News
LCG, March 31, 2025--Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC ("X-energy") today announced the submission of a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. The proposed advanced small modular reactor ("SMR") project could begin construction later this decade and commence operations early next decade.
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LCG, March 27, 2025--Avangrid, Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that its True North Solar project, located in Falls County, Texas, has achieved commercial operation. The True North Solar project will deliver electricity into ERCOT and support Meta's operations, including Meta's upcoming data center in neighboring Temple, its second data center in Texas.
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Industry News
FERC Caps New York Electric Rates
LCG, June 29, 2001The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, hoping to avoid California-style price increases, yesterday approved a plan to rein in wholesale power prices in New York State through this summer.The FERC plan specifies that once wholesale prices rise to a certain level, a cap would be imposed. Utilities or power producers charging more than the cap would have to justify their prices upon review.The controls, approved unanimously by the five-member commission, would remain in effect through the end of October. "We're going to be diligent in making sure that rates are low," said FERC Chairman Curt Hebert.The federal agency, a division of the Department of Energy, rejected a request by New York State officials that would allow collection of retroactive damages against power producers who were believed to have inflated prices.Nevertheless, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was pleased with FERC's action. "This is a critical step for us as we head into summer," he said.A group representing the state's non-utility generators said it was disappointed with the plan. "There is no evidence of market power abuses in New York state," said Gavin Donohue, executive director of the Independent Power Producers of New York State. "It sends a bad signal that to do business in New York, you have to play by different rules than other places."Under FERC's plan, a review would kick in if power prices anywhere in the state rose to $150 per megawatt-hour, or if one or more power producers charged $100 more than the average for a particular region. Currently, wholesale power prices in New York are around $60 per megawatt-hour.New York Gov. George Pataki hailed the proposal, calling it "an important step toward protecting energy consumers."
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