News
LCG, September 30, 2025--Vistra Corp. announced yesterday that it will proceed with the next phase of its capital plan to support grid reliability in Texas. In 2024, Vistra identified over $1 billion worth of potential capital additions in generation capacity within the Texas ERCOT market by 2028 if market conditions were supportive. Now, with West Texas' growing power requirements, particularly the state's expanding oil and natural gas industries, Vistra reached a final investment decision and confirms it will build two new advanced natural gas-fired power units on-site at its Permian Basin Power Plant.
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LCG, September 24, 2025--Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) yesterday announced its new initiative to increase its efforts to fully use and apply innovation and transformation through industry collaboration to best overcome the challenges and opportunities facing future grid operations. The new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation (GRIT) initiative will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to better understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution and position ERCOT to lead in the future energy landscape.
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Industry News
Nine Mile Point 2 Shuts Down for Maintenance
LCG, Feb. 26, 2001Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. took its 1,148 megawatt Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear power plant near Oswego, N.Y. out of service yesterday for scheduled maintenance expected to last a week.None of the work involves the reactor itself, the company said. During the outage, improvements will be made to the electric transmission switchyard adjacent to the plant and to an indicator that shows the position of a flow control valve in the reactor's recirculation system.Niagara Mohawk operates Nine Mile Point 2 and owns 41 percent of the facility. Other owners are New York State Electric & Gas Corp. with 18 percent, Long island Power Authority with 18 percent, Rochester Gas & Electric Co. with 14 percent and Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. with 9 percent.
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