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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
Oglethorpe Power Announces Plans for Biomass Power Plants in Georgia
LCG, September 19, 2008--Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC) yesterday announced plans to construct as many as three, 100-MW power plants that would be fueled by woody biomass. The first two facilities are scheduled to commence operations in 2014 and 2015, with a possible third plant coming on-line in 2015.
The design for the projects includes conventional fluidized bed boilers and steam turbine technology. The planned fuel supply will primarily be a mixture of forest harvest residues, chipped pulpwood, and waste materials from sawmills. There are no plans to use any fossil fuels. With respect to carbon emissions, biomass power generation is generally deemed carbon neutral.
OPC is the nation's largest power supply cooperative and serves 38 Electric Membership Corporations that together provide electricity to 4.1 million Georgians.
Tom Smith, OPC's president and chief executive officer, stated, "We're pleased to find an environmentally friendly way to help meet some of our members' growing demand for electricity. OPC's members continue to grow and have an increasing need for additional power."
OPC is one of a growing number of companies planning on biomass to fuel relatively large, electric generating facilities in the Southeast. Last month, Georgia Power submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission for approval to convert an aging, coal-fired unit at its Mitchell Generating Plant in Georgia to use wood wastes. The modified unit would use a direct-fire, stoker technology for a design capacity of 96 MW.
Also in August, the Austin City Council approved a 20-year, power purchase agreement (PPA) with Nacogdoches Power LLC for the electricity generated from a 100-MW facility using a fluidized bed design and fueled with woody biomass. The project site is in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) is also discussing a similar, 100-MW project with Nacogdoches Power LLC that could be constructed at the existing Deerhaven Generating Station near Gainesville, Florida.
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