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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
Rate Cap Would Kill Us, Puget Sound Energy Says
LCG, Jan. 30, 2001--Puget Sound Energy, the utility subsidiary of Puget Energy Inc. of Washington State, said yesterday that a proposal by state regulators to cap electric rates for some large industrial customers would jeopardize its ability to pay for power and natural gas for all of its customers.Richard L. Hawley, the utility's chief financial officer, yesterday told a hearing of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission "This (proposed) rate cap puts in jeopardy PSE's ability to meet its financial obligations and, consequently, its public service obligation to customers."Hawley called the proposed rate cap a "subsidy to industrial customers" and said it, added to a tightening of credit resulting from the problems of California utilities, "would result in PSE simply not having access to the money it needs to continue to provide services."Hawley pointed out that "California has been a textbook example of what happens when a utility's financial health is ruined.Service to customers is threatened because loss of utility credit ratings makes it impossible to findmoney to pay for the energy required to keep the lights on and homes warm." Puget Sound Energy said it had offered the commission an alternative proposal that would let its big industrial customers individually negotiate with power suppliers over the price of their electricity and the length of a supply contract. The utility would facilitate the agreement and deliver the power. "This is the solution that should be acted upon," Hawley told the regulators.
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