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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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Heat Wave Continues to Stress Eastern Power

LCG, Aug. 10, 2001--"It's cooler in Jamaica -- that's a fact," the Caribbean nation's ambassador to the United Nations told the Associated Press yesterday at high noon, and Patricia Durrant was correct. Twelve degrees cooler, at a balmy 90 in fact.

Temperatures reached 102 in Manhattan and 103 in Newark, breaking a 52-year-old record for both cities, but a 50-year-old record was nothing. In Philadelphia, the thermometer hit 100 eclipsing a 90-year-old record of 98 set in 1909. In Boston, the mercury hit 98, but no one claimed any records.

The northeastern quadrant of the United States baked under a merciless sun, from the badlands of the Dakotas to Maine to the nation's capital, but meteorologists expected yesterday to be the peak. A cold front brought cooler temperatures to the Upper Midwest in the afternoon and was expected to push across to the East by the weekend.

While the cold front brought storms that downed some electric power wires in the Midwest, the heat to the east played havoc with power supplies. The AP said there were 7,000 morning outages in New York City and scattered outages elsewhere.

The heat and aging overhead wires stalled a Metro-North New Haven line train in Connecticut, stranding 400 customers, a spokesman told the wire service.

State government offices were shut down at 2:00 p.m. in New York and New Jersey to conserve electricity and utilities and independent system operators from the mid-Atlantic states through New England urged consumers to run their electric appliances at night.

In Philadelphia, where the Phillies played the San Diego Padres, the temperature of the artificial turf was recorded at 148.7 degrees. The air temperature was a relatively balmy 95. "There's nothing you can do about it," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "You can stay cool between innings, in the dugout. There's a breeze in the runway."

Bowa's hitters must have been in the runway instead of watching Padres rookie pitcher Brandon Duckworth, who was making his major league debut. Duckworth and the San Diego bullpen beat the Phillies 6-2.

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