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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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EPA Accused of Sidestepping Analysis of Anti-Pollution Proposals

LCG, July 14, 2003--Proposals for cutting pollution that may conflict with proposals put forth by the Bush administration have not been studied by the Environmental Protection Agency, or have been put on the backburner, according to members of both major parties in Congress, employees of the agency, and environmental groups, the New York Times reports.

Studies are undertaken by the E.P.A. regularly by the agency to forecast and model the efficacy, benefits and costs of environmental policies. Senators Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., and John McCain, R-Ariz., submitted a proposal for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, a proposal that Lieberman said has received no agency attention due to political pressure. That assessment was countered by a spokeswoman for the E.P.A., who said of the questioning regarding certain analyses that were not conducted, "These decisions were not motivated in any way by politics."

The Times quoted William D. Ruckelshaus, who served as the head of the agency under president Nixon, who oversaw the EPA's creation. "Whether or not analysis is released is based on at least two factors. Is the analysis flawed? That is a legitimate reason for not releasing it. But if you don't like the outcome that might result from the analysis, that is not a legitimate reason."

Senator McCain wrote Christine Todd Whitman, who has since resigned as the agency's head: "I am disappointed that the E.P.A. declined to review the bill and do not feel it was normal procedure to refuse to analyze a bill that is under the agency's jurisdiction." Whitman responded that she "would expect" that any cost estimates by the agency would be closely aligned with those the Energy Information Administration would produce.

While the agency is under court order to develop and implement regulations on limiting mercury emissions within five years, the Times spoke with employees who were present at a March meeting, and said that the assistant administrator for air programs canceled a second meeting four days later, at which they would have presented alternative regulatory options to external representatives.
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