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
Transwestern Gas Pipeline to Operate This Weekend
LCG, June 14, 2002--A pipeline bringing an additional 120 million cubic feet of natural gas from Texas to California will commence operations Saturday, Transwestern Pipeline Co. said yesterday.Transwestern has sold most of the capacity, 90 percent, under long-term contracts up to 15 years, according to a spokeswoman with the company. Two of these customers are Calpine and Western Gas Resources Inc.The new addition to Transwestern's system, the $93 million Red Rock pipeline, will give the company an overall capacity of 1.82 billion cubic feet. Transwestern gas goes to California and Arizona utilities, as well as a California border customer, Mojave Pipeline Co.
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