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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
Basin Electric Develops Diverse New Generation Resources in North Dakota
LCG, January 9, 2015--Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced yesterday that two new natural gas-fired peaking units commenced commercial operation in North Dakota on January 1. The two, 45-MW units provide additional capacity to support the growing economy in the Williston Basin. Basin Electric's Lonesome Creek Station, located west of Watford City, North Dakota, now has a total capacity of 135 MW. Unit 1 began operating in December 2013.
The Bakken formation covers parts of western North Dakota and eastern Montana, and crude oil production in North Dakota has quadrupled since 2007. With the growth in oil production and related activities, the demand for electricity is also growing rapidly, and recent load forecasts show the need for new generating capacity jumping from about 400 MW to 1,200 MW by 2025.
To support the growing load, Basin Electric completed another peaking station, the Pioneer Generating Station, early last year. The gas-fired Pioneer Generating Station is located northwest of Williston, North Dakota and also consists of three, 45-MW gas turbines. Unit 1 started commercial operation in September 2013, Unit 2 started commercial operation in February 2014, and Unit 3 started commercial operation in March 2014.
Last July, the Basin Electric board of directors approved Phase III for both Lonesome Creek and Pioneer Generation Stations. Phase III for Lonesome Creek will add two more 45-MW combustion turbines that are planned to begin operations in June 2016.
Phase III for Pioneer Station will add 112 MW of peaking capacity that will be provided by twelve, 9.3-MW natural gas-fired reciprocating engines. The small reciprocating units can provide rapid starts and small, incremental changes to dispatchable generation that complement the growing, intermittent wind generation in the region.
In fact, Basin Electric announced on December 31 that it has signed two power purchase agreements (PPAs) for the development of two new wind projects in North Dakota that have a combined capacity of 300 MW. NextEra Energy Resources will develop one project, the Dickinson Wind Energy Center, a 150-MW wind farm near Richardton, North Dakota. Tradewind Energy will be develop the Lindahl Wind Project, a 150-MW wind farm near Tioga, North Dakota.
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