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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.
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Industry News
Wind Turbines May Face Face Migratory Bird Restrictions
LCG, December 19, 2002-Wind turbine developers may have to alter their plans for a Maryland wind farm because of the danger the turbines may pose to migrating birds.Several companies interested in building wind power facilities in Maryland may face certain new restrictions regarding when wind turbines may operate. State regulators are interested in mandating shutdown periods in order to protect migrating birds who could otherwise be killed by the large rotating blades.Some people, such as the State House Speaker Casper Taylor, Jr., may find this concern ludicrous, noting that birds do not tend to fly into large moving objects. However, bird and bat deaths have been noted at wind farms before, particularly during cloudy nights.The Sierra Club has taken the position that a more thorough study should be undertaken regarding the actual rates of bird deaths before permits are issued. Conversely, state regulators believe that the plants should be built and then bird mortality can be monitored.U.S. Wind Force, one of the companies interested in building a wind farm, has already agreed to shut down its turbines for 18 hours per year if over 200 birds or bats are killed per windmill in one 24 hour period, or 5,000 birds in one day, a very large number by any estimate. Some endangered bird species have populations of less than 1,000.Clipper Windpower, another interested company, has also agreed to the 5,000 bird or bat deaths per 24 hour period and has promised to shut down turbines for up to 53.7 hours per year. The longer shutdown was allotted to Clipper because of estimated greater bird activity at the project site.The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold hearings on January 7 and 14 for the Clipper and U.S. Wind Power's projects respectively.
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