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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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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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Industry News
PG&E Says More Rate Hikes Probable
LCG, July 25, 2001Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said yesterday that claims over the weekend by California officials of no need for additional electric rate hikes were based on possibly inaccurate figures that may even call for a rate hike.The utility said it sent a letter on Monday to the California Department of Water Resources requesting a public hearing on its revised revenue requirement it filed with the California Public Utilities Commission.Over the weekend, top aides to California Gov. Gray Davis announced triumphantly that new California Department of Water Resources estimates show there is no need for new rate hikes and that rates might actually drop in two years.PG&E in a statement issued yesterday noted that "dramatic changes appear to have been made in the filing between Sunday night, when it was presented to the media, and Monday morning, when it was available on the CDWR website. These changes include a $600 million increase in revenue recovery from PG&E customers during 2002, at a time when rates should be falling because of increased competition and lower gas prices."John Nelson, a spokesman for the utility, said "How that isn't a rate increase is a question they need to answer."When CDWR representatives briefed the media on Sunday, they said the water agency currently receives about 9.5 cents per kilowatt-hour for power purchased on behalf of PG&E customers. The new filing, according to PG&E, "makes clear that the department is seeking to charge PG&E customers a much higher rate, especially in 2002. In that year alone, the department is seeking to charge our customers an average rate of 13.7 cents per kilowatt-hour."State officials conceded the discrepancies. Joseph Fichera, a financial adviser to Davis, said the $600 million figure was contained within an "inadvertently released" document. "It was an unfortunate error and now somebody is trying to exploit it," he complained."PG&E would like to have (as much money as they can get)," Fichera said. "Probably if you drive through their district, they want to charge you."PG&E would agree that it wants to collect full value for power generated in facilities it still owns, which include hydroelectric facilities and the 2,200 megawatt Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.The California Public Utilities Commission is considering how much PG&E, Southern California Edison Co. and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. should be able to charge for power from their owned assets. If the utility is allowed to charge the 9.5 cents per kilowatt-hour charged by the water agency, and subsequently the 13.7 cents the agency intends to charge, ratepayers would see a substantial increase in their bills."That's why they went to such tremendous lengths to say on Sunday that if there's any reason for a rate increase it would be the call of the CPUC," PG&E's Nelson said.
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