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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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U.S. House Panel Hears that Dereg Works
LCG, Feb. 16, 2001A panel of U.S. lawmakers hear yesterday that electric industry restructuring and deregulation works fine, depending on what state you are in, and problems in California should not put a damper on the movement to a competitive power market."True competition does not result in power shortages, blackouts or high prices," said Rep. BillyTauzin, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee which heard testimony from officials from states where electric deregulation was working.The Louisiana Republican cautioned that problems similar to those in California could crop up in other states if development of a competitive electricity market is not handled with care.Michael Travieso, consumers counsel with the Maryland Public Service Commission, asked "Could what happened in California happen in Maryland?" He thought not, but pointed out "There are no guarantees, when markets deregulate.... It remains to be seen whether electric deregulation willproduce consumer benefits promised by those who championed it."But John Quain, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, told the panel "Retail competition works" and said Pennsylvanians have "saved nearly $3 billion since electricity competitionbegan in 1997 with power rates now 4 percent lower than elsewhere in the country."Alan Schriber, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Ohio, said deregulation in his state was a success so far, but they were keeping an eye on California and learning from its errors. "Ohio is in no great hurry. We are willing to learn as we go," he told the committee.Carl Wood, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission talked to the panel, saying it was a "central mistake" for the state to require its utilities to sell its power plants and to have no warning signals built into the deregulation scheme. But then he drifted back on a call for federal price caps on wholesale power, blaming "out-of-state" power producers for California's high prices.Peter Esposito, a vice president of Dynegy Inc., one of those power producers had an answer for Wood. "Despite growing financial risk, we have continued to produce power," he said, asserting California's power problems occurred because demand exceeded supply and the state's deregulation plan deregulated only half the market."California made a critical error by deregulating only the wholesale market, while maintaining ratecaps on retail purchases," Esposito pointed out.
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