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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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California Assembly Rejects $10 Billion for Power

LCG, Feb. 1, 2001The lower house of the California legislature early this morning rejected a measure that would have allowed the state to purchase $10 billion worth of electricity and resell it at cost to cash-strapped utilities.

The state Senate had approved the legislation by a 27-8 vote yesterday and the Assembly had hoped to get the measure to Gov. Gray Davis by midnight. But when the weary lawmakers took a vote, the bill passed by 51 to 28, missing the two-thirds majority needed for passage.

The bill's supporters, almost solidly Democrat, said they would take another vote today in an attempt to win over three Republicans.

Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg, calling on lawmakers to vote for the measure, said "The critical point that I want to make tonight is, like it or not, we're in the power business."

The bill calls for the state to issue billions of dollars worth of tax-exempt bonds to finance long-term power purchases. The bonds would be repaid through higher electric rates charged to customers, over a period of 10 or more years.

Earlier, a number of Senate Republicans had said that they would vote for the bill only if Davis took full responsibility for the legislation, and even Democrats were putting pressure on the governor to act decisively. Sen. Don Perata, an Oakland Democrat, said the governor has not shown leadership, adding "This is not easy for a Democrat to be saying what I'm saying."

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