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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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AEP to Sell Texas Plant to Teco Energy

LCG, Feb. 8, 2001American Electric Power Co. said this morning it would sell its Frontera power plant to Teco Power Services, a subsidiary of Teco Energy Co., as part of a divestiture agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in AEP's acquisition of Central and South West Corp.

Frontera is a 500 megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant located near the town of Missionin the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The merchant plant, built by CSW subsidiary CSW Energy priorto the merger with AEP, began simple-cycle operation in July 1999 and combined-cycle operation in May 2000.

Teco Power Services, an affiliate of Tampa Electric Co., will pay AEP $265 million for the plant. Closing of the deal is contingent upon completion of a Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review.

"This divestiture is important because it allows us to comply with FERC's order on the completion of our merger, but it also provides cash that we will use to pay down debt," said Dwayne L. Hart, AEP's vice president for business development and strategy.

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