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Oglethorpe Power Announces Selection of Kiewit Subsidiary as EPC Partner for New 1,425-MW Combined-cycle Facility in Georgia

LCG, January 13, 2026--Oglethorpe Power today announced it has selected Kiewit Corporation through its subsidiary, The Industrial Company (TIC), as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) partner for its new combined-cycle (CC), natural gas-fired power plant in Monroe County, Georgia. The new, 1,425-MW facility represents a capital investment of more than $3 billion. Commercial operation of the new generation capacity is planned to commence in 2029.

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Meta Announces Up to 6.6 GW of Nuclear Projects to Power American AI

LCG, January 9, 2026--Meta today announced new, landmark agreements that will (i) extend and expand the operation of three existing nuclear power plants and (ii) drive the development of advanced nuclear technology. Meta's new agreements with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo follow Meta's request for proposals (RFP) issued last month. Meta expects these projects to deliver up to 6.6 GW of new and existing clean nuclear energy by 2035.

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Southern Unit to Proceed with Three New Plants

LCG, Dec. 11, 2000--Southern Energy Inc. said on Friday it will proceed with development of three gas-fueled power plants, two in the Midwest ultimately totaling 1,120 megawatts of capacity, and one in New York of 750 megawatts.

"The Midwestern areas eventually served by two of these power plants are experiencing shortagesin electricity when demand is high," said Richard J. Pershing, chief executive of Southern Energy's Americas Group.

The company said it Energy intends to acquire the right to complete development of a 560 megawatt project in Wyandotte, Mich., south of Detroit. The development will be on a site formerly used for a variety of industrial purposes. The current developer already has obtained air permits for the site. and Southern expects to have the power plant running by the summer of 2003.

The company also began permitting to develop a power plant in Terre Haute, Ind., which will initially run as a 300 megawatt simple-cycle peaking plant in 2002. By 2004, the facility will be producing 560 megawatts of combined-cycle baseload power.

In New York, Southern plans a 750 megawatt expansion of its Bowline power plant in West Haverstraw, to be called Bowline Unit 3. Permitting for the project is underway, and the company intends to have Unit 3 running by the summer of 2003.

Southern Energy Inc. is an independent power producer subsidiary of The Southern Co.

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