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Southwest Power Pool Board Approves New Process to Accelerate High Impact Large Load Connections

LCG, September 16, 2025--Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) Board of Directors today announced that the Board approved a process to facilitate the connection of large users of electricity to the power grid while continuing to support energy needs for the entire region. SPP's new process is designed to incorporate transmission service, generation, load interconnection and other relevant reliability studies into a single framework that enables timely, informed decision-making and action.

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Longroad Energy Announces Financial Close of 1000 Mile Solar Project in Texas

LCG, September 15, 2025--Longroad Energy announced today the financial close of 1000 Mile Solar, its 300 MWac (400 MWdc) solar project in Yoakum County, Texas. Longroad Energy finalized a long-term offtake agreement with Meta late last year in the form of an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement, which includes a financial settlement arrangement for the entire energy output of 1000 Mile Solar.

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Richard E. Terry, the chairman and chief executive officer of Peoples Energy, will retire effective August 1. He will be succeeded by Thomas Patrick, now president and chief operating officer. Patrick will continue as president upon the transition. Terry will have completed a 30-year career with Peoples Energy, having originally joined the legal department and served for over 11 years as chairman and CEO. Patrick, who has been with the company for 26 years, oversaw the company's utility subsidiaries and managed regulatory affairs and gas supply until 1998.

CMS Energy has promoted Michael VanHemert to the new position of vice president and secretary of CMS Enterprises, the diversified energy business unit. He will manage CMS Enterprises' corporate secretary activities as well as CMS Energy's investor services and corporate records areas. He will continue to serve as deputy general counsel of CMS Energy, in which position he is responsible for financing and securities matters.

Gary Cardone is resigning from Dynegy Europe, to take leave of absence for an undetermined length of time. Cardone was responsible for initiating gas trading in Britain when he helped create British Gas' energy trading division in 1994.

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