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ERCOT Announces Organizational Changes to Promote Grid Reliability, Rapid Demand Growth, and Innovation

LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.

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NextEra Energy Resources and Basin Electric Power Cooperative Announce MOU to Develop 1,450-MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in North Dakota

LCG, December 8, 2025--Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NextEra) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the joint development of the River Run Energy Center, a new combined-cycle natural gas-fueled generation facility in Basin Electric's North Dakota service territory. The proposed facility will have a planned capacity of approximately 1,450 MW.

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Wisconsin Plant Planned at Lake Michigan Site

LCG, May 2, 2002--We Power LLC, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corp., has contracted with Washington Group International for the construction of a 500-megawatt, combined-cycle power plant at an existing site on Lake Michigan.

Engineering work will commence while applications are made with Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The configuration of the plant, at Port Washington, will include two combustion turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, and a steam turbine. There is an existing Port Washington power plant at the site, and We Power has plans to build a second combined-cycle plant there at at an unspecified date.

We Power was started one year ago as the unregulated power development unit of Wisconsin Energy, and presently has an overall goal of building 2,800 megawatts of new generation capacity throughout Wisconsin within the decade.
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