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AES Announces Construction Complete on 1,000-MW, Solar-Plus-Storage Project in California

LCG, June 11, 2025--The AES Corporation (AES) announced today that it has completed construction of the 1,000 MW Bellefield 1 project, which is under a 15-year contract with Amazon. Bellefield is a two-phase project, with each phase including 500 MW of solar plus 500 MW of a four-hour, battery energy storage system (BESS). When Phase II is completed in 2026, the total installed capacity will be 2,000 MW, and AES expects the total project will be the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the United States.

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Duke Energy Proposes to Build 1,400-MW Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant in South Carolina

LCG, June 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced today its intent to submit an application to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) for approval to build a new natural gas combined-cycle generating facility with hydrogen capability in Anderson County, South Carolina. The company plans to submit the construction application to the PSCSC later this year. If approved, it expects construction would commence in summer 2027, with operations beginning by early 2031.

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California Assembly Rejects $10 Billion for Power

LCG, Feb. 1, 2001The lower house of the California legislature early this morning rejected a measure that would have allowed the state to purchase $10 billion worth of electricity and resell it at cost to cash-strapped utilities.

The state Senate had approved the legislation by a 27-8 vote yesterday and the Assembly had hoped to get the measure to Gov. Gray Davis by midnight. But when the weary lawmakers took a vote, the bill passed by 51 to 28, missing the two-thirds majority needed for passage.

The bill's supporters, almost solidly Democrat, said they would take another vote today in an attempt to win over three Republicans.

Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg, calling on lawmakers to vote for the measure, said "The critical point that I want to make tonight is, like it or not, we're in the power business."

The bill calls for the state to issue billions of dollars worth of tax-exempt bonds to finance long-term power purchases. The bonds would be repaid through higher electric rates charged to customers, over a period of 10 or more years.

Earlier, a number of Senate Republicans had said that they would vote for the bill only if Davis took full responsibility for the legislation, and even Democrats were putting pressure on the governor to act decisively. Sen. Don Perata, an Oakland Democrat, said the governor has not shown leadership, adding "This is not easy for a Democrat to be saying what I'm saying."

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