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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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CPUC Won't Vote on California Bonds Today

LCG, Sept. 13, 2001--The California Public Utilities Commission said yesterday it would not vote on measures involving the state's pending issue of $12.5 billion bonds to cover the cost of power purchases already made and those to be made in the future.

Since January, the California Department of Water Resources, acting as a sort of purchasing agent for the state's cash-strapped investor-owned utilities, has bought about $11 billion with of wholesale power in the spot market, using money from the state's general fund. In addition, the agency has negotiated something like $43 billion in long-term power purchase contracts stretching out for the next 10 or 20 years.

When it does get around to deciding the bond measures, the CPUC will set up the legal and financial framework for the CDRW's power purchases, including how ratepayer revenues are used to service and repay the debt incurred by the bond issue.

The Commission said it would hold its regular Thursday meeting today, but would be unable to take up the bond issue and other items on its agenda because the agency was closed following the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

California Gov. Gray Davis had intended to market the bonds last May, but the state legislature denied him the two-thirds majority that would have made the bond legislation effective immediately. State Treasurer Phil Angelides, has set an October 31 deadline for bringing the bonds to market and said the CPUC delay should not affect that so long as the Commission issues its orders by the end of this month.

A key element that must be decided by the CPUC is how much of ratepayer revenues to allocate to the utilities to cover past power purchases and how much to give the CDWR to back the bond issue. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has vowed to go to court if it feels the burden of bond support is placed too heavily on its customers.

Angelides admits a drawn-out court fight would thrown a monkey wrench into the state's plans to issue the bonds.

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