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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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DPL Begins Construction on 320 Megawatts

LCG, Oct. 2, 2000The holding company for utility Dayton Power & Light Co. said on Friday that it has begun construction on four electric generation units of 80 megawatt each. The 320 megawatts of new capacity constitutes phases three and four of DPL Inc.'s peaking generation expansion strategy

The natural gas-fired combustion turbines will be located in Pickaway County, Ohio, about 25 miles south of Columbus, and will be online in time for next summer's high demand, the company said, adding that all necessary state and local approvals have been granted.

" Our management team did an excellent job in working quickly through the siting process," saidAllen Hill, president and chief executive of DPL Inc. "With construction plans on track, we look forward to a solid return on this investment in 2001."

The project is being developed by DPL Energy, an unregulated merchant power subsidiary. When complete, DPL's four-phase power expansion will have added 800 megawatts of capacity for an investment of about $270 million.

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