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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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550 Megawatt Gregory, Texas, Plant On Line

LCG, July 27, 2000--Subsidiaries of Columbia Energy Group and LG&E Corp. yesterday announced the commercial operation of their jointly-owned 550 megawatt Gregory Power Plant, a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle cogeneration facility located at the Reynolds Metals Co. Sherwin Alumina plant in Gregory, Texas.

Columbia Electric Corp. and LG&E Power Inc. are equal partners in the facility which will provide process steam and electricity to the Reynolds plant and sell surplus power in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas wholesale market. The companies said Dynegy Power Marketing Inc. will market the extra power.

" The commencement of commercial operations represents the culmination of many months ofplanning and hard work," said George Basinger, LG&E Energy senior vice president for power operations. "This facility will supply approximately 1.2 million pounds of steam per hour to theReynolds alumina plant in addition to being one of the lowest-cost electric generating facilities inTexas."

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