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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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PG&E Unit Gets Oregon Power Plant Approval

LCG, Sept. 20, 2001--PG&E Corp. said yesterday the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council has awarded a site certificate for the Umatilla Generating Project, a proposed power plant being developed by corporation's PG&E National Energy Group subsidiary.

The proposed natural gas-fueled plant will generate up to 598 megawatts of electricity and will be located across the street from the National Energy Group's Hermiston Generating Plant near Hermiston, Ore. The plant is expected to be in service by 2004, the company said.

"We have worked closely with the Oregon Energy Siting Council, as well as the various interested parties, throughout the state process, and the project is a better one because of these efforts," said Thomas B. King, president and chief operating officer of the National Energy Group's western region. "We will continue to work with the Siting Council and the Oregon Office of Energy in our effort to develop an energy resource that will help meet the long-term power needs of the people of Oregon and the rest of the Northwest."

The company said that construction of the facility could begin in early spring of next year. Between 300 and 350 local construction jobs are expected to be created at the peak of construction. The project will hire 10 to 15 full-time employees when it begins operation, which will be in addition to the 27 full-time jobs at the existing plant.

"We greatly appreciate the efforts of the Hermiston-area community throughout the siting of the (project) and will continue working with local officials throughout the rest of this process," said Hermiston Generating Plant Manager Greg Cook.

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