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
GE Partners with ACCIONA in Dakota Wind Project
LCG, August 13, 2008--GE Energy Financial Services, a business unit of General Electric Company, announced Monday that it is investing $141 million in the Tatanka Wind Farm, a project developed by ACCIONA. Wachovia Investment Holdings LLC also provided structured equity to the $381 million project, which began commercial operations last month. ACCIONA operates the 180-MW wind farm.
The Tatanka Wind Farm includes 120, 1.5-MW wind turbines and has a footprint that covers over 14,000 acres of farmland in Dickey and McIntosh Counties, North Dakota, and McPherson County, South Dakota. Construction started in April of last year.
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