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Graphic Packaging and NextEra Energy Resources Sign 250-MW Virtual Power Purchase Agreement

LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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PJM Announces More Than 800 New Generation Projects Seek to Connect the Grid

LCG, April 29, 2026--PJM Interconnection today announced that 811 new generation projects applied to connect to the grid through the first Cycle of PJM's new reformed interconnection process, which is designed to improve the certainty, speed and discipline of generation project review. In total, the generation applications would be capable of generating 220 GW of electricity.

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AEP Buys Enron Wind Project in Texas

LCG, Jan. 2, 2002--American Electric Power Co. Inc. said Monday that it has acquired the 160-megawatt Indian Mesa Wind Power Project from Enron Wind Corp. for $175 million. The Enron unit will provide operations and maintenance services at the site, located near Iraan, 45 miles east of Fort Stockton, Texas.

Under terms of the agreement, AEP will assume responsibility for fulfillment of previously announced power supply arrangements with City Public Service, the municipal electric utility for San Antonio, Texas. CPS will buy all the power generated from the wind turbines under long-term agreements.

"We are pleased to add the Indian Mesa Wind Project to our growing fleet of renewable power generation resources," said Dwayne L. Hart, senior vice president of business development for AEP Energy Services, an AEP subsidiary. "The addition of Indian Mesa furthers our goal of enhancing the renewable portion of our overall generation portfolio. We're also pleased with the opportunity to establish a relationship with CPS."

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