be announced. The plants are scheduled for commercial operation over the years 2001 to 2004.

The contracts are in addition to $450 million worth of service agreements covering other Southern Co. plants. Those contracts, signed in 1998 and 1999, provide support to five power plants.

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