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OG&E and Google Announce Contract for Three Data Centers in Oklahoma

LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.

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Graphic Packaging and NextEra Energy Resources Sign 250-MW Virtual Power Purchase Agreement

LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Robert E. Busch, senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer of Public Service Electric & Gas. Co., has been given the additional role of president and chief operating officer of PSEG Services Corp. Both firms are units of utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group.

Mitch Davidson has been appointed senior vice president for origination for the eastern United States by the Duke Energy North America unit of Duke Energy Corp.

Bonnie G. Hill has been appointed a non-executive director of National Grid Group Plc, effective upon the company's acquisition of Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc. of which she is currently a director. Dr. Hill is president and chief executive The Times Mirror Foundation and a senior vice president of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Marcus Jackson has been appointed president and chief executive of Semco Energy Inc., a natural gas company serving customers in Alaska and Michigan. Jackson, most recently an executive vice president of Kansas City Power & Light Co., is already a member of Semco's board.

Lawrence C. Nussdorf has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. He is president and chief operating officer of Clark Enterprises Inc., and vice president and treasurer of The Clark Construction Group Inc.

Pauline A. Schneider has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. She is a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams.

David Wiggs has been named interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, replacing S. David Freeman who has accepted an as-yet-to-be-defined energy position in the administration of California Gov. Gray Davis. Wiggs is best known as the former head of El Paso Electric Corp. In that role he had the dubious distinction of becoming only the second utility executive since the Great Depression to lead a company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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