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LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.
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LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.
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Industry News
Dominion Resources Completes Exit from Latin America
LCG, Oct. 13, 2000Sempra Energy International, a subsidiary of utility holding company Sempra Energy Inc., said yesterday it has completed the purchase of Dominion Resources Inc. natural gas and electricity assets in Argentina for $145 million.The deal, which has been approved by Argentine anti-trust authorities, completes Dominion's exit from Latin America.Thomas E. Capps, Dominion's chairman, president and chief executive, said "The transaction will enable Dominion to enhance the company's debt structure and de-leverage its balance sheet. And itadvances our long-term strategy to divest non-core assets and focus our resources on energy markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States."The principal asset Sempra acquired was an additional 21.5 percent interest in Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur, raising its total stake to 43 percent. The Sodigas firms are holding companies for Camuzzi Gas Pampeana and Camuzzi Gas del Sur, which serve a combined 1.2 million customers in central and southern Argentina.Camuzzi Argentina owns the controlling 57 percent interest in the Sodigas companies. Sempra agreed to sell one of the assets acquired from Dominion, a 25 percent interest in Baeco which is a holding company for electric distributor Empresa Distribuidora de Energia Atlantica, to Camuzzi for an undisclosed sum.Camuzzi Argentina is a subsidiary of Italian Camuzzi Gazometri.
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