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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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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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Industry News
Reliant Resources Says Trades Were Fake
LCG, May 14, 2002--The power producer and trader Reliant Resources Inc. (RRI) announced yesterday that it had increased the volume of its electricity trading through artificial transactions with other companies over three years.The trades, which involved reciprocal sales of energy between Reliant and other parties, such as CMS Energy, in Dearborn, Michigan, may have inflated power prices by creating the appearance of a fluid market. Last year, twenty percent of RRI's trades were said by the company to have been transacted purely to increase the appearance of volume. The reaction to the news by industry analysts and energy companies is such that the practice appears to have been common knowledge. Last week, Dynegy revealed that it had been involved in what it termed "in-and-out" trades with CMS Energy, prompting further losses in Dynegy's stock price.The trades conducted by both companies could have brought them more trading partners through online trading systems, but according to Thomas J. Erickson, a commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, "there's nothing illegal per se. And they're not inherently bad things." Gordon Howard, an analyst with Credit Lyonnais in New York, said, "if a company is long power and power costs $50 a megawatt, and it does a trade for $53, then it increases the price out there. The concern is that you can take it to that next level. Can you take trades like this and make a case that these companies manipulated the market?"Compared with the daily trading volumes for energy seen one year ago, this year's trade volumes through May 10 are up 40 percent.
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