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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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Cinergy Wind Farm Goes On-line

LCG, Oct. 11, 2000--Cinergy Corp. subsidiary Cinergy Global Power Ltd. said yesterday that it and Sea West Wind Power Inc. had signed off on the 28-turbine, 16.8 megawatt Foote Creek IV Wind Power project, placing the Wyoming wind farm into commercial operation.

The project is located on a rim of the Medicine Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains, northwest of Laramie. It is among the windiest spots in the nation.

"One of (our) key strategies is to invest in renewable energy projects worldwide," said John Bryant, president of Cinergy Global Resources. "The Foote Creek wind project fits perfectly into those plans and helps us diversify our generation assets in the United States."

Sea West has developed three large wind projects on the Medicine Bow Range and, with completion of Foote Creek IV, the rim will have a total installed capacity of 84.75 megawatts.

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