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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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North Carolina Power Agency Shopping for Juice

LCG, Oct. 25, 2000-- North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency said yesterday it is looking for a new supplier to begin providing for some of its power needs beginning in January 2004.

The agency said a contract with Carolina Power & Light Co. will expire on Dec. 31, 2003, so it is going to the wholesale market place in order to get the best mix and price for its power supply program.

Eastern Agency, as it is called for short, said it will need around 900 to 950 megawatts of capacity in the summer peak months of 2004, with increasing amounts in subsequent years to handle load growth. It has issued requests for proposals, which will be accepted through December 11, and said "anyone who is interested in submitting a proposal" should give it a call.

The agency is the full requirements power supplier to 32 municipal utility members located in eastern North Carolina. Twenty-three of the cities and towns are connected to CP&L's transmission system and the other nine municipalities are connected to the Virginia Electric & Power Co. wires.

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